Number of women working in trades spiked in P.E.I. last year, report says

Raphael Caron · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 01, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

More women entered the trades workforce successful P.E.I. successful 2024 according to a study from a Canadian manufacture group.

BuildForce, which represents each sectors of the country's construction market, said 910 women were employed successful trades connected the Island last year, an summation of implicit 300 from the erstwhile year.

As a begetter of 2 daughters who enactment successful the trades, Construction Association of P.E.I. enforcement manager Sam Sanderson said he's blessed to see the statistics trending successful this direction.

"It's astonishing to spot those numbers summation and we're encouraging it each the time," Sanderson said. 

"We're truly hoping that continues on. We'd emotion to spot a batch much women successful the industry."

With an summation successful operation projected for the years ahead, Sanderson said a batch has been done successful caller years to promote much radical to participate the workforce.

Five per cent of the 7,250 tradespeople presently employed successful P.E.I. are women, according to the BuildForce report.

Sanderson said  the relation has seen much women entering the the electrical, plumbing and carpentry fields.

"Construction is mode much than conscionable astir the existent building," helium said. "There's truthful galore opportunities and truthful galore antithetic aspects of it, there's opportunities for anybody and everybody."

'The satellite is unfastened to them' 

Tracy Croucher, who owns Mr. Plumber successful Charlottetown, said she's been capable to prosecute much women successful caller years.

"We conscionable hap to spot much qualified women coming done the doors and it's truly bully to see," she said. "Right now, women are seeing that the satellite is unfastened to them."

Seven of the 25 employees on Croucher's staff are women, including bureau workers, work managers and fourth-year plumbers.

"We don't absorption connected women, we don't specifically enlistee women, but erstwhile they travel done and person the accomplishment set, it's a fantastic summation to our team."