Ottawa - Gatineau, ON/QC · POP — · EMP 723,245 · DATA GRADE A

Ottawa , ON/QC

59.3 /100

exposure score (OpenAI task-exposure index via NOC crosswalk — single-index tier)

#1 of 41

more exposed than 100% of Canadian CMAs

Secondary measures

36.6%

of workers are in occupations where ≥50% of tasks are LLM-exposed (Eloundou β; threshold-sensitive — note)

96.1%

of area employment matched to scored occupations (grade A)

Scenario: if replacement-level AI arrives in 2030

2027 2035 show involuntary layoffs only

Figure 1. Modeled displacement under the median preset (diffusion k=0.8, ceiling 0.75, automation share 0.45, friction lag 1.5y, attrition 3%/y). Solid: positions eliminated. The gap between gross and layoffs is natural attrition — speed of diffusion, not depth of exposure, determines layoffs. This is a scenario, not a forecast: adjust every assumption.

Where the losses land — and your assumptions

Positions eliminated by 2035 per occupation group, under the arrival year selected above. Drag any multiplier if you think we're wrong about a group — your model, your numbers. Multipliers scale that group's task exposure (×0 = immune, ×2 = double).

Table 3. Group exposure = employment-weighted mean task exposure (Eloundou β over the group's local occupations). Bars use the same scenario engine as Figure 1 (median preset).

Most exposed local occupations

Occupation	Jobs	Median wage
Administrative officers	16,540	—	82.9
Administrative assistants	12,175	—	94.9
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers	17,465	—	61.7
Information systems specialists	11,300	—	93.4
Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers	10,835	—	86.2
Retail and wholesale trade managers	12,070	—	68.2
Software developers and programmers	7,945	—	99.9
Software engineers and designers	7,965	—	96.5
Human resources professionals	9,085	—	76.5
Financial auditors and accountants	8,160	—	81.1

Table 2. Ranked by exposure × local employment. Bands on the 0–100 occupation scale.

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