Why Niagara Falls

Talent and
Labour Force

Niagara Falls invites all local, national, and international companies to access its continuously growing labour force, satisfying various key and emerging industry sectors.

With rapid changes in our global economy, here in Niagara, we not only have access to skilled and service-based labour of the past, present, and future produced by Niagara’s secondary and postsecondary institutions and apprenticeship programs, we also have access to talent produced by Canada’s emerging technical incubators and accelerators.

Niagara has rich history in pioneering many iconic economic advancements since the 1800s, such as Sir Adam Beck who created and expanded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, making it the largest publicly owned power authority in the world. From then, many companies have followed - the automovite, agriculture, food and beverage industries, hospitality, etc.

A steadily growing population delivers a diverse and connected community, with existing and new residents coming from different parts of the world - skilled immigrants, newcomers, and international students, Niagara Falls can offer a plethora of labour-ready workforce awaiting business and employment opportunities.

highlights

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Rich History, Labour Ready

Niagara’s rich labour force heritage has created a proud community of people with ready-to-go experience and pro-active mindset.
02

Skilled Trade Qualifications

Niagara has higher proportions of workforce holding some of the most sought-after skilled-trade qualifications in the province as a whole.
03

Skill Set Demand & Development

Postsecondary institutions are quick to develop and execute specialized training programs to meet the industry needs.
04

Talent Pools, Commuters Welcome

With local transits and the daily GO Train services, businesses can access labour force from Niagara population of over 490k people.
05

Experts & Technically Advanced

Diverse & advanced labour force produced by colleges and universities in Canada & through the pool of immigrants arriving each year.

Educational attainment

Niagara Falls' total working population aged 24-65 is 50,059. Statistics based on level of achievements as follow:

Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma: 4,22211%
College, CEGEP - Certificate or Diploma: 14,17338%
University: 9,23925%
Bachelor's Degree: 6,43417%
Above Bachelor's Degree: 2,8059%

When new skill-sets are required, local post-secondary institutions such as Brock University and Niagara College are quick to work with industries to develop specialized training programs:

Brock University provides a dynamic environment offering more than 120 undergraduate and graduate programs across seven academic faculties. Top 5 among all Ontario universities for prestigious 3M Teaching Excellence Awards, Brock is fixated on the future with expanded research activity and increased Masters and Ph.D. programs.

For over 50 years, Niagara College has been a leader in applied education with a global reach providing real-world solutions for business and real-world experience for their 9,000+ students. The College invests in applied research and 130 innovative programs in their state of the art campuses - a recently completed $65 million campus redevelopment project.

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