Employing more than 20,000 skilled construction workers across Canada, PCA members are recognized as leaders in industrial, commercial, institutional, and heavy civil construction and maintenance. We are the builders of Canada’s natural resource industries, roads and bridges, pipelines, water and wastewater treatment facilities, schools, hospitals, and the commercial buildings that form the backbone of our economy.
The unique and strong partnership our companies enjoy with their employees and the close collaboration of the progressive labour model gives PCA members a distinct productivity and safety advantage over the competition. In short, we are building Canada together.
Action & Advocacy
We’re stepping up our efforts to raise greater awareness about the issues and projects that matter to our members. When it needs to be said, we’re making sure we’re heard.
Member Services
PCA’s comprehensive suite of advisory services helps our member companies turn those challenges into competitive advantage.
Our Vision
The PCA vision for fair and open construction competition is well-suited to help governments and the private sector meet Canada’s fiscal and economic challenges.
What’s New
PCA Welcomes Skilled Trades Legislation
Toronto (May 6, 2021) – Finally, the end of the Ontario College of Trades! The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), which has long been a vocal critic of OCOT, is delighted the province is taking a fresh start through Skilled Trades Ontario, a proposed...
Toronto Taken to Court Over Shady Construction Deal
Backroom Deal Costs City Taxpayers up to $90 Million Annually (Toronto, April 20, 2021) – When Toronto council approved a backroom deal that shut workers and companies out of city construction projects, and slapped taxpayers with higher construction costs, the move...
Line 5 Would Benefit from Much Stronger Federal Cheering Section
(March 8, 2021) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), whose member companies build major infrastructure projects, employing thousands of skilled construction workers, is urging the federal government to take a stronger stand on the Enbridge Line...
Ontario Pre-Budget Submission
Please click here to view PCA’s Ontario Pre-Budget Submission.
Cancelling Keystone XL Pipeline Sends Troubling Signal
(January 20, 2021) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), whose member companies build major infrastructure projects and employ thousands of Alberta and B.C. construction workers, is disappointed that U.S. President Joe Biden has put politics...
PCA Expands Reach in Southwestern Ontario
Toronto (December 9, 2020) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) is pleased to announce that it has joined two prominent business organizations: the London and Sarnia Chambers of Commerce. Both chambers lead initiatives aimed at improving...
PCA Supports Ontario Budget Boost for the Skilled Trades
Toronto (November 5, 2020) – The Ontario government’s 2020 Provincial Budget reinforces its commitment to supporting and growing the province’s skilled trades workforce and rebuilding the economy through historic infrastructure investments, according to the...
PCA Applauds Efforts to Restore Balance to Alberta’s Labour Laws
Edmonton, (November 5, 2020) – Amendments introduced today to Alberta’s labour laws will help to reset the balance between the rights of workers and employers, according to the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) whose member companies build major...
PCA Welcomes Skilled Trades Legislation
Toronto (May 6, 2021) – Finally, the end of the Ontario College of Trades! The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), which has long been a vocal critic of OCOT, is delighted the province is taking a fresh start through Skilled Trades Ontario, a proposed...
Toronto Taken to Court Over Shady Construction Deal
Backroom Deal Costs City Taxpayers up to $90 Million Annually (Toronto, April 20, 2021) – When Toronto council approved a backroom deal that shut workers and companies out of city construction projects, and slapped taxpayers with higher construction costs, the move...
Line 5 Would Benefit from Much Stronger Federal Cheering Section
(March 8, 2021) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), whose member companies build major infrastructure projects, employing thousands of skilled construction workers, is urging the federal government to take a stronger stand on the Enbridge Line...
