Are you a Hamilton-based business, non-profit, or registered charity? We want to hear from you.

The Hamilton Business Survey invites local employers to share their experiences, challenges, and outlooks. Your insights play a critical role in helping Workforce Planning Hamilton and our partners better understand workforce needs, recruitment and retention pressures, and business conditions across the city.

Hamilton’s labour market showed mixed signals in December 2025, with employment softening slightly while unemployment remained stable. The Hamilton CMA employed 444,000 people, though employment declined by 4,000 month-over-month, with losses across the public, private, and self-employed sectors.

Hamilton’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.3%, remaining below Ontario’s rate (7.6%) but above the national average (6.7%). Population growth continued year-over-year, increasing by 7,200 people (+1%), bringing the 15+ population to 726,900.

 

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Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara is hiring for a 

Conseiller(ère) En Relations Communautaires

 

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Wesley is hiring for a Housing Services Case Manager

 

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McMaster University is hiring for a Wellness Educator

 

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Hamilton Business Survey – Now Open

Are you a Hamilton-based business, non-profit, or registered charity? We want to hear from you.

The Hamilton Business Survey invites local employers to share their experiences, challenges, and outlooks. Your insights play a critical role in helping Workforce Planning Hamilton and our partners better understand workforce needs, recruitment and retention pressures, and business conditions across the city.

The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and includes questions related to hard-to-fill positions, workforce challenges, and business outlooks for 2025/26. All responses are confidential and will be published only in aggregate form through a community report.

Your voice helps shape local labour market planning and supports informed decision-making across Hamilton.

 Participate today and help strengthen Hamilton’s workforce.

Now Registering: FREE Food Safety Training – Food Handler Certification

Hill Park Learning Centre is accepting registrations for its FREE Food Safety Training – Food Handler Certification Course. Spots are limited—see the attached flyer for full details.

This course is ideal for those interested in working in the food service industry or anyone wanting to learn safe food handling practices for home or work.

Eligibility:

• 18 years of age or older

• Ontario resident

• Able to attend independently (no support worker)

• Less than Grade 12 education or assessed as needing skill improvement

• Newcomers require CLB Level 5–6 (some Level 7 accepted)

Pre-registration is required and includes an in-person registration and brief assessment (support provided). Our Cornerstone Program offers an inclusive, respectful learning environment where everyone’s voice is valued.

To book an in-person registration appointment, scan the QR code on the flyer or visit:
https://outlook.office365.com/book/ContinuingEducationHWDSBLBSPrograms@hwdsbonca.onmicrosoft.com/

FREE Caregiver Workshop: Atlas Care Mapping

 

VON is hosting a FREE interactive Caregiver Education workshop focused on Atlas Care Mapping—a simple, visual way to understand and organize the network of people involved in caregiving.

 

🗓 Thursday, February 5
🕒 1:30–3:30 pm
📍 Wellwood, 501 Sanatorium Rd., Hamilton

 

Learn why CareMaps matter and how to create your own to better navigate caregiving supports, including family, friends, and health care professionals.

 

Registration is required.
To register, call 905-523-1055 or email Ashley.Zimmerman@von.ca.

Play can be a powerful tool for learning, leading to cognitive growth, emotional well-being, physical development and the learning of social skills. The Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) confirmed that “it is important to encourage play as a tool for children’s learning to foster and promote the global competencies that are integral to flourishing in today’s as well as tomorrow’s world.”

The greatest joy in my career is gained from matching high school students with just the “right” opportunities. It’s similar to the feeling I had when playing memory “matching” card games as a kid – the satisfaction that comes with picking two identical cards out of rows and rows of possibilities. YES! A match! The positive responses to the connections I provide are what keep me going on long days and propel me to keep reaching for the next new idea to share with unsuspecting students.

Workforce Planning Hamilton’s  labour market information  can help identify:

• In-demand Industries, Skills & Jobs
• Workforce demographics
• Growing, declining & changing trends
• Job vacancy data
• Labour force supply & demand
• Immigration into the workforce
• Currently hiring skills & positions
• And More!