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The Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace, CCAA, is
pleased to announce the release of the 2018 Labour
Market Information (LMI) Report.
The report quantifies the workforce of the industry, as
well as projected labour and skills shortages. The study
projects a need to hire 55,000 new workers by 2025 to
keep pace with projected industry growth and to replace

workers who are retiring or leaving the workforce for
other reasons. This represents one third of the existing
workforce of 154,000 today.

The study also looks at the current and projected number
of graduates. Only a quarter of the needed workers—
about 14,000—will be domestic graduates.
The LMI report highlights issues which need immediate
attention, if the industry is to have enough workers with
the right skills, to keep pace with growth and
retirements. It confirms the need for a National Labour
Market Strategy to address these issues.

CCAA has been conducting LMI studies for many years.
Data collection is seen as a diagnostic tool which will help
provide key stakeholders with the data necessary to
make informed decisions.” said Theresa Davis-
Woodhouse, Director of Project Management and
Accreditation for the CCAA.

CCAA, and industry use LMI reports to identify labour
force challenges, and create programs to address them.

For instance, CCAA now administers an ESDC-funded
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wage subsidy program for employers in the industry to
hire students (e.g. co-op, interns, field placement or July 12, Thursday – Board Meeting
summer students). The Student Work Integrated Learning July 19, Thursday – Members Meeting and
Program, SWILP, runs for another 3 years, so employers
Volunteer Lunch
can make longer term plans for future hiring.
July 28, Saturday – Open House
On behalf of the industry,” Robert Donald, the Executive

Director of CCAA said “We wish to acknowledge and
thank the Federal Government for funding this study.
Without their support the study would not have been
possible.”

To get your copy of the full report, please contact

Theresa Davis-Woodhouse, at 613-727-8272, Ext.
247, tdaviswoodhouse@avaerocouncil.ca or click here.