Labour Force

Human resources recruitment and management

In choosing Les Moulins, you are anchoring your investment in the heart of a centre of excellence in human capital and a rich labour pool. Like you, we recognize that human resources are the key component to business competitiveness.

In close collaboration with our strategic partners

Emploi Québec, the Centre de formation professionnelle, the cegep and UQAM - we procure first-rate support for the recruitment and management of human resources. This support takes the form of training activities, an annual recruitment program, sectoral business committees, upgrading skills as well as the introduction of best business and management practices.

By establishing a centre of excellence, particularly in human resources management, we are ensuring that businesses and employees have the most advantageous business environment. With its dynamic vitality - significant demographic growth, young population, high activity level, stable and skilled labour force, active support to business productivity, etc. - the community is mobilizing to make human capital the cornerstone of the local strategy.

Human capital, knowledge and skills in employment.

The quality of the labour pool, in brief.

High rate of population growth and influence on a large labour pool. Active, young, professionally trained, skilled population.

Here is the profile of the region in a few key figures:

Total population	130,000
Average age	33 years (5 years lower than the Quebec average)
Labour pool	440,000 workers (including bordering localities)
Education	High concentration of trade and technical diplomas
Activity rate	5th highest in Quebec

You will find here a table presenting the detailed characteristics of the population and the labour force in the MRC Les Moulins and in the Greater Montréal area as a whole. These elements will allow you to identify the human capital assets in Terrebonne and Mascouche and to obtain useful indications regarding the population and worker profiles in the greater metropolitan area, a significant part of which is accessible within a radius that can be traveled in under thirty minutes.

Composed of the cities of Terrebonne (regrouping Lachenaie and La Plaine since 2001) and Mascouche, the Les Moulins MRC is the point of entry to the Lanaudière region. At the heart of the North Shore, close to Laval, it is also part of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal. As such, Les Moulins occupies an enviable position both at the regional level and the national level in Quebec and Canada.