More Canadians over the age of 65 are continuing to work, whether full time, part time, or through multiple jobs. For employers, this is no longer a temporary trend; it is a workforce shift that is reshaping hiring, workplace policies, accommodations, benefits, and long-term planning.

Greater access to low-cost indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors may create new scrutiny for facility management teams.

FMs often work behind the scenes, but their influence is also strategic, human-centred, and essential to organizational resilience.

Bringing together BIM, IoT sensors, CMMS platforms and digital twin environments into a unified operational view, can help facility teams move beyond reactive decision-making towards more predictive, informed and proactive management.

A crop of new barrier-free facilities are championing the lived experience of people with disabilities through flexible lay-outs and sensory-conscious spaces.

Moving to a collaborative hybrid office marks a new chapter for Gay Lea Foods—one that blends agricultural heritage with a modern vision of work.

Ontario-based workers can now track their exposure to 11 hazardous substances through Canada’s first-ever occupational exposure registry (OER). The province’s newly launched online portal is

Women are significantly underrepresented in the skilled trades sector, which directly limits the pool of qualified workers that the facilities management industry depends on.

The facility management industry is preparing for higher workloads, modest budget growth and a more deliberate approach to staffing and project risk over the next year.

The facility management field faces a range of challenges and opportunities in 2026 as technology drives change across the industry.

Accessibility is frequently sidelined during building and public-space design, with key features added long after construction is completed. This approach reinforces the notion that such

As workplaces respond to evolving employee preferences, attention is turning to an overlooked source of talent: neurodivergent employees.

Indigenous participation in Ontario’s economy is vital for advancing both community prosperity and broader business growth. Yet many Indigenous people face persistent barriers to education and employment.

Facility managers are often integrated into capital projects during the commissioning or post-occupancy phases, after critical decisions affecting long-term operations have been made.

The policy aims to prevent and respond to physical and psychological harassment from co-workers, supervisors, and external sources such as clients, contractors and customers.

Besides fire code and occupational health and safety frameworks, restroom cleaning practices are now top of mind.

Most respondents who reported experiencing a work-related incident or illness (or knowing someone who has) say it was stress-related, with this figure being significantly higher in Canada.