Canada’s agriculture sector is experiencing a severe and chronic labour shortage. Although labour shortages are a challenge for employers in many sectors across the country, they are particularly acute for agriculture employers. More than 28,200 jobs were estimated to have gone unfilled in the agriculture sector during peak season in 2022. These unfilled vacancies have severe consequences. Based on the recent survey conducted by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC), labour shortages caused a 3.7 per cent decline in sales in 2022, which, when applied to total sales in agriculture, resulted in an estimated $3.5 billion in lost sales.
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