Overview
- The alliance was launched June 4, 2026, by Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu and names the Mining Industry Human Resources Council as lead delivery organization with strong support from the Mining Association of Canada.
- Ottawa has committed $81 million to the Workforce Alliances program over five years, and the mining and minerals alliance is the first of six sectoral alliances to be put into operation.
- The group will bring together employers, unions, post-secondary institutions, Indigenous partners and under‑employed groups to develop a sector-grounded workforce strategy and industry-led solutions.
- The government frames the push as a response to rising global demand for critical minerals and the sector’s role in the clean-energy transition, noting that in 2024 mining added $112 billion to GDP and directly employed about 438,000 people.
- MiHR will begin convening stakeholders to align training, apprenticeship and investment priorities, with early aims that include addressing skills gaps, easing interprovincial mobility for certified workers, and building talent pipelines to support major projects.