The Canadian Real Estate Investor Podcast
Is Canadas Construction Industry Prepared for The Silver Tsunami Of Retirements?
Published August 22, 2025 · 2900
Topics: Development
Show Notes
We discuss how modular construction and prefabricated housing can address Canada's housing crisis through improved labor productivity. The hosts examine Canada's productivity challenges compared to the US, particularly in construction, and explore innovative building methods that could accelerate housing production despite an aging workforce.
- Canada needs to double its housing construction to approximately 430,000-480,000 annual starts to restore affordability, but faces barriers including labor shortages and weak productivity in residential construction.
- A "silver tsunami" of retirements will remove about 270,000 construction workers (one-fifth of the workforce) over the next decade, creating an urgent need for productivity improvements.
- Innovative methods like modular construction can reduce build times by 20-50%, while mass timber requires half the workforce of concrete builds and speeds construction by 30%
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