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Labour Force Survey Snapshot: September 2025
Early autumn sees tourism workforce contract, but hold its own. September always sees a contraction of the tourism workforce: with the summer surge in demand definitively over and many students leaving the workforce to return to their studies, both labour...
Help Shape the Future of Canada’s Tourism Workforce
Labour challenges continue to be a top concern for tourism businesses across the country. Share your perspective in the 2025 National Workforce Insights Survey, open from October 13 to 24. This important survey explores the realities of vacancies, operational costs,...
Tourism Outperforms the General Economy When It Comes to Young Workers
Unemployment is a headline-grabber in the current Canadian news cycle: with geopolitical instability and economic unpredictability, many businesses are facing strong headwinds, and the threat of being laid off hangs over much of the Canadian workforce. Tourism may be slightly...
Labour Force Survey Snapshot: August 2025
August is typically a busy month for tourism: it’s the end of summer, and many families take the opportunity for one last break before school and work return to normal in September. This year, of course, the season has been...
From Recovery to Growth: Tourism HR Canada Leads Groundbreaking National Workforce Project
Three-Year Project Helped Restore Thousands of Jobs and Build a More Resilient, Inclusive Tourism Sector. Over the past three years, Tourism HR Canada has spearheaded a transformative national initiative to address the severe labour disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....
Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot: July 2025
Tourism Employment Stays Strong. The tourism sector[1] in July 2025 grew by around 3% from where it stood last month[2], and was generally in a stronger position than last year. Given the strong economic headwinds facing the economy, and the...
Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot: June 2025
Momentum Continues to Build in Tourism Employment. In spite of economic headwinds in the face of trade uncertainty, domestic tourism demand stayed strong into June, allowing the tourism labour market to maintain its momentum from May. Both labour force and...
Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot: May 2025
Summer Employment Growth Led by Recreation and Entertainment, Accommodations In spite of ongoing economic tensions between Canada and its largest trading partner, the Canadian tourism sector[1] in May 2025 saw promising growth over the previous month[2]. Although tourism is less...
Propel: Building Canada’s Tourism Workforce, One Student at a Time
By Joe Baker, Tourism HR Canada Board of Directors In August of 2021, Canada’s tourism sector was in a fragile place. We were navigating workforce losses, sector uncertainty, and deep concern about future capacity. Out of that turbulence came a...
Belong Brings Disability Inclusion from Coast to Coast to Coast
Over the past few months, the Belong initiative has taken off across Canada, bringing together tourism employers, individuals with disabilities, industry associations, and disability-support partners to build more accessible, inclusive workplaces.
Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot: April 2025
Sector Overall Grows, but Accommodations Industry Continues to Struggle The tourism sector[1] in April 2025 was in a stronger position than in March[2], showing growth in both labour force and employment, and a slight decline in the unemployment rate. The...
Taking Action Against Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes in Canada, and tourism businesses can be unwitting facilitators in this exploitation. A report from U.S.-based Polaris found that 75% of human trafficking survivors in the U.S. have some contact with a...
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