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Canada's hiring projections for 2015: Where the jobs will (and won't) be
we're fairly optimistic about the job market for 2015. Throughout 2014 we saw a steady monthly increase in online job postings, and the year-over-year growth was significant. These gains were also reflected in the national unemployment rate as it reached as low as 6.5% in October – the lowest is had been in six years.
We can expect to see these gains in employment continue. According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for Q1 of 2015, 11% of Canadian employers plan to hire early in the new year. (73% say that they plan to maintain staff levels, and just 7% are expecting cuts.)
The national survey of 1,900 Canadian employers from across industries indicates some regional variations in hiring activity. In a reversal of recent trends that seen much of the job growth happening in the West, employers in Atlantic Canada are expecting the most robust hiring for the coming quarter, with 14% expecting to increase staff.
Fewer employers in Ontario and Western Canada are anticipating growth, with 8% saying that they plan to hire in early 2015. Jobseekers in Quebec should expect a modest hiring climate, with just 6% of employers planning to staff up.
“We are seeing some cautious, though positive, signs in the labour market in Canada, with employers expecting a fair hiring pace for the coming quarter,” said Manpower's Michelle Dunnill.
Some of this regional shift in hiring could be as a result of falling oil prices. We're hearing from our clients in Alberta that all of their existing oil and gas projects are still producing, and projects that have already started are mostly moving forward, but that the majority of the new oil sands developments that were projected for 2015 have been temporarily put on hold.
This has caused a slowdown in hiring in the back half of 2014. In January through June of this year virtually all of the job creation in Canada was happening in the West. Since June, however, the country's economy has gained 137,000 jobs, and less than 13,000 of them have been in Alberta.
Canadian cities expecting the most hiring in Q1 2015
Halifax, NS
Kitchener / Cambridge, ON
Thunder Bay, ON
Hamilton, ON
Fredericton, NB
Canadian regions with the slowest hiring climates for Q1 2015
Barrie, ON
Monteregie, QC
Fort Erie, ON
Laval, QC
Brantford, ON
St. Catharines, ON
The Manpower report also broke down the hiring intentions of Canadian firms by sector. Employers in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate are expecting the most hiring, and Manufacturing – Non-Durables and Mining are projecting the least.
Sectors anticipating the most hiring
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate sector
Manufacturing − Durables
Public Administration
Construction
Transportation & Public Utilities
Sectors with the lowest projected hiring
Manufacturing − Non-Durables sector
Mining sector
Education
Retail