Labour Market Information Archive

The following are older reports have been prepared regarding labour market trends in the five counties of Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

 

  • December 2008: Labour Market Monitor
    The Labour Market Monitor is an overview of the Ottawa Economic Region including the census division of the City of Ottawa, the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry; Prescott and Russell; Leeds and Grenville, and the county of Lanark.

 

 

  • December 2008: Essential Skills: A new way to look at worker skills
    An overview for Eastern Ontario Training Board region stakeholders of a nation-wide strategy to measure and strengthen our workers.

 

 

  • August 2008: SD&G Manufacturing Sector Survey 2008
    The economic situation in the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (including the City of Cornwall) seems to indicate that employers are facing an ongoing shortage of qualified workers.

 

  • July 2008: SD&G High-Tech Sector Survey 2008
    The economic situation in the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (including the City of Cornwall) seems to indicate that employers are facing an ongoing shortage of qualified workers.

 

  • July 2008: Wannabe Teachers Play the Waiting Game
    Last year, 12,670 people were newly certified to teach in the province, according to the Ontario College of Teachers. However, only 5,325 teachers retired.

 

 

  • May 2008: Update on Cornwall's Economy
    The latest census data suggests the average family in Cornwall has a little more in its wallets than it did the last time Statistics Canada asked people about how much money they make.

 

 

 

  • January 2008: Year on a Slide
    Most Ottawa technology and related stocks lost ground in 2007 - but a few made huge gains.

 

  • November 2007: Trends in Higher Education
    Faculty renewal and enrolment growth drive the need for thousands of new hires in next decade.

 

 

  • October 2007: Job Descriptions: An Employers' Handbook
    Written specifically for smaller organisations, this handbook from Human Resources and Social Development Canada provides information on one of the key aspects of human resources management: job descriptions.

 

  • October 2007: Child Care Needs in SD&G
    An update on the need of licensed 24/7 Child Care Services in Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry.

 

  • August 2007: Public Pensions and Work
    This study uses a large sample of tax data to examine the take-up rate of C/QPP benefits, the co-receipt of C/QPP and other benefits, and employment following benefit take-up.

 

  • August 2007: Participation of Older Workers
    Older workers are staying in the workforce longer and, as a result, may be dampening the threat of a sudden and severe labour shortage as baby boomers retire, a new study suggests.

 

  • June 2007: A Need for Agri-Food
    The main goal of this report is to aid and encourage the expansion and creation of small agri-food businesses.

 

 

  • March 2007: A Prosperity Plan for Eastern Ontario
    The purpose of this Plan is to follow up on the recommendation of the Eastern Ontario Opportunity Action Plan to empower the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus to take the primary leadership in raising the region's profile with the Province of Ontario.

 

  • September 2006: Skilled Trades Growth Projections
    Labour market growth projections for Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, prepared by Service Canada.

 

 

 

 

  • 2006: Labour Market Shifts
    Canada's hard-hit manufacturing sector, challenged by the rising Canadian dollar, shed jobs for the third year in a row in 2005.

 

 

 

  • November 2005: Labour Force Market Trends
    Summary of labour market trends, issues and opportunities within Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

 

 

 

 

  • October 2003: Manufacturing Sector Update
    A report that examines some basic questions regarding trends in the manufacturing sector worforce in Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

 

 

  • May 2003: Employment Among People with Disabilities
    A report that investigates initiatives that can successfully meet the employment needs of mentally and physically challenged individuals in Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

 

 

 

  • March 2002: Ruroscope of Two Valleys
    A study investigating email as a marketing tool of rural products in Eastern Ontario.

 

  • 2002: A Decade-Long Look at Registered Apprentices
    About one-half of the individuals who registered in some form of apprenticeship program in 1992 in Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick had actually completed training a decade later in the trade they had chosen.

 

 

  • December 2001: Child Care Needs
    Day care service for 24/7 workers has been identified as an employment barrier in the Manufacturing Sector of SG&G.

 

 

 

 

  • August 2001: Hairdressing Profile
    An assessment of the existing and projected workforce in the hairstyling industry for the counties of Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

 

 

 

  • March 2000: Workforce Profiling
    A study of employability needs and training practices in Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.