2029 Hiring Requirements by Subsector, Western Canada

A table showing the hiring requirements by sub-sector from 2021 to 2029 in Western Canada. In bio-health, 9,250 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: research and development (26%); management, finance and administration (16%); manufacturing and production (13%). In bio-industrial, 3,250 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand but with a significant proportion (40%) due to expansion demand after 2021. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing and production (38%); research and development (17%); management, finance and administration (14%). In agri-bio, 5,090 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven equally by replacement and expansion demand until 2021, then mostly by replacement demand (60%). Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing and production (34%); management, finance and administration (24%); research and development (14%). In bio-energy, 1,360 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven virtually entirely by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing and production (46%); management, finance and administration (19%); research and development (18%).

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