Dive summary:

• While the U.S. construction industry has been trying to shake off the debris of the housing bust, Canadian construction has been growing steadily – especially in non-residential work.
• Housing has been slowed in Canada like it has in the U.S., but growth in other sectors is the basis of an estimate in a national report that the country will need 319,000 new construction workers by 2020 to cover retirements and fill 100,000 new jobs.
• In addition to building construction, the Construction Sector Council that produced the report says pipeline and other projects are driving demand for workers.

From the article:

Construction employment will remain at all-time record high levels in Canada for the next decade or so, according to a new forecast of labour supply and demand published by the Construction Sector Council (CSC). ...