Apprenticeship training programs play a vital role in cultivating the knowledge and expertise of tradespeople, who are integral to Canada's workforce. The lockdowns and closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impeded the ability of apprentices to fulfill their program requirements, which include in-class study and on-the-job training, thereby delaying their certification.
The most common duration for an apprenticeship program is four years, so many apprentices in the 2022 cohort started their training in 2018. Therefore, their training was affected by the pandemic. In 2022, the percentage of apprentices who received their certificates (certification rates) within a program's allotted timeframe was 19.1%. This is an increase of 0.7 percentage points from the previous year, ending two consecutive years of decline, which began in 2020. However, the rate remains below the pre-pandemic level of 21.8% in 2019.
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