B.C. to add 5,000 spots for trades training

B.C is adding 5,000 trades-training spaces to for students across every region in the province for 2026-27.
Premier David Eby made the announcement at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Cloverdale July 28. KPU is getting 462 of those new skilled-trades training seats for September. The additional seats brings KPU up to 1,762 trades-training seats.
The effort is expected to cost the province $241 million over three years.
“By adding hundreds of new trades-training seats here in Surrey