Labour Market Bulletin Sault Ste. Marie and Area
Labour Market Bulletin, First Quarter 2006
An Analysis of the Sault Ste. Marie and Area Labour Market
Service Canada
An overview of the area served by the Service Canada Centre of Sault Ste. Marie, including Sault Ste. Marie, Elliot Lake, Blind River, Wawa, and St. Joseph Island.
The Sault Ste. Marie and Area labour market continued its strong showing into 2006. Algoma Steel remains the most profitable steelmaker in Canada. The city's huge waterfront tourism project, Borealis, received $15 million in funding from the province. The construction sector should remain strong with projects such as Borealis, a youth detention centre, a wind tower manufacturing plant and the new hospital all scheduled to start within a year.
Advertised job opportunities remained robust in the first quarter of 2006. While sales and service occupations dominated the job opportunities, trades jobs also showed signs of growth.
The labour market of Northeastern Ontario continued its decline in the first quarter of 2006. Both employment and the labour force decreased.
Highlights:
- St. Marys Paper employees take a 20% wage cut.
- Algoma Steel has another profitable quarter.
- Almost 500 new employees hired since ASI restructured, more to come.
- New wind tower manufacturing plant to be built in Sault Ste. Marie, 140 jobs.
- F.J. Davey Home lays off 30 staff.
- Province gives Borealis $15 million for waterfront development.
- Employment insurance claim load lower this year compared to same period last year.
- Advertised job vacancies up 50%.
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