Tourism HR Canada is partnering with the Conference Board of Canada to conduct a series of in-person focus groups over the next few weeks. This is part of a labour projection exercise, aimed at identifying the employment pressure points that…
End-of-Summer Drop in Tourism Employment and Labour Force Overall, the tourism sector[1] in September saw a contraction over the previous month[2], with both labour force and employment falling by over 5%. This is not surprising given the summer peak had…
Tourism Sector Stumbles into August Outside of the pandemic-dominated years, the labour force in August has tended to fluctuate between a slight increase or a slight decrease over the previous month, with changes typically within ±3%. This August, the tourism…
Working with the Conference Board of Canada, Tourism HR Canada has updated its employment projections in tourism, and extended the envelope of projection out to 2027. The newly released Projections of Tourism Employment in Canada (2019-2027) focuses primarily on job…
It can be hard for the tourism sector to get much traction in the public mind. Partly it’s that the industries that comprise tourism are so diverse that it’s hard to ‘see’ them as a unified whole. Partly it’s that…
Labour Market Stays Strong as Summer Comes into Season Summer is a peak season for tourism in Canada (with the obvious exception of winter pursuits), and as the season heats up, it is in encouraging to see the labour market…
As the tourism sector continues to adjust to the shifting post-pandemic labour landscape, compensation is one of the variables that business operators are grappling with. This includes wages, but also encompasses a wider range of business practices, from perks and…
As Tourism Demand Ramps Up, So Does Employment With the demand for tourism rising as summer heats up, employment in the sector has also been on the rise. Overall, the sector[1] in June saw across-the-board improvement over the previous month[2],…
With the current and ongoing demographic shifts in the Canadian population, many sectors—including tourism—are increasingly turning to immigration to meet their labour needs. Governments are trying to address these changing needs by adjusting immigration policies, including recent changes to some…
Sector starts to accelerate into the summer season The tourism sector[1] in May 2023 saw improvement over the previous month[2], particularly in labour force and employment. It was also in a stronger position than this time last year, although unemployment…
Employers Get Candid About Compensation Understanding compensation is about more than just tracking dollars and cents: it’s also about the larger workplace culture against which employees assess the value of their pay. If they feel overworked and underappreciated, it will…
Tourism boasts a very diverse workforce: some industries employ large numbers of recent immigrants and temporary foreign workers, and many employers go out of their way to welcome and sustain a culturally rich roster of employees. Because the sector spans…
