Ontario Doubling Career Fairs to Help More Young People Enter Skilled Trades

August 31, 2023

Nearly 300,000 jobs are going unfilled across our province today and by 2025, about one in five job openings in Ontario will be in the skilled trades.

Today, Premier Ford, Minister McNaughton, and Minister Lecce, announced that our government is expanding our successful skilled trades career fairs, now in its second year, to even more cities with more exhibitors and twice as many participating students.

Ontario will need over 100,000 new skilled trades workers this decade, making it crucial for more young people to have the opportunity to unlock their potential in the trades.

The new cities with career fairs this year are Hamilton, Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie, Oshawa and Dryden.

News Release: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003454/ontario-doubling-career-fairs-to-help-more-young-people-enter-skilled-trades