Northern Projections

Thus, the majority of the data occupational composition of the employed workforce, presented in this report are based of the 2011 National the shifting of the district’s industrial composition from Household Survey. [...] This section also discusses the implications of the growing application of technology in the production process and, accordingly, the future skill requirements The Geographical Specification of the workforce. [...] Decreasing the gap between the dependency ratios in the district and those of the province as a whole could be a goal the region might strive to achieve in the long term. [...] The continuing aging of the district’s population is also evident from the Ministry of Finance’s projections (Figure 6 and Table 2), with the share of individuals under age 20 expected to decline from 18 percent in 2013 to 15 percent in 2041, the share of working-age people (ages 20 to 64) projected to decline from 57.9 percent in 2013 to 45.3 percent in 2041, and the share of seniors is expected [...] Figure 10 compares labour force characteristics among The unemployment rate among women in the district various demographics of the population in the Parry of Parry Sound was 9 percent compared to 8.3 percent Sound district and Northeastern Ontario.6 The labour in both Northeastern Ontario and the province as a force participation rate among men is 76.2 percent in whole.