Caring Workforce Survey
The Caring sectors are experiencing wide-spread and difficult staffing challenges, such as staff shortages, high staff turnover, and burnout. Waterloo Region, Guelph-Wellington, and Dufferin County are all growing in population, and will rely even heavier on these services in the future.
Our Caring Workforce Survey is active, and is collecting input from all staff in:
- Healthcare
- Childcare & Education
- Social & Community Services
- Arts & Culture
- Sports & Recreation
- Non-profit organizations of all types
Survey Topics
- Workplace preferences (i.e. benefits, flexible work arrangements, recognition)
- Ideas for attracting, retaining, and nurturing staff
- Psychological health and safety in the workplace, and ideas for improvement
- Ideas for structural change
Timeline
- Online Survey: Open now. Survey closes November 30th, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
- In-Person input event for frontline staff: Late November (details to come)
- Summary Report release: March 2026
Will you help us get this survey out to as many local Caring sector workers as possible?
We can’t build change without you!
Please contact Sonya to participate: 519-622-7122 ext. 102 or sonya@workforceplanningboard.com
More information about our work supporting the Caring sectors, including past reports, is available at: https://www.workforceplanningboard.com/projects/supporting-the-frontline-non-profit-caring-sectors/
This Employment Ontario project is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.