I'll let my Canuk friends like Doug find this post and give you more particular info.
Generally speaking any trade that does not allow guys to walk in off the street is the way to go nowadays. I had over 30 ASE certs, and most of the guys I worked with in the shop could barely hold a conversation if it didn't involve giant tires or giant mammaries. I don't call that a lifetime job, or at least, not one that I would want.
Mike Holmes has an entire movement in Canada because so few young people want to go into the trades. He has a point. Someone has to fix all this stuff, and it has to be done right.
So, unless you have a slap shot that can get you spotted for the Maple Leafs, I'd say go with HVAC.
Good luck from the son of a Mountie.
http://www.nbcc.ca/Files/Documents/M...andoutACCC.pdf
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