Quebec Government Highlights Most In-Demand Occupations In Montreal

07 Feb 2019

Computer engineers, Nurses, and heavy equipment mechanics are with the most in-demand professions in Montreal, as per the new report by the provincial government of Quebec.  Several applicants with experience and qualifications in these areas are sought-after by organizations for immigration to Canada.

In-Demand Occupations in Montreal

Quebec’s most famous city also wants a higher number of interactive media developers and computer programmers, aerospace engineers, insurance adjusters, wholesale and retail managers, and paramedics, as per the Balance Labour Market report.

Deficits are assumed to remain in several sectors till at least 2021, the report foretells. Experts state that both unskilled and skilled labor is in huge demand in Montreal and over Quebec.

Technology organizations resume hiring a notable number of new workers, so much so that not sufficient labor is available. Several are needed to source applicants from overseas, below the programs of federal immigration.

However, unskilled positions in retail sales are also in need, with wages regularly growing as a result. Jobs in hospitality, restaurants, transport, and construction are also seeing deficits.

Canadian government statistics reveal Quebec job openings have risen higher than any other Canadian province over the past 12 months.

The recent figures bring into inquiry a predicament for the present Quebec government. It got to power in the beginning Oct 2018, below a campaign pledge to decrease immigration levels.  It consequently tabled its 2019 plan of immigration levels, which reduces by 10,000, the immigrant's number that will be allowed to Quebec in the current year. Industries over the province have begun to rely on immigration as a tool to offset critical labor shortages.

Nationwide, the jobs open increased to 551,000 in the Q3 of 2018, an increment of 83,000 in the equivalent period of 2017. Quebec noticed a rise of 31,000 jobs, Ontario noticed 22,000 jobs and British Columbia noticed 18,000 jobs.

Quebec’s 35.5% boost in job vacancies helps what organizations in the French-speaking province are telling about fighting to fill positions.

The provincial government of Quebec is driving ahead with a proposal to lessen immigration in the year 2019, notwithstanding this demand for more workers.

Quebec Immigration Levels Plan in 2019

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