PUBLICATIONS

2009

• Workforce Focus: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - 178KB PDF
  Which industries in Sarnia Lambton have the most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? And which ones have experienced an increase or decreased in the number of SMEs in the last year? This issue of Workforce Focus examines trends, characteristics and workforce-size among SMEs.
  
  Published: November 2009
   
• Workforce Focus: Labour Force Participation - 252KB PDF
  This issue of Workforce Focus examines how the nature of labour force participation has changed over the years. While those without a high school education continue to be the largest group not participating, the share of non-participants with an university degree has increased by 10% since 1998.
  
  Published: September 2009
   
• Workforce Focus: Changes in the Employment Landscape - 193KB PDF
  How has the nature of work, from part-time to full-time to multiple job holdings, changed across Ontario since 1999? This Workforce Focus examines how the employment landscape has changed and includes an analysis of employment and wage growth in Lambton County.
  
  Published: July 2009
   
• Work We Do: A 10-year Overview of Occupations in Sarnia Lambton - 523KB PDF
  "Work We Do" is a long-term overview of what jobs the Sarnia Lambton workforce has traditionally undertaken and identifies employment trends among those occupations. This 10-year perspective, from 1996 to 2006, is intended to document those jobs which have been most prevalent as well as those which have been growing or declining the fastest.
  
  Published: June 2009
   
• Workforce Focus - Recession Resistant Sectors - 144KB PDF
  A snapshot of stable or expanding sectors in Ontario from December 2007 to December 2008, including top college program employment rates. Potential local employment gaps in Lambton County are also identified.
  
  Published: May 2009
   
• 2009 TOP Report - 1.2 MB PDF
  Our annual comprehensive research report that sets out labour market trends, issues and opportunities through census data, labour market reports, surveys and consultation with community partners.
  
  Published: March 2009
   
• Workforce Focus - Skilled Trades - 151 KB PDF
  Using Census data from 2001 to 2006, this Workforce Focus details trends in the skilled trades across the province and in Lambton County prior to the current economic downturn. It identifies the top 10 growth trades in Lambton County along with replacement ratios and local concentration of specific trades.

  Published: March 2009

• Workforce Focus -Renewable Energy - 245 KB PDF
  In Lambton County, 2,600 people are employed in the local energy sector, mainly in petroleum products manufacturing. The sector will likely expand as new energy sources are realized. This Workforce Focus provides an overview of new renewable energy developments and the prevalent occupations in this emerging sector.

  Published: February 2009

• Our 2008 publications have been moved to the Publications Archive.