This industry profile provides a five-year forecast for Canada’s engineering industry.
Canadian Industrial Profile: Engineering—Spring 2018
Canadian Industrial Profile: Engineering—Spring 2018
Industry Economic Analysis
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Government Spending—The federal government’s plan to increase spending on public infrastructure will support demand for engineering services.
New Technologies—Technologies such as 3-D printing could disrupt the industry by significantly decreasing costs and changing the nature of engineering work.
Demographic Change—In coming years, many engineers will retire and need to be replaced, which could lead to labour shortages in certain fields.
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