“Make a Difference, Build a Future!”

As an employer in Nova Scotia’s construction industry, you realize the need to develop and retain our future workforce. You can support a young person in their pursuit of a career in construction by participating in the Building Futures for Youth Program. The program will enable employers to establish relationships with local high schools, become mentors and contribute to the sustainability of our workforce.

Employer Responsibilities:
  • Provide a safe work environment, in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • Provide a copy of Certificate of Recognition
  • Attend a Host Employer mentorship lunch & learn training session
  • Participate in the interview process and selection of program candidates where applicable
  • Ensure supervised skills training and the mentoring of the pre-apprentice
  • Participate in the ongoing evaluation of the pre-apprentice
  • Provide a paid summer work placement for a Construction Trade Pre-Apprentice
  • Abide by the Terms and Conditions contained in the Apprenticeship Trades and Qualification Act, General Regulations and Trades Regulations where applicable
Get Involved!

To learn more, visit our website: www.buildingfutures.ca

Or contact a member of our BFY team:

Tanya Reddick Clayton
Building Futures for Youth Program Lead
T: 902-468-2267
C: 902-456-6444
E: treddick@cans.ns.ca

Barb Minard
Building Futures for Youth Program Lead
T: 902-468-2267
C: 902-817-5214
E: bminard@cans.ns.ca

