Discover how Roche Canada leverages Ontario's deep talent pool.

In business the right people drive success. You’ll find the talent you need in Ontario, home to a vast and diverse pool of highly skilled, educated and reliable workers. We have the country’s largest group of working-age residents; as of July 2011, over 9 million Ontarians were aged 15 to 64 years – close to 28 per cent of Canada’s population.

Plus, if you need to relocate key personnel and their immediate family members to Ontario, we provide guidance on immigration procedures and settlement issues.

Learn more about:

• Ontario’s skilled, educated and reliable workforce
• A diverse talent pool
• Relocating key personnel to Ontario

Skilled, Educated and Reliable Workers

About 62 per cent of adults in Ontario have completed their post-secondary education – a rate higher than any OECD country, including the United States, which lags by 20 percentage points. Ontario workers have solid, practised skills you can rely on, with average on-the-job experience of more than 10 years for those in the manufacturing sector, and eight years for those in other industries. This also translates into lower training costs for you.

To ensure a high quality workforce, Ontario has invested in a robust post-secondary education and training infrastructure, which includes:

• Universities - Ontario's 20 universities and university-related institutions offer a complete range of programs in the arts and sciences, as well as graduate and professional programs. Total graduates in 2008 at all levels numbered close to 100,000. Ontario universities attract students from all over the world. In 2010, more than 38,000 international students were registered at university here. Learn more by visiting the Council of Ontario Universities.

• Colleges - Ontario’s 24 colleges prepare students for careers in business, applied arts, technology and health sciences. They also offer an extensive range of part-time and continuing education courses, apprenticeships and skills training programs. In 2009, close to 70,000 students graduated from Ontario colleges. To learn more, visit Colleges Ontario.

• Apprenticeships - Ontario has apprenticeship programs for more than 150 skilled trades in four sectors: construction, industrial or manufacturing, motive power, and service. Programs range from two to five years and combine on-the-job training with study in a college of applied arts and technology. Learn more about the Ontario’s Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit for employers who hire and train apprentices in certain skilled trades.

A Diverse Talent Pool

Have customers in Dubai and suppliers in India? Ontario is a polyglot society where more than 150 languages are spoken. No matter how far in the world your business goes, we've got people who can work with your customers and suppliers in their own language. These are just some of the languages spoken in Ontario:

Relocating Staff or Family to Ontario

Whether you're an Ontario-based company or an international corporation planning to establish operations here, our business immigration consultants can give you guidance with recruiting foreign workers or transferring key personnel to Ontario. They can also help you with immigration procedures and settlement issues related to work permits. Learn more about our business immigration consultants – one more way we make it easy to start and grow a business in Ontario. Or contact a business immigration consultant today at bis@ontario.ca.