Local Labour Market Information

2025 Local Labour Market Plan

With technological change happening so quickly around us, it’s imperative that businesses, job seekers, employees and communities prepare for it.

The rapid pace of tech change, including the growth of AI, has left many fearful of the future.

Those are themes that are explored in the 2025 Local Labour Market Plan (LLMP) titled Preparing for a Technological Future.

The report looks at the themes, challenges and successes of 2024, but also looks at what 2025 may look like.

Publishing an updated LLMP is an annual priority for the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie.

The LLMP provides a detailed look at the state of the local economy, labour market and job market in the six communities the planning board serves: City of Brantford, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk.

Click on the links at right to read or download Preparing for a Technological Future.

2024 Local Labour Market Plan

Managing expectations has become critical in today’s labour market.

That message is central to the 2024 Local Labour Market Plan titled Moving Beyond Disruption: Managing Expectations for Tomorrow’s Workforce.

The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie publishes a report each year that provides an in-depth analysis of the labour market in Brantford, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties.

The new report says the labour market has been impacted by many external factors, including the higher cost of living, foreign wars, the climate change crisis and the spread of artificial intelligence. That impact has caused upheaval in Grand Erie, across Canada and beyond.

“Managing expectations effectively is a key skill for job seekers, employees and employers,” says Danette Dalton, the planning board’s executive director. “Workers and employers will need to actively listen to each other’s priorities and work together constructively.”

Read Moving Beyond Disruption: Managing Expectations for Tomorrow’s Workforce to get the fuller picture.

2023 Labour Market Plan

Change and managing change is a central theme in the Grand Erie community’s 2023 local labour market plan.

The report is titled Change Leadership in Uncertain Times in Grand Erie. It gives an up-to-date snapshot of the labour market and workforce-related issues.

Labour shortages and difficulties hiring and retaining workers are not going away.

That means that many employers need to adjust their HR practices and policies to soften negative impacts on their business.

The report says that issues facing the labour market – increasing numbers of retirements, working from home arrangements and employees looking for better work-life balance – are generational changes that can’t be ignored.

Read Change Leadership for Uncertain Times in Grand Erie for more details.