Employers Making a Difference

  • A.B. Mechanical Limited
  • A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd.
  • AAA Plumbing & Heating
  • ABCO Industries Limited
  • Aberdeen Paving Limited
  • Able Electric
  • Acadian Seaplants Ltd.
  • Access Contracting Ltd.
  • Acker & Doucette Surveying Inc.
  • Advanced Polymer Coatings
  • Affordable Quality Plumbing
  • Al Tobey Construction
  • All County Construction
  • All East Mechanical Contractors
  • All Star Rebar (Nova Scotia) Ltd.
  • All Steel Builders
  • Allsteel Coatings Limited
  • Aluma Systems Inc.
  • Alva Construction Limited
  • Alvin Co. Ltd.
  • AMD Landscaping
  • AMEC Environmental
  • AML Painting Ltd.
  • Annapolis Valley Air Management
  • Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education
  • Apollo Masonry
  • Argus Renovations
  • Arsenault Bros Construction
  • Asbestos Abatement Ltd.
  • Atlantic Road Construction & Paving
  • Atlantica Mechanical Contractors Inc.
  • Axeman Landscaping
  • B Richardson Construction
  • B. Spicer Construction Ltd
  • B.D. Stevens Limited
  • Backman Vidcom Ltd.
  • Baker Mechanical
  • Balodis Inc.
  • Bayview Excavators
  • BCL-Buildon Construction Limited
  • Bear River Plastic Welding Ltd.
  • Beaton Mechanical
  • Bernie Smith Electric
  • Betty Ann Design
  • Bev’s Carpentry
  • Big Sky Builders
  • Birchwood Enterprises Ltd.
  • Bird Construction
  • Bird Stairs
  • Black & McDonald Limited
  • Blackstone Construction
  • Blue Ridge Builders Inc.
  • Blueline New Holland
  • Bluenose Well Drilling Ltd.
  • Blunden Construction Limited
  • Bourgeois Boat Building Inc.
  • Bower and Son Carpentry
  • Brad Goodsell Design Build
  • Brett Hazel Carpentry
  • Brewster’s Well Drilling
  • Brilun Construction Limited
  • Bruces Chevrolet Buick GMC
  • Buck’s Home Building Centre
  • Burke Construction
  • Butler’s Construction
  • Butt’s Auto Service
  • C & S Snow Removal (Reddick Bros Masonry)
  • Cabot Cape Breton
  • Cadtech Computer Drafting Services Ltd.
  • Caledonia Electrical Services
  • Calvin MacDonald Formwork
  • Cape Breton Drywall
  • Cape Breton Regional Municipality
  • Cape Breton West Construction
  • Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education
  • Caper Developments Ltd.
  • Caribou Island Electric Ltd.
  • Carman’s Construction
  • Carvery’s Construction
  • CBVRCE Operations
  • Celtic Construction
  • Central Equipment Inc.
  • Ceres Halifax
  • Charles Stewart Electrical
  • Cherubini Metal Works Limited
  • Cheticamp Welding & Machine Shop Ltd.
  • Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education
  • Chute’s Carpentry
  • CKG Elevator Ltd
  • Clearwater Seafoods LP
  • CME Group
  • Coastal Woodworkers
  • Cobequid Prefabricated Wall Panels Ltd.
  • Comeau Refrigeration
  • Comeau’s Sea Foods Limited
  • Con & Con Construction Co. Ltd.
  • Cormack Builders
  • Corning Electrical
  • Costin Paving & Contracting Limited
  • Covey Island Boatworks
  • CP Distributors
  • Creek Ocean Construction Ltd.
  • Crossroads Cycle Shop
  • Cunningham Construction
  • Custom Millwork Atlantic Inc. (Design Build)
  • D-MAC Construction
  • D.J. MacLean & Sons Carpentry Ltd.
  • D’Ambroise Painting
  • Daniel Rogers Construction
  • Defense Construction Canada
  • Delmar Construction
  • Department of National Defense – FMF Cape Scott
  • Department of Transportation & Infrastructure Renewal
  • Design Build Solutions
  • Dexter Construction
  • DF Beaton Service Station
  • Digby Pines Golf & Resort
  • Diggers Carpentry
  • DJ Excavation Inc.
  • Donegal Masonry Limited
  • DORA Construction
  • Doug & Daughter Welding
  • DTK Turbo Electrical
  • Duncan’s Plumbing Heating & Filtration
  • Eagle Crest Golf Course
  • Eassons Transport Group
  • East Coast Countertops Ltd.
  • East Coast Metal Fabrication
  • East Isle Construction
  • East River Construction
  • East River Shipyard Ltd.
  • EASTCUT Wood Building Solutions (DORA Construction)
  • Eastern Welding Ltd.
  • Eastwing Electrical Ltd.
  • Ed’s Hydraulic & Marine Services
  • Element Construction
  • Ellis Don Corporation
  • Elmsdale Landscaping Limited
  • England Paving & Contracting Ltd
  • ENJ Millworks
  • Enslow Electric
  • Evangeline Transport Ltd
  • Fairline Electric
  • Fire Stop Enterprises
