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There Is No Skilled-Trades Shortage

August 31, 2026

Employers say Canada and the United States are running out of skilled tradespeople. The national labour data shows something else: employment has expanded while relative wages have stagnated or fallen. Where trades workers really are scarce, employers bid for them. Nationally, almost nobody is.

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