Why Now?
The Building Manager Shortage Is Real — And It’s Opening Right Now
Canada’s building and property management workforce is aging out fast, and there aren’t enough highly qualified people ready to step in. Nearly half of today’s property managers are over 50, retiring at a median age of 65 — which means the next decade will see a wave of building manager roles open up across the country, not shrink. Getting certified with Canadian Building Manager Institute now puts you way ahead of that current wave instead of competing in it later.
49% of current property managers in Canada are already over age 50 — with a median retirement age of 65
26,100 projected property management job openings across Canada by 2033 — about 2,610 per year
69% of those openings are driven by retirements, not competition from new entrants
$25–$55/hr
typical BC building manager wage range, among the highest in the country
This isn’t a big-city-only opportunity. Demand is steady across every province, with the strongest concentrations in the Lower Mainland, the Calgary–Edmonton corridor, the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa — but every region with rental housing and condo stock needs certified professionally trained building managers to operate it.
As licensing and professional standards continue to raise the bar across Canada for who gets hired, credentialed candidates increasingly have the edge. Industry reporting shows licensed and trained managers are already in high demand and hard for employers to train, yet re-train — meaning a recognized certification like CPBM™ doesn’t just prepare you for the role, it makes you the candidate employers are actively short of.
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