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Construction – Residential

Construction – Residential Employer Hiring Practices

A.C. McCardle Home Builders

Cornwall

AMAC Electric (2004) Ltd.

Island-wide

APM Group

Island-wide

Atlantic Roofers

Island-wide

Budget Blinds

Island-wide

Callbeck’s Home Hardware Building Centre/Callbeck’s Home Furniture & Appliances

Summerside

Castle group of companies

Spring Valley Building Centre, Kensington; O’Leary Building Centre, Town ‘N Country Carpet One, Summerside; Western Truss, Elmsdale, and Brudenell Building Centre

Chappell Custom Homes

Marshfield

Confederation Construction and Interiors Inc.

Charlottetown and Stratford

Fastenal

Charlottetown

Green Diamond Equipment

Stratford, Summerside, & Bloomfield

Homesol Building Solutions

Island-wide

Hope DesRoche Painting

Charlottetown & Summerside

Kennedy Metals Inc.

Pleasant Valley

Leading Edge Group

Charlottetown

MacKenzie Builders Services Ltd.

Souris

Magnum PEI

Charlottetown

R. Seegers Construction

Charlottetown

Shoreline Construction

Charlottetown

Skygate Videography Inc.

Slemon Park

Sunly Energy

Island-wide

T&J Construction

Charlottetown

Thornehouse Design 

Charlottetown

Timber Mart / J.C. HandyMan Services & Sales

Alberton

Trim Landscaping

Island-wide

Trinity Energy Group

Island-wide

WCD Solar

St. George’s

Weatherskin PEI

Stratford

Wheelie Bin Doctors Inc.

Charlottetown, Stratford, & Cornwall

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Find your passion; find your skilled trade

Some job titles

  • General Contractor
  • General Labourer
  • Red Seal and Apprentice Carpenter
  • Fine Carpenters
  • Electrician
  • Plumber
  • Drywaller
  • Tiling and flooring specialist
  • Painter
  • Bricklayer
  • Foundation specialist
  • Architect
  • Surveyor
  • Roofer

CHBA-PEI, which has about 30 members, is the provincial arm of the national organization.

Programs to help enter the trades

  • Youth Internship Program (SYnC) –https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/workforce-and-advanced-learning/youth-internship-program-sync
  • Trade HERizons – for women interested in entering the trades: www.wnpei.org/Trade-HERizons
  • PEI Construction Association Youth in Trades program:  www.capei.ca/home
  • BuildForce Canada programs to attract women, First Nations, and youth to the trades:  www.buildforce.ca

Related videos about:

  • Employment in residential construction on PEI
  • Trades and technology programs Holland College offers across PEI

For more information:

  • The Construction Association sector on PEI, call 902-368-3303. Visit www.capei.ca.
  • For more about Buildforce Canada, visit www.buildforce.ca/en.
  • For more about the Canadian Home Builders Association-PEI, call 902-367-6125. Visit www.chba-pei.ca.

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