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.

Today, Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, announced that apprenticeship registrations have increased by 24 per cent in the last year – from 21,971 to 27,319 – as more people decide to pursue rewarding, well-paying careers in the skilled trades.

In addition, the second year of the province’s highly popular skilled trades career fairs for students will be expanding to even more cities around the province. Students in grades 7 to 12 will have the chance to learn about the 144 different skilled trades through interactive exhibitions and hands-on activities while hearing directly from tradespeople and local employers about these lucrative careers.

Learn more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003152/ontario-attracts-historic-number-of-people-to-skilled-trades