Dawson Strategic

Playing for the Future: The Critical Role of Skills for Canada's Video Game Industry

The document is a March 2016 report by Dawson Strategic for the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) on skills in Canada's video game industry.

• The Canadian video game industry anticipates more than 1,400 intermediate and senior level vacancies to be filled in the next 12 to 24 months.
• Less than one quarter of the 820,000 workers in Canada's technology sector are women, and many are not employed in technical roles.
• Post-secondary video game programs in the United States reported retention rates of 88.0 percent, compared with national averages of 69.8 percent for private institutions and 64.2 percent for public institutions.