Big demand jobs after pandemic in Canada: Nursing, Manufacturing, Hospitality and Retail industries

Since the amidst of COVID 19, many industries had the hardest hits due to the virus spread. There is a large economic crisis because of the shutting of many industries in 2020. Slowly, from January 2021, the employment rate has been increasing as the country borders are open to many immigrants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOI5yn48pIg During the crisis time, most of the people have chosen different streams as many of the hotels, restaurants, stores, and lumberyards are shut. This has led to many jobs vacancies in Canada. There are too many job vacancies in the Nursing, Manufacturing, Hospitality, and Retail industries in Canada as the country's pandemic restrictions are eased. According to the Labor Force Survey, Statistics Canada reports the employment rate is directly proportional to the number of job vacancies in the country. This also hit a record in the country in 2021.

“There were 25.8 per cent, or 150,300, more vacancies in the second quarter of 2021 than in the same quarter two years earlier,” reports the statistical services agency.

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• Atlantic Immigration Pilot
• Canadian Experience
• Caregiver
• Skilled Trade
• SkilledWorker programs

Canada's job vacancy rate increased to 4.6 percent in the second quarter of 2021. This is the highest rate since 2015. This rate is increased by 1.1 percentage points during August 2021. This rise in the employment vacancy rate is being driven both by the sudden spat of jobs being offered and the drop in employment during the pandemic. Payroll employment was still below its pre-COVID-19 level in June. Nursing Jobs In Demand During Corona Pandemic Nursing jobs have the highest demand during the pandemic and in the second quarter. “Vacancies in health care and social assistance increased by 40,800, up 59.9 percent, from the second quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2021, the largest increase of any sector,” reports Statistics Canada. The number of job vacancies in the healthcare sector has increased to 108,000. Generally, nurses were in demand with 10,400, but the number has increased to 85.8 percent due to the pandemic effect. Health authorities are in search of suitable candidates, as 46.5 percent of jobs are being posted for more than 90 days. Healthcare salaries increased by 5.9% in two years Compared to other occupations, the jobs posted for more than 90 days is only 24 percent. That is why nurses have been able to command higher salaries in Canada. Their pay hike was increased by 5.9 percent during the second quarter of this year. In Canada over the past two years, the average hourly wage for a registered nurse and registered psychiatric nurse hit $32.50 during the second quarter of this year. Employment rate in other sectors  Not only in the Nursing field, but the employers in other industrial sectors are also facing labor shortages in Canada. In the construction industry The employment rate in the construction industry was hiked by 46.7 percent in the second quarter of 2021, compared to the past two years. So, IRCC is planning to welcome more immigrants to fill these lucrative jobs in order to fill the labor market needs.

	“The federal government and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) should close the gap between the target and actual intake of immigrants in the skilled trades by more aggressively promoting Canadian trades in source countries,” wrote RBC’s Naomi Powell and Ben Richardson in that report.

  Immigrants in Canada comprises more than 21 percent in the Canadian population. This also accounted to 8.7 per cent of the apprentices in trades programs IN 2018. Ottawa attracts more Skilled Trades Immigrants: RBC 'Instead of setting a to bring in 3,000 skilled trades people annually through immigration.  Canada has invited 2,365 such newcomers in 2019 through the Federal Skilled Trades Program,' as per the latest reports. Still some trades are facing labor shortages in the Canadian market and the limited number of eligible trades people to just 100. In retail industry In the retail industries, the employers are also posting more jobs to fill their demands. The job vacancy rate in retail sector  is almost a third, or 19,900 jobs, from the second quarter of 2019 to 84,300 in the second quarter of 2021. The grocery stores and home renovation outlets,  and the employers are finding hard to find the workers. Retail sales clerks and store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers were placed among the top 10 occupations. They also received an  average 7.5-per cent pay hike during that time. Manufacturing jobs driven by demand for wood Manufacturing jobs vacancies rose by 28.9 per cent, and hit by 65,900 during the second quarter of this year, this recorded as the highest number of jobs available in the past six years.

	“The increase was spread across several subsectors, with the largest gains in food manufacturing and wood product manufacturing. According to the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, in the second quarter of 2021, recruiting skilled employees was expected to be an obstacle for nearly two in five (39.1 per cent) businesses in manufacturing, the highest proportion of all sectors.”

  Job vacancies in hotels and restaurants In Canadian hotels and restaurants, the employment rate has increased to 14.9 percent, and the vacancies available are 89,100 positions in the second quarter of 2021. This is recorded as the highest number compared to the other years, i.e., pre-pandemic. If you are looking to Study, Work, Visit, or Migrate to Canada, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No.1 Immigration & Visa Company. If you found this blog engaging, you may also like … Canada immigration update: All IRCC Express Entry draws in September 2021