The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce is hosting a member-exclusive online workshop on March 31, 2026, to help local businesses in Thunder Bay, Ontario, find and keep staff. This session aims to help employers fill empty positions faster and reduce service gaps for residents throughout the city.
The workshop, titled Solving Your Hiring Challenges, features experts from Serco’s EmployNext program and March of Dimes Canada. They will share practical tools for finding new employees and explain provincial programs that can help small businesses find the help they need.
Local business owners have faced significant pressure to find workers lately, with the city’s unemployment rate sitting at 4.6 per cent in late 2025, according to CREA Statistics. Information from the North Superior Workforce Planning Board showed there were more than 2,300 job openings in the region near the end of last year.
This event is part of the Small Business Solutions series, which offers a single spot for owners to find help. The series was designed to keep the local economy growing even as the pool of available workers gets smaller due to a high number of people retiring.
