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Guide to Computing Careers and Disciplines
This guide provides answers to three questions:
- Why should you consider computing when choosing a career?
- What kind of computing jobs are out there?
- How do you get there? What kind of education pathways will guide you to the computing career you desire?
CERIC will once again fund a project for Mount Royal University to update its popular guide to computing careers, reflecting the significant changes to both the computing industry and computing careers since the pandemic. The third edition of Computing Disciplines: A Quick Guide for Prospective Students and Career Advisors will reflect how new areas such as data science, AI and cybersecurity have burst onto the scene, feature more content on BIPOC professionals in the technology field, and include additional information on educational pathways available in the North.
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is the national centre of expertise for the digital/computing economy. Check out their latest report:
Most in-demand digital occupations in the Canadian and local & national job postings
In its snapshot of the digital/computing economy labour market, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) reported that as of February 2025, 2,800 worked on PEI in Information and Communications Technology. For more information, click here.
Cutting-Edge Tech Labour Market Platform Tackles Canada’s Digital Skills Gap
Despite making up nearly half (48%) of the Canadian workforce, women are underrepresented in the digital economy. In 2023, women accounted for 34.8% of individuals employed in Canada’s digital economy. Learn more.
Your Career Starts Here – Jobs with the Provincial Government
Job details, outlook and salary for the digital economy labour force
Education and skills building and Entrepreneurial support
- Skills for Hire Atlantic is a free, 16-week online training program designed by Digital Nova Scotia for job seekers and career shifters across Atlantic Canada
- Whether you’re scaling a startup, driving innovation, or launching a groundbreaking idea, The Foundry on PEI offers the support, resources, and connections to help you succeed in the fast-paced world of technology.
- Digital skills demand across Canada’s labour market: November 2023 click here
- ICTC believes in the importance of developing a highly skilled, educated, and motivated ICT/digital workforce. There are online programs across the country that you can explore. For the list of programs, click here.
- Holland College Computer Studies programs, click here.
- UPEI Computer Science program, click here.
- Academy of Learning Career College Information Technology programs.
PEI Digital economy industry news you can use:
- In 2025, the Digital Marketing Sector Council conducted national research by surveying more than 1,000 marketing professionals. Marketers from Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, and Halifax shared candid insights into how their teams operate, the challenges they face, and how their roles are evolving in a rapidly changing digital environment.
- The world of digital marketing: During a Halifax event, there were more than 250 marketers who generously shared what their work truly looks like today. Their input was direct, candid, and grounded in real-world experience.
- Quick facts about the IT industry on PEI
- Federal government invests more than $2.1M in seven Island-based IT companies
- Trend report- CCRW- Every day, many persons with disabilities navigate a world that was not designed with their needs in mind. For some, the digital environment – the devices, software, and online platforms where people work, learn, play, and interact – can be just as inaccessible as the physical world.
- Dylan & All Boats Labs is software architect and founder based in Charlottetown, with over a decade of experience in software development and architecture — including work with Thinking Big and the Government of Canada.
- SpryPoint has been recognized by the Technology Fast 50TM Program by Deloitte! This prestigious title honours innovative companies that illustrate an entrepreneurial spirit, while scaling through technology-driven solutions with rapid revenue growth.
- Early-career job postings for business, marketing, and human resources jobs fell by nearly 40% in the first quarter of 2025. Policy, research, and legal roles were down by about one third. Even software engineering and data science—growth engines of the digital economy in recent years—are dialling back junior hiring.
- Half of Canadian businesses are investing in training existing employees to use artificial intelligence to successfully roll out their adoption of AI. Canadian AI adoption reports that investing in job retraining and upskilling is the top priority in both the near and long term
- Around 60% of Canadian workers may be affected by AI-driven job transformation, with a split between roles that AI may displace and those that it could augment
- Older adult loneliness will cost Canada billions – lifelong career development can change that
- Path Pilot and OpportuNext unleash AI assistants to support those seeking employment
- BioTalent announces Jennifer Ash is the quarterly winner of BioTalent Canada’s “Difference Maker” award.
- Creating space for innovation on a full-scale farm (Emili Canada)
- Using Artificial Intelligence to improve use of renewable energy on PEI
- 5 soft skills that are critical in the age of AI
- The Rise of the Superworker: delivering on the promise of AI
- BDO uses Artificial Intelligence to improve productivity
Occupational Profiles
WorkPEI provides a searchable directory of occupations which includes job outlooks for PEI. Use the Occupations Directory to search and download over 500 occupational profiles.
PEI Employers
WorkPEI maintains a searchable directory of its member employers. View an employer’s company profile to learn more about the business, browse active job listings, locate the business on a map and more.
To further explore the industry on PEI, connect with PEI IT Alliance.
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