Quick Facts
Going Green
Green careers are growing opportunities in Canada and worldwide. Some analysts say the environmental industry has the highest job growth in Canada.Lakeland College's programs are an avenue to protecting, restoring and monitoring the environment. Check out all of our environmental programs. Use the links below to see the career and job opportunities open to you.
| Top 5 Green Careers in 2009 |  |
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Read about the projected top green careers from Canada's My Careers magazine. A feature highlights job opportunities such as green designer, green performer, green protector and green tracker and green ambassador. Any of Lakeland's environmental science program majors or applied environmental management degree program would put you on those career paths. |
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| Where environmental monitoring and protection grads have started their careers | |
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| Environmental Careers Organization Canada (ECO) | |
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| Learn more about environmental careers at Environmental Careers Organization Canada (ECO). ECO was established in 1992. It includes Canada's largest environmental job board. There's a special section for students. | |||||
| Canadian Council on Learning estimates more environmental jobs | |
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In a report released in Feb. 2010 the Canadian Council on Learning says the labour demand in the environmental sector is expected to increase by nearly 40,000 jobs by 2011, yet enrolment in post-secondary environmental programs has decreased by 9% since 1999. ECO Canada, an organization specializing in research, training and certification of environmental careers, estimates that 530,414 people were employed in the environmental sector in 2006. The demand for environmental employees is expected to increase by 8.1%, reaching more than 570,000 in 2011. While the environmental sector faces an increase in the demand for highly skilled professionals, the number of graduates from environmental post-secondary programs has declined in recent years. Post-secondary programs in environmental areas reported a 9% decline in graduates between 1999 and 2005, compared to a 24% increase in the overall number of university graduates in Canada. Low enrolment and graduation numbers are expected to contribute to labour shortages in the environmental sector. Read Meeting the demand for trained personnel in Canada's environment sector |
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