  • FJ Boyle Construction
  • Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott National Defence
  • Flynn Canada Ltd.
  • Fowler Construction Services Limited
  • Fridays Concrete
  • G. Veinot Metal Fabrication Ltd.
  • G.C Baxter Plumbing & Heating Limited
  • G.J. Cahill & Co. (1979) Ltd.
  • G3 Galvanizing
  • Garian Construction Ltd.
  • Gary Belliveau Construction & Excavation Ltd.
  • Gary Scott Elevator
  • Gaudet Building Contractors Ltd. (GBCL)
  • Gerald Mitchell Contracting
  • Gil-Son Construction Ltd.
  • GillanGuy Construction
  • Gillis Residential Renovators
  • Glass Brothers Construction Inc
  • Global Construction (Maritimes)
  • Good All Round Renovations
  • Goodfellow Inc.
  • Googoo’s Landscaping & General Contracting
  • Gouthro’s Heavy Truck & Auto Repair
  • Graham Construction Ltd.
  • Graves Electrical Ltd.
  • Greg Burke Electrical
  • Guildfords Group of Companies
  • Halifax International Airport
  • Halifax Regional Centre for Education
  • Halliwood Construction LTD.
  • Harbour Foundations Ltd.
  • Harlow Construction Limited
  • Hart’s Service Centre XTR
  • Hawboldt Industries
  • Hazeldale Milling & Trucking
  • Hearthstone Hospitality
  • Hercules Machining & Millwright
  • Higgins Construction Ltd. (a division of Lindsay Construction)
  • Hilltop Electrical & Plumbing
  • Hiltz & Seamone
  • Hodgson’s Chipping Ltd.
  • Horton & Boyd Construction
  • HRM Parks Department
  • HRS Industrial Contracting
  • Hunters Carpentry
  • i love renovations
  • I. Matheson & Co.
  • Ian J Tate Plumbing and Heating Ltd
  • Ice Man AC & Maintenance Ltd.
  • Ideal Electric Limited
  • Innovacorp
  • Iron Dog Inc.
  • Iron Maple Constructors Inc.
  • Irving Equipment Limited
  • Island Jax Home Improvements
  • Island Machining Ltd
  • Island Steele
  • J Poirier Construction
  • J. Peach Masonry Ltd.
  • J.R. Eisner Contracting Ltd.
  • J. Wilkie Mechanical Inc.
  • J.A. Borden Enterprises Ltd.
  • J.C. Mechanical Contractors Ltd.
  • James F. Lahey Glass
  • JBF Carpentry Contracting
  • JDE Electric
  • Jeff Butler Home Renovation
  • JETCO Contracting Inc.
  • Jim Winfield Carpentry
  • Joey Poirier Construction
  • John Morrison Contracting
  • Joneljim Concrete Construction
  • Josh Lynch’s Contracting
  • Just Add Color
  • Just For Kicks Welding and Fabrication
  • KAL Construction
  • Kel-Greg Enterprises Ltd.
  • Kelly Villeneuve Salvage
  • Ken Flett Roofing
  • Kent Building Supplies
  • Kevin McCully Properties
  • Klad Building Armour Ltd.
  • Kona Cranes
  • KWR Plumbing & Heating
  • L & B Electric Ltd.
  • L.I.G. Construction
  • L.E. Cruickshanks Sheet Metal Ltd.
  • Lafarge Canada Inc.
  • LaHave Paving
  • Land & Sea
  • LCM Trucking
  • Leigh Weare Wiring Services
  • Lenihan Paving
  • Leonard MacPhee Construction
  • Lindsay Construction
  • Links at Brunello
  • Lloyoll Custom Building
  • LNUEY General Contracting
  • Logan Drilling Group
  • Lorne Aucoin Renovations
  • LP Electric
  • LRD Excavating and Welding Ltd.
  • LSF Welding Services Ltd.
  • Lunenburg County Shipwrights (Covey Island Boatworks)
  • M & M Sheet Metal
  • M.R.S. Construction Ltd.
  • Mackinnon & Olding Ltd.
  • MacNeil Construction
  • MacNeil Electrical
  • Mahon’s Mechanical Ltd.
  • Mahoney Excavation & Landscaping Inc.
  • Manzer Construction
  • MARCO Group
  • Marener Industries
  • Marid Industries Limited
  • Marine Atlantic
  • Mariner Forge Enterprises Ltd
  • Maritime Pressure Works
  • Mark Bevis Construction
  • Mark Oickle Construction
  • Markland Associates Ltd
  • MasterTech HVAC and Plumbing
  • Matthew’s Carpentry
  • McAdoo’s Landscaping & Excavating
  • McCarthy’s Roofing Ltd.
  • McLeod Safety Services Ltd.
  • McNally Construction Inc.
  • Monk Renos
  • Moore Enterprises
  • Municipal Ready Mix Limited
  • Municipality of Chester
  • Municipality of the County of Inverness
  • Munroe & Gillespie Contracting Ltd
  • Murray Hatt Electrical Services
  • ND Muise Construction
  • New Design Plumbing and Heating
  • New Germany Home Hardware Building Centre
  • New Minus Sheet Metal
  • Niche Design Consultants Inc.
  • NJS Construction
  • Norm Smith Electrical Ltd.
  • North Air Windows & Doors
  • North Nova Construction
  • North Riverside Welding Ltd.
  • Northeast Nutrition
