For nearly 26 years, the Québec aerospace industry has enjoyed annual growth of 7.9%. This represents thousands of new jobs every year. Career options in the sector are stimulating, numerous and varied and are ripe for the picking. 

• According to Industry Canada, weekly wages in the aerospace industry are among the highest in Canada’s manufacturing sector. 
• More than 3,600 graduates join the aerospace workforce pool every year from technical and trade schools or universities.

The Greater Montréal region is home to educational institutions that are unique in the world. Their graduates are highly qualified and prized by employers. 

École des métiers de l’aérospatiale de Montréal (EMAM)

A vocational training institution with a 9,755 m2 plant and a machinery inventory worth $30 million, the EMAM offers specialized programs such as: assembly of cables and circuits, tooling methods, surface treatment, etc.

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École nationale d’aérotechnique (ÉNA)

The largest school in North America operates cutting-edge equipment and aircraft (a fleet of 23 planes) worth over $50 million and offers specialized programs in aircraft assembly, aircraft maintenance and avionics.

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Universities

In addition to their research centres, McGill, Concordia, Laval and Sherbrooke universities, as well as the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, École Polytechnique de Montréal and École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), work jointly with the industry to offer training programs based on the needs of the aerospace industry. These programs encompass mechanical, electrical, software, aerospace, industrial and metallurgical engineering.

These universities also offer a Master’s degree in aerospace engineering sponsored by the Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre en aérospatiale au Québec (CAMAQ), whose mission is to adapt secondary, college and university education to the evolving needs of the industry.

Montreal Aerospace institute

The MAI is an organization of the Montreal Aerospace industry and universities, created to address Industry's present and future needs for engineering Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP). Each University is represented in the MAI by an Institute, created for this purpose, that normally serves as an "access door" for these Universities.

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L’Institut de formation aérospatiale (IFA) 

Created by the École des métiers de l’aérospatiale de Montréal (EMAM), the École nationale d’aérotechnique (ÉNA) and the École de technologie supérieure (ETS), in collaboration with the Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre en aérospatiale au Québec (CAMAQ), offers companies programs allowing them to meet their training and manpower development requirements by providing services in a single location.

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Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre en aérospatiale au Québec (CAMAQ) 

CAMAQ is the nucleus bringing together the workers’ and employers’ representatives in the aerospace sector. More broadly, CAMAQ’s mission is to foster better collaboration between employers, workers, heads of educational organizations and government stakeholders involved in labour force training and planning in the aerospace and air transport industry.

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