NEW REPORT COMING SOON!
Published by Green Jobs BC, a project of the Centre for Civic Governance, Jobs for Today: Canada’s Building Trades and the Net-Zero Transition explores job creation possibilities within the skilled trades in Canada, as a result of the net-zero transition.
This report extends and updates research first published in Jobs for Tomorrow, by Tyee Bridge and Richard Gilbert (Columbia Institute, 2017).
Jobs for Today “estimates that between 6.3 and 9.5 million additional job-years of construction work will be required by 2050 to meet Canada’s net-zero goals across all the investments unleashed by the energy transition: building renewable energy facilities, building energy and transportation infrastructure, and constructing and retrofitting energy-efficient buildings. That is equivalent to between 235,000 and 350,000 new jobs, on average, over the next 25 years – increasing current construction employment in Canada by 20%-30%” (Centre for Civic Governance, 2025).
This landmark study, commissioned by Canada Climate Literacy Research Inc. dba Climate Industry Research Team (CIRT), will be released in May 2025.
For more information and media inquiries, please contact Melissa Gregerson via mgregerson@ccg.eco