Ontario Job Market Trends
This field, including roles like PSWs and RNs, is experiencing high demand in Ontario.
What is healthcare?
This kind of work, enabled by the internet and video calls, increased dramatically after 2020.
What is remote work?
Communication, problem-solving, and teamwork are examples of these skills.
What are soft skills?
This national document helps job seekers explore different careers and required skills.
What is the National Occupational Classification?
Many students start their careers with this type of part-time work.
What is retail or food service?
Many students today are choosing careers based on this factor, not just salary.
What are AI?
This skilled trade, crucial to construction and infrastructure, is facing a worker shortage.
What is electrician?
This type of employment involves short-term contracts or freelance work rather than full-time roles.
What is gig work?
These skills involve using programs like Excel, coding languages, or data analysis.
What are digital or technical skills?
This career resource platform, ending in “.ca,” offers tools and data on Canadian job trends.
What is Job Bank? (jobbank.gc.ca)
This provincial program gives Ontario youth summer job experience and skill training.
What is the Ontario Youth Employment Program (or similar)?
The rise of technology means many future jobs don’t exist yet. This is called the...
What is the evolving job market?
Due to an aging population, this type of care-based employment is rising in Ontario.
What is elder care?
Globally, this emerging field, involving machines that can learn, is reshaping many industries.
What is artificial intelligence?
Employers value this skill, which involves the ability to keep learning and adjusting to changes.
What is adaptability?
In Canada, these jobs involving technology and analysis are among the highest-paid.
What are STEM jobs?
Many youth today want jobs that offer this type of balance between work and life.
What is work-life balance?
This digital model allows companies to hire from anywhere in the world.
What is a global workforce (or remote-first model)?
These jobs, often in the tech sector, have seen major growth in cities like Toronto and Ottawa.
What are software or IT jobs?
In response to climate change, many countries are investing in these types of jobs.
What are green jobs (or environmental jobs)?
Cybersecurity jobs require strong skills in this area.
What is data protection or information security?
In many parts of Canada, these workers are being recruited internationally to fill shortages.
What are healthcare workers or nurses?
Teens often build work experience through these unpaid but educational positions.
co-op, internships, volunteer placements
These immersive technologies are being used in training, from medicine to mechanics.
What are virtual reality and augmented reality?
As of the 2020s, this "green" sector is growing in Ontario due to climate concerns.
What are renewable energy jobs (or green energy)?
This trend sees companies using robots or software to complete tasks once done by humans.
What is automation?
This skill, used in leadership and innovation, involves thinking of creative solutions.
What is innovation?
These rural or Northern areas in Canada often lack enough of this kind of worker.
What are skilled tradespeople (or laborers)?
Many students today are choosing careers based on this factor, not just salary.
What is personal fulfillment and purpose?
As machines take over tasks, these human-centered fields are expected to grow.
What are creative or emotional intelligence-based jobs?