What Employers Offer to Fill the Job
Inflation-adjusted wages advertised on Canadian job vacancies, comparing individual trades with all vacancies and nursing.
Source: Statistics Canada, Job Vacancy and Wage Survey
Interactive charts of Canadian public data, with the original source named on every chart.
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Inflation-adjusted wages advertised on Canadian job vacancies, comparing individual trades with all vacancies and nursing.
Source: Statistics Canada, Job Vacancy and Wage Survey
Real earnings for construction trades in Canada and the United States since 2000, at matching 4-digit NAICS codes — the price test for the skilled trades shortage claim.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics · Statistics Canada
Payroll employment in construction and selected comparison industries in Canada and the United States, measured on one consistent industry basis.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics · Statistics Canada
Total real labour compensation in construction and its share of GDP in Canada and the United States, shown as separate chart options.
Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Statistics Canada
Vacancy rates, quits, layoffs and job tenure in construction against the rest of the economy — whether a high vacancy rate means scarcity or churn.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (JOLTS) · Statistics Canada
Workers aged 55 and over as a share of the workforce, trades against the whole economy and against tech — testing the coming-retirement-wave claim.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (CPS) · Statistics Canada