b'BUILDFORCE REPORTBBUUIILLDDFFOORRCCEECCOONNSSTTRRUUCCTTIIOONN&&MMAAIINNTTEENNAANNCCEEL OOOKKIINNGGFFOORRWWAARRDDLONational summary and highlights report, 2020-2029Note: The analysis outlined in these labourpersist and intensify over the comingespecially the growing market for market studies wasbased on informationdecade as the retirement wave crests andindustrial maintenance. and assumptions developed prior to thethe pool of available youths shrinks. COVID-19 outbreak. The impact of publicDespite a slower growth outlook, many health and industry responses to theoutbreakWeaker housing starts curtailed theprovinces continue to grapple with labour and any resulting economic impacts havepace of construction growth across mostshortages that are likely to intensify. not been factoredinto the current analysis.provinces in 2019, although requirementsAlthough the longer-term outlook is BuildForce Canada continues to monitorratcheted up in British Columbia, regionsweaker compared to the previous decade, theimpact of COVID-19 on labour marketsof Ontario and Prince Edward Island,recruitment challenges are likely to and will provide an update tothe reportswith exacerbated recruitment challengespersist due to the expected retirement of later this year. that required the drawing of workers fromjust over 257,100 workers over the next neighbouring provinces.10 years.C anadas constructionThe 20202029 outlook scenario projectsBUILDFORCES LMI SYSTEMa bounce back in housing construction employment is poised tobuoyed by continued high levels ofBuildForce Canada uses a scenario-intensify in 2020 and carryimmigration, which contribute to modestbased forecasting system to assess future into 2021, propelled by major publicpopulation growth and sustain demandconstruction labour requirements in transportation and infrastructure, utility,for new housing construction in mostthe heavy industrial, residential and liquefied natural gas (LNG), pipelineprovinces. Public transportation and othernon-residential construction markets. and health services projects. Over theinfrastructure investments have emergedThis labour market information (LMI) longer term, growth slows but remainsas the dominant driver of constructionsystem tracks 34 trades and occupations. positive, driven by continued high levelsgrowth across Canada, though majorTo further improve the robustness of immigration and recovery in Canadasenergy and resource sector requirementsof the system, BuildForce consults Western provinces. Labour marketremain a central fixture of Canadaswith industry stakeholders, including challenges, however, are anticipated toconstruction demand requirements,owners, contractors and labour groups, 18THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCAFFOLD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA'