Ontario Building Training Centre for 50,000 New Construction Workers in York Region

After years of neglect and under-investment from previous governments, we have too many experienced workers retiring and not enough young workers starting their career in the trades.

Through our new Skills Development Fund Capital Stream, this government is continuing to support the world-class Ontario workers who are rebuilding our province’s economy.

We are taking action by partnering with LiUNA 183 to train the next generation – almost 100,000 new construction workers – who will leverage the expertise and wisdom of experienced tradespeople to build Ontario.

Our government is investing approximately $26 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream to build a new training centre at LiUNA 183’s skilled trades training campus here in York Region.

With this new training centre, LiUNA 183 will be able to train nearly 50,000 additional new workers – doubling their current training capacity to almost 100,000 workers – for in-demands careers in construction across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), such as bricklaying, heavy equipment operators, and concrete finishing.

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