Job prospects Heavy Equipment Mechanic in Québec

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Heavy-duty equipment mechanics" in the Northeast Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Labour shortage

Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a labour shortage for Heavy-duty equipment mechanics in the Northeast Region. There were more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Software engineers and designers (NOC 21231) in the Northeast region for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
  • Not many positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about Software engineers and designers in the Northeast region:

  • Approximately 120 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Software engineers and designers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 76%
    • Information, cultural, arts, entertainment and recreation services (NAICS 51, 71): 15%
    • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 9%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Heavy-duty equipment mechanics across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Undetermined

An employment outlook has not been assigned to this occupation in this region due to low levels of employment.

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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Mining Sector Hiring Forecast

The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) forecasts that the mining sector will need to hire a total of 570 null in Nunavut from 2011 to 2021.

The following table shows MiHR’s forecast for the total number of jobs that will need to be filled from 2011 to the given year.

Table on the cummulative hiring forecast for null in Nunavut starting from 2011.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) 2013 2016 2021

Region: Nunavut

Occupation:

310 340 570
[ Source Canadian Mining Industry Employment and Hiring Forecasts 2011 - MiHR ]
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