Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List Skill shortages happen when employers find it hard to get staff with the right skills for the job. Knowing which jobs are in skill shortage can help you choose the best job option or decide what subjects to study. The reasons for these skill shortages can be:
- Not enough skilled workers
- High turnover of workers due to pay and conditions
- Low unemployed and lack of skilled labour
- Changes in technology of economic climate
- Skilled workers moving away
- Ageing workforce
In order to qualify for skilled migration to the Canada, you must nominate an occupation from skills in demand list below:
Arts & Media
- Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations
- Conductors, composers and arrangers
- Musicians and singers
- Dancers
- Actors and comedians
- Painters, sculptors and other visual artists
- Library and public archive technicians
- Technical occupations related to museums and art galleries
- Photographers
- Film and video camera operators
- Graphic arts technicians
- Broadcast technicians
- Audio and video recording technicians
- Support occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and the performing arts
- Announcers and other broadcasters
- Graphic designers and illustrators
- Interior designers and interior decorators
- Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers
- Artisans and craftspersons
- Patternmakers - textile, leather and fur products
- Librarians
- Conservators and curators
- Archivists
- Authors and writers
- Editors
- Journalists
- Translators, terminologists and interpreters
- Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers
- Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
Hospitality & Leisure
- Food service supervisors
- Executive housekeepers
- Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors
- Customer and information services supervisors
- Cleaning supervisors
- Chefs
- Cooks
- Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale
- Bakers
- Athletes
- Coaches
- Sports officials and referees
- Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness
- Retail sales supervisors
- Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade
- Retail and wholesale buyers
- Insurance agents and brokers
- Real estate agents and salespersons
- Financial sales representatives
- Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors
- Corporate sales managers
- Retail and wholesale trade managers
- Accommodation service managers
Construction & Infrastructure
- Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
- Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
- Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
- Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
- Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
- Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
- Tool and die makers
- Sheet metal workers
- Boilermakers
- Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
- Ironworkers
- Welders and related machine operators
- Electricians (except industrial and power system)
- Industrial electricians
- Power system electricians
- Electrical power line and cable workers
- Telecommunications line and cable workers
- Telecommunications installation and repair workers
- Cable television service and maintenance technicians
- Plumbers
- Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
- Gas fitters
- Carpenters
- Cabinetmakers
- Bricklayers
- Concrete finishers
- Tile setters
- Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
- Roofers and shinglers
- Glaziers
- Insulators
- Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
- Floor covering installers
- Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
- Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
- Construction managers
- Home building and renovation managers
- Supervisors, printing and related occupations
- Supervisors, railway transport operations
- Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
- Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
- Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
- Railway Carmen/women
- Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
- Machine fitters
- Elevator constructors and mechanics
- Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- Motor vehicle body repairers
- Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics
- Appliance servicers and repairers
- Electrical mechanics
- Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
- Other small engine and small equipment repairers
- Railway and yard locomotive engineers
- Railway conductors and brakemen/women
- Crane operators
- Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
- Water well drillers
- Printing press operators
- Other trades and related occupations, n.e.c.
- upervisors, logging and forestry
- Supervisors, mining and quarrying
- 3Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
- Underground production and development miners
- Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
- Logging machinery operators
- Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
- Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
- Fishing masters and officers
- Fishermen/women
- Supervisors, mineral and metal processing
- Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities
- Supervisors, food, beverage and associated products processing
- Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing
- Supervisors, forest products processing
- Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing
- Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling
- Supervisors, electronics manufacturing
- Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing
- Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing
- Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing
- Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly
- Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing
- Petroleum, gas and chemical process operators
- Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators
- Power engineers and power systems operators
- Water and waste treatment plant operators
Medical
- Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- Specialist physicians
- General practitioners and family physicians
- Dentists
- Veterinarians
- Optometrists
- Chiropractors
- Allied primary health practitioners
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
- Pharmacists
- Dietitians and nutritionists
- Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational therapists
- Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
- Medical laboratory technologists
- Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists assistants
- Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians
- Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
- Medical radiation technologists
- Medical sonographers
- Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists, n.e.c.
- Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health)
- Denturists
- Dental hygienists and dental therapists
- Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants
- Opticians
- Practitioners of natural healing
- Licensed practical nurses
- Paramedical occupations
- Massage therapists
- Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
- Medical administrative assistants
- Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations
- Health information management occupations
- Chemists