About LMI
Food Processing Skills Canada has been conducting general and subsector analysis of labour market information for the food and beverage manufacturing industry in Canada for many years. The insights have been vital to understanding the labour environment and designing solutions that support people and businesses.
What is it about?
Labour market information is the entry point for solving the urgent employment, training and upskilling requirements of the food and beverage manufacturing industry in Canada. There is simply no time to waste if the industry is to capture new market share around the globe. Add to this, the significant upside for Canada and Canadians through job creation and increased economic activity generated by successful businesses.
To better understand real-time labour challenges experienced by food and beverage manufacturers across Canada and complement the current research and analysis strategy, FPSC launched Rapid Results. This initiative leverages an Employer Opinion Panel to gather information on core labour issues and specific pain points that businesses are facing. The information is summarized in a report and shared with industry and stakeholders to guide informed decision-making.
Labour Market Information & Workforce Solutions Brochure
How Labour Market Information Guides Workforce Solutions:
New talent attraction and retention initiatives are designed to profile the variety of career opportunities and to address the loss of workforce due to retire over the next 10 years.
CareersNOW! is providing resources that are connecting jobseekers and students with employers for exciting career opportunities. This initiative offers online skills training delivered by Food Processing Skills Canada to ensure people are primed for job success.
Resources
Videos & Webinars
On demand videos & webinars on a variety of topics.
Career Ladders
Learn about career ladders in the food and beverage processing industry.
Employer Programs
Employer programs for Canada’s food and beverage processing industry.
Featured Reports
Highlights Brief From Canadian Meat Processing
Highlights from a Labour Market Information Study of Canada’s Meat Processing Industry
Labour Market Information Survey
With so many companies and processors in the food and beverage industry struggling with employment, such as hiring, vacancy, retention and etc. this survey report, Labour Market Information Survey looks at some of key issues that might be contributing to this. There were 740 food and beverage companies that were surveyed across Canada from Atlantic Canada to British Colombia in a variety of sectors, to make sure a comprehensive view was seen. Different aspects were examined like industry training, government programs, HR processes and more to really understand the challenges the industry as whole is facing.
Highlights Brief From Atlantic Seafood Processing
Highlights from a Labour Market Information Study of Canada’s Fish and Seafood Processing Industry
Your Next Worker
With more and more positions going unfilled in the food and beverage processing industry, Food Processing Skills Canada conducted some research to see what are the current perspectives of the most promising segments of the population to fill these needed positions. In Your Next Worker, we surveyed four population segments (i.e., Youth, Tenuously Attached, Recent Immigrants and Indigenous People) to see what their perceptions would be working in various food processing industries. These four segments were chosen for a number of reasons like significantly more likely to look for employment or relatively high unemployment rates. When exposed to fact based information about the industry, their perspectives shifted and for some there was some great positive impact. This gives hope to the possibility of having these vital jobs filled and you finding your next worker.
Canadian Meat and Poultry LMI – Executive Summary
Securing Canada’s Meat Workforce – Real Challenges, Practical Solutions, Fresh Perspectives
