Provincial Employment Potential Information

The following table identifies employment conditions within Ontario.

Additional Provincial Prospects

Visit the Provincial Job Futures for information on the current trends and the future outlook for occupations in this province or territory. This Web site is a joint effort of the federal, provincial and territorial governments. You can view a report specific to this occupation on: Provincial Job Futures - (Employment Prospects section) Web Site.

Labour Market Bulletins

An analysis of the local labour market and an assessment of local employment-related events.

• April 2013 | (PDF, 506 KB)
• March 2013 | (PDF, 245 KB)
• February 2013 | (PDF, 249 KB)
• January 2013 | (PDF, 500 KB)
• Annual Edition 2012 | (PDF, 313 KB)

Provincial / Territorial Labour Market News

Week of Apr 29 – May 03, 2013

• PowerBlades Inc., a subsidiary of REpower Systems, is hiring about 200 workers to manufacture wind turbine blades in Welland
• TSP Canada Towers Inc., a Thorold-based wind tower manufacturer, is looking to fill 150 positions with young local workers
• Miller Paving Limited is reconstructing 34 kilometres of Highway 65 near New Liskeard this spring, creating 96 jobs
• Dalcon Enterprises has been awarded a contract to make improvements to infrastructure on Highway 11 near Beardmore, creating about 40 jobs this spring
• Cruickshank Construction Limited will create 29 jobs for improvements to the Amable du Fond River Bridge on Highway 630 near Mattawa
• Roulston’s Pharmacy opened a new Wellness Centre in Simcoe this week, attracting five local doctors with additional space for another three physicians
• A ground breaking ceremony for the $100M South Kent Wind Project, located in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent was held on May 1st
• AON Inc. will build a four-storey, 65-unit seniors apartment building on Cherryhill Road in Peterborough
• A new $8.5M sewage testing plant will be constructed in London
• Harbour House Grill opened in Innisfil
• A Delicate Edge, a new clothing boutique and hair salon, will open in Kincardine on Queen Street in May
• Sundown Theatre to perform in Kincardine this summer, seeking local actors and musicians who must register by May 31 in order to audition
• Lambton Kent school Board issues layoff notices to 32 teachers due to declining enrolment
• The City of Waterloo laid off nine employees as a result of a city-wide organizational review
• The Waterloo Region Small Business Centre is accepting applications until May 17 for youth who are interested in starting their own business this summer
• The Peterborough Council for Persons with Disabilities will open a Centre for Independent Living on Sherbrooke Street in May to provide local information and job mentoring to those with disabilities

Week of Apr 22 – Apr 26, 2013

• FedDev Ontario has invested $1.85M in four Ottawa area software companies. 360pi Corporation, SWIX Inc., Therapeutic Monitoring Systems and Capital Angel Network, are expected to create up to 44 jobs initially, with an additional 67 jobs by 2016.
• Vale opened its new $13M processing facility at its precious metals refinery in Port Colborne
• General Motors is recalling 114 production workers to the Glendale Powertrain plant in St. Catharines in June and 60 workers in the fall
• McMaster Children’s Hospital opened a pediatric ophthalmology centre in Hamilton
• Penn Energy of Pennsylvania started site preparation on its 90-acre solar panel farm near Baltimore, just northeast of Cobourg, creating approximately 100 short-term jobs
• The Wingham and District Hospital will receive provincial government funding for renovations and new construction. Work will start by spring 2014.
• Crate Marine Sales will open a new location at 25 Dundas St. in Belleville. The location will offer a variety of boats for sale, as well as service and dockage. In addition to the new storefront, area dockage is expected to expand significantly.
• A 25,000 sq.-ft. Bed, Bath and Beyond has opened in London
• Construction of $2.2M science labs at Dresden high school to commence late spring
• Construction of a 32,000 sq.-ft. building at new Leamington industrial park has started
• All eight Bruce Power plant nuclear generating units in Tiverton are now again in full operation. Bruce Power is currently seeking supply chain, IT, project management, operations and maintenance staff.
• Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Wellington received $5.5M from the provincial government to continue work on the design of the new hospital
• Chesley District High School will undergo a $2.1M renovation to convert it to a JK-12 school which will be ready in September 2014. Kinghurst Community School will close in June 2014 and its students transferred to Chesley.
• The London District Catholic school board issued 142 potential layoff notices to teachers
• Indigo Books in downtown Kingston will close on June 29 after the company decided not to renew its lease. The store employed over 20 full-time staff and several part-time staff.
• The Canadian Jewish News will stop publishing in June affecting 50 employees in Toronto and Montreal
• Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd., a steam generation products manufacturer, laid off 26 workers at its Cambridge location
• Longtime Cobourg manufacturer Signode [Strapex] will close in June, affecting 25 workers. Parent company Illinois Tool Works is consolidating operations in the U.S.
• Foley’s Furnishing in Collingwood will close, affecting nine full-time employees and one part-time employee
• Resolute Forest Products announced a two-week shutdown at their newsprint mill in Thunder Bay, affecting more than 100 workers. The company cites market conditions for the downtime.
• The Stratford Accelerator Centre, which offers support to technology-based business start-ups, officially opens in May

