One-Third of Canadian Workers’ Tasks ‘Could Be Replaceable by AI in the Future’: StatCan

Published on September 3, 2024

Nearly one-third of Canadian workers face potential job replacement by artificial intelligence, with highly educated individuals particularly vulnerable to disruptions, a Statistics Canada report shows. The report categorizes Canadian workers into three groups based on their job exposure to AI and the potential for their tasks to be replaced or complemented by the technology. “High-exposure, low-complementarity occupations are those that may be highly exposed to AI-related job transformation,” the agency said. The study found that in May 2021, around 4.2 million employees, or 31 percent of Canadian workers, were in the high-exposure, low-complementarity category with tasks that “could be replaceable by AI in the future.”...

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