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La croissance au Canada – La BDC prévoit une baisse continue du niveau de vie moyen au pays
La croissance annuelle de la population canadienne a atteint 3,1 % au deuxième trimestre de 2023. À la même période, le PIB réel a augmenté de 1,1 %. L’économie canadienne ne croît donc pas à la même vitesse que sa population ce qui implique une certaine détérioration du niveau de vie moyen. Une analyse per … Continue reading
Internationally Educated Health Care Professionals in Canada – 259,695 aged 18 to 64 accounting for 13% of postsecondary educated in a health field
Labour shortages in health care professions have become a pressing issue across many Canadian jurisdictions and were especially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help address these shortages, federal, provincial and territorial governments have implemented measures to facilitate the entry of skilled immigrants with health care qualifications into their respective professions (ESDC, 2022; World Education … Continue reading
Temporary Residents in Canada – Policymakers are in the dark
Policymakers are in the dark when it comes to dealing with the growing number of temporary residents in Canada. The large difference in estimates by Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) data on Canada’s temporary resident (TR) population demonstrates that more high-quality information on the size and work … Continue reading
Immigration in Canada – Policymakers must strike the right balance says TD
For years, economists had been warning that aging demographics would throw the economy off-kilter by straining economic growth, tax revenues, and the social system. A ramp up in skilled-based immigration offered a solution. Government policies have delivered, but now the question is whether the sudden swing in population has gone too far, too fast. Highlights … Continue reading
Labour Shortages and Non-permanent Residents in Canada – They can fill labour gaps in “greying” industries says RBC
The ranks of non-permanent residents (NPRs) swelled in Canada following the pandemic, growing 53% between 2020 and 2022. Canada’s two-tiered immigration system has attracted the right candidates to match longstanding shortages in roles ranging from childcare providers to software engineers. But it’s been less successful in matching these skills to future shortages in industries facing … Continue reading
Immigration au Canada – Quel est le nombre idéal de nouveaux arrivants ?
Quel est le nombre idéal de nouveaux arrivants au Canada? Quel est le nombre idéal de nouveaux arrivants que devrait accueillir le Canada? Cela dépend. L’immigration est essentielle à la réussite économique à long terme du Canada, mais peut entraîner des défis à court terme. Par conséquent, les décideurs doivent tenir compte de plusieurs éléments. … Continue reading
Human Capital and Gender in Canada – Its accumulation from 1970 to 2020
Human capital is the most important component of total wealth, where total wealth is defined as the sum of produced capital (both tangible physical capital and intangible knowledge capital), natural capital and human capital. Total wealth represents the capacity to generate and increase a future income level that is sustainable. For example, an increase in … Continue reading
L’Emploi au Québec (Juin 2023) – Peu de variations pour un cinquième mois consécutif en juin, le chômage s’établit en hausse à 4,4 %
Au Québec, l’emploi a peu varié pour un cinquième mois consécutif en juin. Comme un plus grand nombre de personnes étaient à la recherche de travail, le taux de chômage a augmenté de 0,4 point de pourcentage pour s’établir à 4,4 % en juin. Pour l’ensemble du Canada L’emploi a progressé de 60 000 (+0,3 … Continue reading
Immigration and Job Vacancies in Canada — Shouldn’t rely only on immigration to fill the gaps in the labour market writes LMIC
New immigrants are often discussed as a group that could help fill Canada’s labour market gaps. Canada has a track record of attracting educated and highly skilled immigrants. In 2023, Canada expects to receive 500,000 immigrants. However, assuming a constant employment rate, the core-aged immigrant population (those aged 25 to 54 years) would need to increase … Continue reading
Employer-Sponsored Training in Canada – Firms invest $240 per employee annually and lag their international peers in rates and hours of instruction
HIGHLIGHTS This report offers a picture of employer-sponsored skills training in Canada based the limited data currently available. It covers levels, types, and trends in firms’ training investments, discusses which firms provide (and which employees receive) training, and explores the motivations and barriers firms face in providing training as well as where gaps in the … Continue reading
Upskilling Pathways in Canada – Need to do more to connect working adults to opportunities
We need to do more to connect working adults to upskilling opportunities. Here are four key ways our skills development systems need to change. Canada’s skills development systems are still traditional in many ways, built around the expectation that the education we complete in our early lives will equip us with the skills we need … Continue reading
Canada’s population (QI, 2023) – The highest rate of growth in a first quarter since 1972
Canada’s population was estimated at 39,858,480 on April 1, 2023, an increase of 292,232 people (+0.7%) from January 1, 2023. This was the highest rate of growth in a first quarter for which comparable data are available (since 1972) and is a continuation of the higher growth rates observed over the previous four quarters. Source: The Daily — Canada’s population estimates, first quarter 2023
Non-Permanent Residents in Canada – Over 924,000 in the 2021 Census or 2.5% of population
This infographic uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to provide a profile on non-permanent residents (NPRs) living in Canada. It presents various demographic and socio-economic characteristics of NPRs, and disaggregates by type of non-permanent resident. It reports on the topics of age, country of origin, labour market outcomes, and housing. Source: A portrait … Continue reading
Career Guidance for Adults in Canada – only 19% of them used it in 5 years, nearly half of the average across other countries
A growing body of international evidence suggests that career guidance has the potential to support successful employment transitions: notonly from the education system to the labour market, but also from unemployment to employment, and from declining to growing sectors. In thisway,it can support the post pandemic recovery by facilitating career transitions and bolstering the labour … Continue reading
Résidents non permanents au Canada – Une population croissante
À l’aide des données du Recensement de 2021, cet article dresse un portrait des résidents non permanents vivant au Canada. Plus précisément, l’article permet d’examiner de plus près le portrait sociodémographique des résidents non permanents, comme l’âge, le lieu de résidence, le lieu de naissance, les caractéristiques du ménage et du logement, le niveau de … Continue reading
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