Week of Apr 15 – Apr 19, 2013

• HGS Canada will expand its contact centre operations to Barrie, creating 500 jobs initially with the potential for future growth within the year. The company is currently hiring both entry level and management positions.
• Graham Construction of Mississauga was awarded a design-build contract for the new Canadian Forces Military Police Academy building at Canadian Forces Base Borden. The $54M project expects to create 173 jobs and to be completed in 2015.
• Bonnechere Excavating Limited was awarded an $8.4M contract to repair Highway 535 near Noelville creating approximately 80 jobs this spring
• A new Winners store opened at the Heritage Grove Shopping Centre in Owen Sound creating approximately 70 jobs. Additional stores set to open at the centre include Value Village, Michael's, the Dollar Tree and Future Shop.
• FedDev Ontario will invest up to $2.5M in Arnprio-based Pillar5 Pharma Inc. to help the company expand its manufacturing operations. The expansion is expected to create 50 jobs.
• New Tim Horton's in Sioux Lookout opens creating 40 full and part-time jobs
• A new museum that features the HMCS Ojibwa submarine will bring 45 jobs in Port Burwell, near London
• Firstline Canada, a software development company, is opening in London and plans to hire 40 workers within two to three years
• Hudson's Bay Company will open an outlet store at the Premium Outlet mall in Halton Hills this summer
• Construction started on the $57M multi-use recreational facility in the town of Lakeshore, near Windsor
• Construction started on the new Town of Lincoln Community Complex. The $17.5M facility will include an arena, library and community rooms.
• Fusebill, an Ottawa-based automated billing firm, raised $2M in investments to increase the sales and marketing aspects of its business. The company plans to expand its workforce by the end of the year.
• Kenalex Development Inc. will start installing water and sewer services for the construction of a 71-lot subdivision in North Bay
• Hiring started at Laurentian University's new School of Architecture in Sudbury
• Boomerang Kids, a consignment retailer that sells children's clothing and toys, will open three new Ottawa locations as well as a new Toronto location
• The new Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce located at the Seasons Retirement Home in Owen Sound will open in May and hire an executive director, nurses and personal service workers
• Construction started on a $3.1M roundabout project in Cambridge, which is expected to take three months to complete
• The Scarborough Hospital eliminated 98 positions as part of a cost-savings plan. The Hospital expects to cut additional positions to help meet budget targets.
• Cana-Vac has moved its assembly operations from Owen Sound to Stratford, affecting 42 employees in total. It is recruiting accounting, engineering, customer service, purchasing, manufacturing and inventory staff for its Stratford location.
• ElringKlinger Canada Inc. in Leamington is laying off 26 unionized workers on May 27
• More than 20 registered practical nurses receive layoff notices at the North Bay Regional Health Centre
• Cameco Fuel Manufacturing to lay off 17 staff at its Port Hope facility
• Province invests more than $666,000 in the mining supply and services sector
• Eleven Points Logistics, the company responsible for operating the new Target distribution centre in Cornwall, will hold a job fair on April 26 to fill hundreds of positions with expected start dates of June 1st, 2013
• The Kingston Economic Development Corporation launched a new website to help Kingston-based companies post job opportunities. The website address is www.kingstonishiring.com.

Week of Apr 08 – Apr 12, 2013

• Nordstrom Inc. announced that it will open a second location in Toronto in the fall of 2016 at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre. The Centre will also undergo a $331M expansion starting in January 2014.
• Construction will start on the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit tunnel in Toronto in May. The transit line will be 19km long and is expected to be in service by 2020.
• H&M, a clothing retailer, will open a new 22,000 sq.-ft. store in the Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa in the fall
• Buffalo Wild Wings opened a new location at the Devonshire Mall in Windsor, creating 90 jobs
• Colibri Technologies Inc. will receive up to $900,000 through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario for product development. The company expects to create as many as 17 full-time jobs in Toronto with an additional 130 jobs by 2016.
• LamSar Industrial Contractors in Sarnia will manufacture 20 process modules for Osum Oil Sands Corp. in Alberta, creating up to 45 jobs
• Facca Incorporated was awarded a $4.4M contract to replace the Bug River Bridge on Highway 105 near Red Lake. Construction, which is expected to begin in the spring, will create approximately 40 jobs.
• ThoughtWire, a Toronto-based software company, will receive up to $955,000 through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario for product development. The company is expected to create 29 new jobs.
• Sentient Magnetics Inc. received funding through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario for product development, creating up to 19 full-time positions in Schomberg, with an additional six jobs by 2017
• Canadian National Railways will convert an existing warehouse in Brampton to an office building. The project is expected to cost $8.3M and the new facility will accommodate up to 300 staff.
• Do-All Construction of Petawawa has been awarded an $872,000 contract to perform phase 2 of the construction work on Herman street in Petawawa
• Bourgeois Motors Ltd., a car dealership in Midland, is moving to a larger facility in August 2013 and plans to hire more employees
• Universal Fan & Blower Ltd., a Bloomfield-based manufacturing company, has reopened after half of the factory was destroyed by fire last year
• St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital is outsourcing its transcription services to Accentus, resulting in the layoff of eight workers at the hospital
• DragonWave, an Ottawa based technology company, will eliminate one-third of its senior management positions as well as restructure a deal with Nokia Siemens Networks to cut operating costs
• The horse racing season at Flamboro Downs will be reduced this year, resulting in layoffs at the Hamilton track
• The Retail Council of Canada, in partnership with the City of Toronto, will host the Retail Job Fair on April 30, 2013 at the Toronto Reference Library
• Hinduja Global Solutions will hold a job fair at St. Lawrence College in Kingston on May 3rd and 4th in order to recruit for a new facility in Kingston. The company plans on opening three inbound call centres in Ontario this year.
• The Summer Company Program is now taking applications in Renfrew. The program, which is administered by Enterprise Renfrew, offers students aged 15-29 business training as well as up to $1,500 to establish a business.