A combination of retirements and new workforce demands is expected to create about 72,600 job vacancies in Canada’s energy sector by 2035, according to a new report from Careers in Energy.
Roughly 54,200 energy workers in traditional oil and gas industries and emerging energy technologies will be eligible for retirement by 2035, by which time the sector would also generate 18,400 new jobs, the report says.
Careers in Energy—a labour-market and career information platform focused on the energy industry workforce—is operated by Energy Safety Canada and funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program.
Labour shortages could begin emerging as soon as 2027, with the greatest impact seen in drilling and servicing operations, engineering, facility operations, skilled trades, transportation, and heavy equipment operation, the report says….