The 10-year outlook anticipates employment will rise province-wide by 1.3 per cent annually to reach 3.1 million workers in the next decade, up from 2.7 million now.
B.C.’s new labour market outlook predicts more than one million jobs openings by 2032 and forecasts the Vancouver Island-Coast region will have the highest rate of employment growth in the province during that time.
Province-wide, health care and the tech sector will be top job generators. Retail, construction, education, and accommodation and food services are also high on the list. The province is counting on newcomers to Canada as it continues discussions with the federal government, which is responsible for immigration.
The outlook predicts that 37 per cent of job openings will be due to economic growth while 63 per cent will represent replacement of workers leaving the job market or retiring, the outlook said. High-opportunity jobs include civil engineers, information systems analysts and consultants, early childhood educators and assistants, automotive service technicians, and restaurant and food-service managers, the province said.
British Columbians regularly hear of shortages in other sectors such as health and tech, he said. “Those shortages are no less real for the contractors and the projects on which we are being asked to deliver.”
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