This report is part of a series of 12 regional studies providing detailed labour market information (LMI) for the fish and seafood processing industry in Atlantic Canada. Led by Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) in collaboration with Employment and Social Development Canada and other partners, the study titled Securing Canada’s Fish and Seafood Workforce examines human resource (HR) challenges and best practices across the sector. It focuses on 12 regions chosen for their processing activity and workforce proportion, with Prince County, PEI, as a specific case study. The report covers an overview of Prince County’s fish and seafood processing sector, its labour force, and detailed findings on current and future labour supply and demand. It concludes by addressing HR challenges and highlighting innovative solutions by employers and communities to tackle labour shortages.
Currently, median hourly wages for shellfish/fish labourers and plant workers are slightly higher than some of the other lower-skill level occupations available in the region, but slightly lower than those occupations having significant physical labour requirements.
The region’s population is expected to grow from 37,400 in 2017 to over 44,00 by 2030 due to net in-migration of 7,500 individuals.
Seafood processing employment in the Prince County, PEI region is expected to remain stable around 730 workers in the near-term before increasing to over 800 by 2030.
