2029 Hiring Requirements by Subsector, Metro Vancouver

A table showing the 2029 hiring requirements by sub-sector in the Metro Vancouver area. In bio-health, 3,400 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: research and development (22%); manufacturing (17%); “other” roles (22%). In bio-industrial, 1,000 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing (27%); research and development (19%); management, finance and administration (17%). In agri-bio, 900 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven by significant short-term expansion demand in 2021 followed by virtually entirely replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing (33%); research and development (21%); management, finance and administration (14%). In bio-energy, 180 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven virtually entirely by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing (50%); research and development (31%); management, finance and administration (13%).

Published in Close-up on the bio-economy: Metro Vancouver report (December 6, 2021)