THE ONLY SOURCE FOR PROFESSIONAL ICI ROOFING CONTRACTORS IN ONTARIO ORN 12  ONTARIO ROOFING NEWS – ISSUE 1 2019 OCS Contractor Survey 48%SAME 17% LESS 33% MORE 2% DK CENTRAL 17% LESS 28% MORE 53%SAME 2% DK 18% LESS 32% MORE 50%SAME 0% DK southwestern 19% LESS 35% MORE 43%SAME gta 3% DK 17% LESS 37% MORE 46%SAME eastern 0% DK LESS 9% LESS 27% MORE 59%SAME northern 5% DK ONTARIO How Much Business Contractors Expect to Conduct in 2019 Compared to Last Year * 2019 Contractor Survey Contractors’ Business Outlook for 2019 Every year the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) sur- veys 500 of Ontario’s ICI contractors to gauge their business expectations for the year, and capture their views on salient is- sues in the industry. The survey includes ICI contractors from every region in the province, and from all labour relations models, including union, open shop and alternative union. Heading into 2019, a third (33 per cent) of Ontario’s ICI contractors said that they expect to do more work in the year than they did in 2018, while 17 per cent expect to do less. Just under half (48 per cent) of contractors are anticipating the same level of work. Confidence is highest among ICI contractors in eastern Ontario, where 37 per cent are forecasting more work in 2019 compared to last year, with 17 per cent expecting less. In the GTA, 35 per cent anticipate more work, and 19 per cent expect less. Increased work is forecasted by 32 per cent of ICI contrac- tors in southwestern Ontario, while 18 per cent expect less. In central Ontario, 28 per cent anticipate more work, with 17 per cent expecting less. Among northern Ontario contractors, 27 per cent forecast more work, and only nine per cent expect less. * DK = Don’t Know