Future Employment Growth

According to Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy, “Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping our Future”, Vancouver will continue to be the pre-eminent job centre in the region to 2041. Accommodating the city’s growth projection for jobs is dependent on land use planning initiatives like the Metropolitan Core Jobs and Economy Plan to ensure there is adequate job space for future job growth.

Metro Vancouver Jobs by Municipality, 2006 & projected addition to 2041

 

City of Vancouver: Employment Projection to 2041

Year	Jobs (Regional Count)*	Jobs (Census Equivalent)*
2006	393,000	378,000
2021	442,000	422,500
2031	464,000	445,587
2041	482,000	462,873

Source: Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy (adopted July 29, 2011) and Statistics Canada, Census Data.

*Note: The Growth Management Scenario and The Regional Plan use population and employment numbers that add an estimated undercount to the Census numbers which are more generally used throughout this website.

**Note: We have published the most recent data received from Metro Vancouver here. We will attempt to keep this updated as the plan process evolves; data on the Metro Vancouver website may differ.

For more information on Metro Vancouver’s Draft Regional Growth Strategy, visit Metro Vancouver .

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