COVID-19: Helping the Tourism Workforce Prepare and React

We’re here to support the 1.8 million people working in Canada’s tourism sector, from the frontline to the C-suite, new entrepreneur to longstanding business, and single property to national chain.

Tourism has been hit hard and fast by the necessary global efforts to keep everyone safe and healthy in this unprecedented situation.

Governments of all levels are implementing programs to help businesses stay afloat and individuals cope with lost income. But which program is right for you? And how do you access it?

Tourism HR Canada

Tourism HR Canada is a national organization working for the tourism sector in Canada, a $102 billion industry employing over 1.8 million people including over 550,000 youth. The organization works to identify and address labour market issues in the Canadian tourism sector. Its main goals include improving the quality and mobility of the tourism workforce and supplying tourism businesses with the labour market intelligence they need to plan for and overcome their current and future human resource challenges. Learn More.

Features

Future Skills
Framework

A three-year initiative to address the changing nature of work in the tourism sector, the Future Skills Framework will provide a better way to align the skills available within the Canadian labour market and those needed by tourism employers.

Labour Market
Information

Looking for up-to-date information on the tourism industry? Each year, Tourism HR Canada conducts, updates, and publishes several major reports containing the most recent data of interest to members of the tourism sector.

Coronavirus
Resource Hub

We have gathered guidance and a series of resources to help all tourism stakeholders stay healthy, communicate clearly, and mitigate the effects as Canada takes action to slow the spread of the virus.

A Few of our Partners

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Recent Blog Posts

Jul 2020

Rethinking Work, Workforce, and Workplace: Checklists to Help Respond to COVID-19 Impacts

Launched last month, the Tourism Workforce Recovery Toolkit offers a wide range of advice, resources, and guidance to help tourism operators safely navigate the... Read more.

Jul 2020

Societal Impacts as Lower Wage Earners Harder Hit by COVID-19 Employment Losses

COVID-19 has impacted all aspects of Canadians’ lives and affected employment across industries and occupations. Almost no segment of the economy has been untouched,... Read more.

Jun 2020

From Recovery to Resiliency: Tourism Workforce Recovery Toolkit Now Live

Business-focused toolkit supports Canadian tourism SMEs in navigating COVID-19 recovery and resiliency efforts Ottawa, ON (June 24, 2020) – Tourism HR Canada today launched... Read more.

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