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Georgian uses data to inform our decision-making – from identifying emerging workforce trends, to understanding and anticipating current and future community and workforce needs, to launching or modifying programs and services in response. We're targeting our resources and investments where they can have the biggest impact and expanding our already strong and deeply valued partnerships. The data in this report draws on a range of credible sources to provide an evidence-based perspective on the opportunities and challenges shaping Ontario's future and our region. Where possible, the most recent sources of data and economic projections are used. As examples, we cite Statistics Canada data for past data on employment, GDP, trade and population. Population projections come from Ontario's Ministry of Finance. Economic impact and labour-market data come from sources like Lightcast and Colleges Ontario. The Georgian College Labour Force Needs Study, completed in 2025 with Deloitte, is also used, where possible. One important note: ongoing trade tensions, tariff impacts and geo-political events increase uncertainty associated with economic projections and forecasts. All labour-market projections are subject to this uncertainty and depend on changing economic and market conditions. 1 Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0152-01 Population estimates, July 1, by census division, 2021 boundaries 2 Government of Ontario, Ministry of Finance Population Projections 3 Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0152-01 Population estimates, July 1, by census division, 2021 boundaries 4 Government of Ontario, Ministry of Finance Population Projections 5 Deloitte, Georgian College Labour Force Needs Study: Labour Analysis and Forecast Report 6 Government of Canada, Supplemental Information for the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan 7 Lightcast, Georgian College Economic Impact, Fiscal Year 2025-26 8 Deloitte, Georgian College Labour Force Needs Study: Labour Analysis and Forecast Report 9 Colleges Ontario, Stokes Labour Market Study 10 Lightcast, Georgian College Economic Impact, Fiscal Year 2025-26 11 BNN Bloomberg, Market Outlook: Weak hiring, not layoffs, driving employment slowdown 12 Lightcast Occupations, Georgian Catchment, Datarun 2026.1, Georgian Catchment, Employees. This is a lower bound of the estimate of jobs requiring college education, since a proportion of TEER 0 management occupations can be filled by college- educated workers with appropriate experience. 13 Lightcast Highest Ranked Occupations, Georgian Catchment, Datarun 2026.1, Employees For example, an employment concentration of 2.0 means there are twice as many jobs in that region relative to the national average, after accounting for population size. 14 Lightcast Highest Ranked Occupations, Georgian Catchment, Datarun 2026.1, Employees 15 Deloitte, Georgian College Labour Force Needs Study: Summary Report 16 Collingwood Today, Brightshores hospitals to get $3.9 million for infrastructure needs 17 Collingwood Today, Grey-Bruce Ontario Health Team clears family doctor waitlist for area: official 18 Made in Muskoka Health care, Planning Timeline 19 Caledon Enterprise, $20M expansion of Orangeville hospital's swamped ER now in design phase 20 Simcoe County Hospital Alliance, 2025-26 Performance Report 21 Government of Canada, Government of Canada invests to help Canadians enter skilled trades 22 BuildForce, Ontario Construction ^ Maintenance Looking Forward, 2025-2034 23 Government of Ontario, Skilled Trades, Quick Facts 24 Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, 2026 AI Index Report 25 Government of Canada, Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All 26 Business Development Bank of Canada, Historic $300-billion wave of business acquisitions set to reshape Canada's economy 27 Tefler School of Business, Budget 2025 ignores the looming succession crisis facing Canada's family businesses 28 CFIB, Over $2 trillion in business assets are at stake 29 Independent Electricity System Operator, Annual Planning Outlook, Ontario's Electricity System needs: 2027-2050 30 Government of Ontario, Energy for Generations 31 Government of Ontario, Pumped Storage Project in Meaford 32 Natural Resources Canada, Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy 33 Bruce Power, 2025 Annual Report 34 Government of Canada, Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy 35 Government of Canada, Canadian Armed Forces increases education expense reimbursement to up to 75 percent for Primary Reservists 36 City of Barrie, Barrie unveils $50 million incentive to fast- track defence investment About the data References © 2026 | GeorgianCollege.ca