CANADA'S TRADE LABOUR FORECAST OUTLOOK

The Supply Chain Canada Workshops offer professionals the chance to learn directly from expert instructors with hands-on industry experience. These workshops provide practice tools and strategies to tackle the complex challenges in today’s supply chain sector.

Designed to deliver actionable insights, you’ll gain knowledge you can apply immediately to enhance your performance and advance your career. In addition, you’ll engage with fellow supply chain professionals from across Canada, expanding your network and exchanging ideas that will help you grow both personally and professionally.

A crisp look at Canada's skilled-labour outlook and what it means for capacity, timelines, and cost in 2026. Translate macro forecasts into sourcing, contracting, and workforce decisions you can act on now.

• Tight labour markets are a top driver of schedule risk and unit-cost inflation
• Projects face competing demand across regions and trades
• 2026 plans need realistic capacity assumptions and contingency

• National & regional labour supply/demand signals by trade/discipline
• Impacts on lead times, contractor pricing, and change-order risk
• How to reflect labour risk in RFXs, contract clauses, and KPIs
• Playbook for supplier diversification, phased awards, and incentives
• Building a cross-functional capacity dashboard for executives

From analyst to C-suite in procurement, project delivery, category management, operations, construction management, logistics, finance, and risk—across energy, utilities, public sector, manufacturing, infrastructure, tech, healthcare, retail, and 3PL.

YOUR TAKEAWAYS

• Capacity Risk Checklist (assumptions, buffers, triggers)
• Contract language cues for labour volatility
• Executive one-pager template for 2026 planning
• Slide deck + recording (sent to registrants)

Register now to plan with realistic labour assumptions—and protect schedule, cost, and supply.