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Since the recession of 2009, concerns have been raised about a possible deterioration in the labour market outcomes of postsecondary graduates. Given the considerable financial and time investment associated with a postsecondary education, this question is of interest to policy makers, students, their families and postsecondary institutions. The findings of this study reveal the existence of persistent imbalances between supply and demand in the six regulated professions examined in this report. The six professions examined are: education (i.e., primary and secondary school teaching); law; medicine; nursing; architecture; and engineering. The causes, degree of imbalance and consequences of the imbalance differ across the professions. Long-run demographic, enrolment and economic trends are likely to substantially lessen imbalances in some professions and lead to increases in others.

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