  • Northern Contracting Limited
  • Nova Construction Company Ltd.
  • Nova Doors and Windows
  • Nova Dry Basements
  • Nova Millwrights
  • Nova Wood Products Ltd.
  • NSCC Burridge
  • NSCC Kingstec
  • NSCC Lunenburg
  • NSCC Marconi
  • NSCC Shelburne
  • NSCC Waterfront
  • O’Regan’s
  • Oblique Construction & Design Ltd
  • Ocean Contractors Limited
  • Oickles Electrical
  • On Deck Construction
  • Orchard Creek Construction
  • Oxford Frozen Foods
  • Paramount Electric
  • Parsons ICF Construction
  • Paul Davis Restoration Cape Breton
  • Paul’s Woodworking & Cabinetry Ltd.
  • PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
  • Peter Langille’s Plumbing & Heating
  • Peter S. Conrod Construction Ltd.
  • Peter Watson Construction
  • Pinaud Drywall & Acoustical Ltd.
  • Plyform Construction
  • PMC Roofing Limited
  • PNL Communications Group
  • Point Michaud Construction
  • Pomerleau Inc.
  • Portable Welders Ltd.
  • Porterbuilt Carpentry and Construction Services
  • Precision Concrete Services Limited
  • Presidential Ventilation Systems Ltd.
  • Pro-Tech Electric
  • Quality Machining Services Ltd
  • RA Jamieson Contracting
  • Ralph Connor Company Limited
  • Raw Steel Fabrication Ltd.
  • RC Weare Logging Ltd.
  • rcs construction
  • RDL Construction
  • Rendan Fabricators
  • Response Plumbing & Heating Ltd.
  • Retire-Well Renovations
  • Rhyno’s Ltd.
  • Richard, Jamieson General Contracting Ltd
  • Risser Construction Ltd.
  • RKO Steele Ltd.
  • Robby’s Tractor-Trailer Services Limited
  • Robert Archibald Construction
  • Rocky Knoll Farms
  • Rod Christmas Plumbing
  • Rodney Enterprises Ltd.
  • Roger Chandler Renovations
  • Ron Chisholm Hydro-Seeding Ltd
  • Rondeau Refrigeration Ltd.
  • Roscoe Construction Ltd.
  • ROYMAR Builders Ltd.
  • RPH Distributors Ltd.
  • Ruggles Contracting
  • S. Sorenson Electric Ltd
  • S.W. Weeks Construction Limited
  • Samson Enterprises Ltd.
  • Sancton Group Inc.
  • Scotia Metal Products Inc.
  • Scott and Stewart Forestry Consultants Ltd.
  • Scott Milne (Oickles)
  • Seacrest Electrical
  • Service Master of Cape Breton
  • Shamar Contracting Inc.
  • Shep-Com Construction Ltd.
  • Slaunwhite Insulation Services
  • Smith Family Farms
  • South Shore Glass Limited
  • South Shore Regional Centre for Education
  • Spar Marine
  • Springside Electric
  • SRD International Ltd.
  • Steve Doyle Construction
  • Steve Mackin Construction
  • Strait Regional Centre for Education
  • Sunbuilt Contracting
  • Sunrise Enterprises
  • Superior Truss
  • Superport Marine
  • Sydney Millwork Ltd.
  • System Care Cleaning & Restoration
  • Target Hydraulics & Machine Works Ltd.
  • Tate Plumbing & Heating
  • TCB Riverview Construction
  • Terra Firma Development Corporation
  • TG Welding & Fabrication Limited
  • TMC Contracting
  • TML Construction Ltd.
  • TN Trenholm Construction
  • Tony Coady Alarms
  • Totally Electric Ltd.
  • Town of Digby Public Works
  • Town of Parrsboro Public Works
  • Town of Truro Public Works
  • Traditional Cabinetry and Woodworks
  • Trailsman Motel Maintenance
  • Transit Plumbing & Heating
  • Travis Kaizer Contracting
  • Travis Mills Construction
  • Tri-County Regional Centre for Education
  • Tri-County Truck & Marine
  • Tried and True Builders Ltd.
  • Trifos Design Consultants
  • Troy Life & Fire Safety Ltd.
  • Turf Masters Landscaping Ltd.
  • Twin Cities Electrical
  • Twin City Alarms Limited
  • Twin City Painting (1979) Limited
  • Ultra Alarm Services
  • United Rentals
  • Van Oirschot Builders
  • Velocity Machining & Welding Inc.
  • Ven-Rez Products
  • Verge Technologies
  • Versatile Ventilation
  • VistaCare Communications Services of Canada Inc.
  • Wagmatcook Band Council
  • Wagner’s Refrigeration
  • Walker’s Electrical Construction & Maintenance
  • Wallace Construction
  • Washmill Construction Ltd.
  • Wassink Home Improvements
  • Waterview Machine Works Limited
  • Waycobah First Nation Band
  • White Rock Mechanical Services Ltd.
  • Whitestone Developments
  • Will-Kare Paving & Contracting Ltd.
  • Willow Lodge Maintenance Department
  • Windsor Sales & Rentals
  • Winmar
  • Withrow’s Farm Market
  • Woodsmith Construction
  • Zinck’s Mechanical Insulation Limited
  • Zutphen Contractors Inc.
  • Zwicker Masonry