Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS)

The latest projections were developed in 2024 and cover the 2024 to 2033 period. Click here to find a summary of the main results.

Users can access the projection results by industry, including gross domestic product, employment, retirements, mortality and job openings.

• Files Structure Definition
• Growth rate for employment, GDP and productivity 2024-2033
• Gross Domestic Product Projections
• Employment Projections
• Employment Change (Expansion Demand) Projections
• Retirement Projections¹
• Emigration and In-Service Mortality Projections¹
• Total Job Openings Projections

Sources: Employment and Social Development Canada - COPS 2024 Projections; and Statistics Canada - adapted database 36-10-0434-01.