New Brunswick and its Atlantic neighbours are going to be dealing with aging populations for years to come. A new report shows the hole retirees will leave in the workforce over the next 10 years and what might be done to fill the void.
Report projects 135,700 jobs needed in New Brunswick by 2035
Oliver Pearson · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 10, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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David Campbell’s new report suggests that thousands of jobs in key sectors like health care and construction will be facing vacancies over the next decade in New Brunswick. The province will need to rely on young people and immigration to fill the demand, he said. (Oscar Baker III/CBC)
New Brunswick’s aging population has a lot of workers ready for retirement without a sufficient number of young people to fill their roles, according to a new labour force report.
David Campbell’s report shows at least 20 per cent of the workforce is over 55 and set to retire in around 10 years. That percentage gets higher in rural areas.
“We don’t have enough young people to replace them and so that’s sort of the big overarching challenge is where do we get the workforce we need for the future?” Campbell said.
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