CFWD's Constructing Careers Survey: Insights from the Residential Construction Workforce

In this episode of CFWD’s Workforce Weekly Update, host Sandi Ramsay, Executive Director of the Centre for Workforce Development (CFWD), shares key insights from the 2025 Constructing Careers Survey, conducted in Fall 2025 in collaboration with the Quinte Home Builders Association.This regional study explores workforce gaps and emerging opportunities in the residential construction and home-building sector across Hastings, Prince Edward, and Lennox & Addington counties.What employers told us was clear: the work is there — but the workers are harder to find and even harder to keep.Sandi unpacks what construction employers are experiencing on the ground, including ongoing recruitment and retention pressures, changing skill needs, and the growing importance of attraction, training, and retention strategies. The episode highlights what these findings mean for employers, job seekers, educators, and workforce partners working to strengthen the region’s construction labour force.Whether you’re planning for the 2026 building season or shaping workforce strategies for the long term, this episode offers practical, locally grounded insight into the realities facing Ontario’s residential construction sector today.