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QUICK FACTS

•By 2020 Canada will have a shortage of 1 million skilled workers. (Conference Board of Canada)

•48% of the Canadian workforce will be eligible to retire in the next 5-10 years. (Statistics Canada)

•50% of current trades people plan on retiring within the next 7-10 years. (Information Technology Association of Canada)

•40% of new jobs will be in skilled trades and technology sectors in the next two decades. (Information Technology Association of Canada)

•Over 200 skilled trades occupations are available in Canada. (Canadian Apprenticeship Forum)

•The construction industry employs 900,000 Canadian men and woman in about 50 different trades. (www.canadacareerweek.com)

•The unemployment rate in the trades is at a 20-year low in Nova Scotia. Industry experts believe that in order to sustain current levels of employment, three to four thousand new trades people are needed in this province alone! (www.buildingfutures.ca)

•In the next two decades, 40% of new jobs will be in the skilled trades and technologies. In 1998, that number was less than 20%.(www.skillscanada.com)