Aging Workforce - Overview

This page aims to raise awareness of the challenges of an aging workforce. It offers a diagnostic of the demographic changes in the Canadian population and its workforce. It provides a summary analysis of the impacts of these demographic changes on the workforce, the employers and the employees and attempts to dissipate some myths discriminating against older workers. It includes some recommendations for employers and some examples of current practices in collective agreements.

Note: This overview is also available in a PDF document, Challenges of an Aging Workforce: An overview of the issue (PDF Document).

Diagnostic   The Aging Population   Shifting Composition of the Workforce   Analysis   Impacts on the Workforce   Impacts for Employers   Impacts for Workers   Myths and Realities   Recommendations   Employers' Challenges and Options   Current Practices   Collective Agreements and Older Workers