According to the report, Quebec’s aging population will continue to affect labour supply, as workers reach retirement age amid a period of high job vacancies and low unemployment.
With more opportunities to work from home or in a hybrid model, jobs that do not offer this option may become less desirable to potential employees.
Finally, more professions will be looking for candidates with stronger reading comprehension, writing and complex solving skills, whereas Quebec and the rest of Canada are already struggling with digital literacy.
The province is set to welcome 52,500 new permanent residents in 2022, according to Quebec’s Immigration Levels Plan released October 28, 2021.
The levels plan also calls for an additional 18,000 admissions to reach the admission levels that were not met in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of this past January, certain Quebec workplaces can now support staff of up to 20% temporary workers, up from 10%.
On December 6, 2021, Quebec announced that certain NOC D occupations were exempt from the advertising and recruitment requirements of the TFWP.
The employment rate for these newcomers was at nearly 76% in 2021 compared to roughly 64% for the same period in 2019.