34 BCBUSINESS SEPTEMBER 2019
Workers Needed
B.C.'s labour forecast for 2019-28, according to Ottawa-based construction industry group BuildForce Canada:
Construction
demands will
grow the current
labour force by
17,600
workers, or
!
9.4%
More than
44,000 workers, or
of the current work-
force, are expected
to retire
22%
Thanks to demand
increases and
retirement, the B.C.
construction industry
will need to hire
62,200
more workers
From 2019-28, an estimated 36,500
entrant workers–those under 30 who are new
to the business–will join the construction labour force
If the industry
recruits 36,500
new entrants, it
will still be short
25,700
workers
Indigenous
people make up
5.7%
of the
construction
labour force
in B.C. and
4.9%
nationally
New Canadians
comprise
24%
and
18%
respectively
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