Ontario Attracts Historic Number of People to Skilled Trades
Nearly 300,000 jobs are going unfilled across our province and by 2025, about one in five job openings in Ontario is projected to be in the skilled trades.
Ontario is facing a historic labour shortage and we need all hands on deck to build a stronger Ontario for all of us.
That is why our government is investing more than $1 billion over three years to provide more young people with the training they need to launch rewarding, well-paying careers in the skilled trades, help employers take on more apprentices, and bring Ontario’s skilled trades system into the 21st century.
New apprenticeship registrations for women are up nearly 30 per cent compared to last spring, and 24 per cent overall (more than 5,000 applications).
Our government’s skilled trades career fairs will also be returning for the second year in a row in even more cities to prepare the next generation of students for rewarding and well-paying jobs in the skilled trades.
The fairs will address labour shortages in high-demand sectors and help deliver our ambitious plan to build roads, schools, and hospitals, and 1.5 million homes by 2031.
Last year, 13,000 students, parents, friends, and teachers visited events in Thunder Bay, Sudbury, London, Mississauga, and Ottawa.
More information on the 2023 fairs, cities, and dates, will be announced later this summer.
Learn more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003152/ontario-attracts-historic-number-of-people-to-skilled-trades