Ontario Hiring Requirements by Subsector, 2021-2029

A table showing the hiring requirements by sub-sector from 2021 to 2029 in Ontario. In bio-health, 14,400 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: research and development (24%); management, finance and administration (18%); manufacturing and production (15%). In bio-industrial, 7,300 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand but with a significant proportion of expansion demand, particularly in 2023. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing and production (37%); management, finance and administration (15%); research and development (14%). In agri-bio, 2,300 workers will need to be hired by 2029, with nearly half of the hires driven by expansion demand until 2023. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing and production (33%); research and development (20%); management, finance and administration (18%). In bio-energy, 600 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven virtually all by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: research and development (34%); manufacturing and production (27%); management, finance and administration (18%).

Published in Close-up on the bio-economy: Ontario report (December 6, 2021)