By Anna Guy
By 2026, The construction and mainte-
nance industry will lose close to 250,000 skilled
workers (Build Force). Women Building Futures is work-
ing to fill that gap.
I
n 2018, there are approximately 6.2 million women in Canada between
the ages of 20 and 44—an estimated 47 per cent of the Canadian labour
force, and yet less than 4 per cent of the on-site construction and mainte-
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