An analytical view into the meat processing sector spotlighting the Wynyard Region in Saskatchewan. The Wynyard region has 2 meat processing establishments focusing on poultry and occasionally hog with 580 employees. The region faces some challenges with meat indusrty not having sufficient employees due to the labour force. Factors like an aging population and youth out-migration play a heavy hand in this. In interviews with plant managers, they discussed that with the aid of better wages and benefits; and recent immigrants, recruitment and retention has become more manageable. Giving you relevant information, this report on the Wynyard Region in Saskatchewan supplies you with the full picture of their meat processing sector.
Meat processing in the Wynyard Saskatchewan region is focused mainly on poultry with some additional processing of hogs.
Regional labour market analysis suggests that after accounting for labour requirements in other sectors, regional labour supply is well below projected meat processing employment demands during the forecast period.
Regional meat employment is expected to grow by over 2.0% annually, rising from 580 workers in 2017 to 600 by 2020 and over 700 workers by 2030.
