Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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A new report from the industry association representing Canadian manufacturers says workforce challenges persist in the country’s largest province, even as job vacancies are on the decline.
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vacancies → represent → decline
The findings published by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters say Ontario manufacturers are facing shortages in key skilled trades as apprenticeship pathways aren’t keeping pace with modern manufacturing.
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pathways → publish → manufacturing
The report, which reflects roundtable discussions the association held with manufacturers and educators across the province, pointed to a “weak alignment” between education and industry needs.
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association → reflect → education
It said that small and medium-sized manufacturers have limited capacity to absorb these challenges
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manufacturers → limit → challenges
“Manufacturers are still struggling to find people that they need with the kind of skills they need,” said the group’s president and CEO Dennis Darby.
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president → struggle → skills
“This really means that we’ve got to do better to match the demand with how we train and educate and prioritize skilled trades.”
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we → mean → trades
Darby said that gap is broad-based across the skilled trades.
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gap → say → trades
“It’s everything from welders to mechatronics to electrical technicians.
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It → ’ → technicians
It’s right across the board,” he said in an interview.
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he → ’ → interview
“One of the things we’re trying to help evolve is trying to get better linkages between educational institutions and manufacturers and ... doing more to really make that connection earlier.”
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we → try → connection
The report said stakeholders widely expressed that while labour market conditions may be changing, manufacturers still face structural workforce challenges.
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manufacturers → say → challenges
That’s despite a sharp decline in the province’s manufacturing job vacancy rate, which fell from 4.7 per cent in 2022 to 1.7 per cent at the end of last year — the lowest rate in more than a decade.
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which → ’ → decade
Darby attributed that downward trend to the trade war between Canada and the United States, as temporary layoffs of manufacturing workers have narrowed the job gap for now.
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layoffs → attribute → gap
He said roughly 50,000 jobs — mostly related to steel, aluminum, automotive and fabrication — have been hit by tariffs.
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jobs → say → tariffs
“But long term, we’re convinced and our members and companies are convinced, we have to fill that pipeline,” he said, noting around 20,000 workers in Ontario’s manufacturing sector are retiring per year.
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workers → convince → year
It comes as the sector is facing additional pressure from Canada’s downward immigration trend.
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sector → come → trend
“Canada has relied historically on skilled immigrants coming to Canada and with those reductions, temporarily that’s caused a real perturbation,” said Darby.
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Darby → rely → perturbation
“We’ve heard that from the colleges as well, suddenly there’s not as many people and the pathways to citizenship are not as clear.”
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pathways → hear → citizenship
The association said there needs to be more responsive immigration pathways that reflect employer needs, along with targeted government programs to help smaller manufacturers with succession planning.
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that → say → planning
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 23, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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