This profile summarizes a provincial labour market forecast for the broader automotive industry. The forecast model projects and quantifies trends in labour demand and supply for the industry over the forecast period from 2021 to 2030. The forecast model uses a combination of data sources to generate labour market outlooks.

Profile Highlights:

• Quebec’s broader automotive industry employed an estimated 14,650 workers in 2019. A total of 73% of workers were employed in core automotive industries. 26% of workers were employed in one of Quebec’s commercial vehicle assembly plants. An additional 47% of workers were employed in vehicle parts manufacturing through independent parts suppliers.

• The remaining 27% of workers were employed in automotive-associated industries. These industries cover the full automotive supply chain, including employment in metals industries (11% of workers), non-metal materials industries (5%), computer and electronics (6%), and a range of other industries (5%).

• Looking ahead, employment is projected to grow steadily during the decade, rising to over 16,500 workers by 2030, while total employment in the province is projected to grow from 4.3 million in 2022 to 4.7 million by 2030. Industry groups that comprise the broader automotive industry are projected to experience diverging outcomes with respect to employment growth over the next decade, with average annual growth rates ranging from -0.4% to 3.2%.