The trades kept the world running. Their tools never caught up.
Electricians, mechanics, welders, plumbers, cooks, carpenters, equipment operators. They keep the power on, the kitchens open and the trucks running.
For a long time, the tools they had to actually build their careers were stuck in the 1990s. Paper logbooks. PDF textbooks from 2003. Job boards that don't know what a Red Seal is. Profiles that can't tell the difference between a 4th-year apprentice and someone who watched a YouTube video.
Red Seal Hub is what we wished we had when we were coming up. Your profile, your exam prep, your job search and your path to Canada, in one place.
The country is investing in the trades.
Canada needs 1.4 million new trades workers by 2033. The federal Team Canada Strong plan puts $6 billion over five years into training and hiring them (Government of Canada, April 2026). Red Seal Hub helps trades workers get certified and get hired.
new trades workers Canada needs by 2033 (Team Canada Strong)
five-year federal investment in the skilled trades (Team Canada Strong)
Red Seal trades across construction, industrial, motive power and service (Red Seal Program)
“It's going to be a great time to be in the trades.”
PM Mark Carney, announcing Team Canada Strong, April 2026
Everyone in the trades. Everyone who hires for them.
If you work in the trades, hire skilled workers, or help people coming to Canada to work in them, there's a place here for you.
Workers
Apprentices and tradespeople building their career and prepping for Red Seal.
Start your profile →Employers
Shops and companies hiring across all 56 Red Seal trades.
Post jobs →International
Internationally trained tradespeople earning their Red Seal in Canada.
Learn more →Consultants
RCIC-verified consultants serving skilled trades immigrants.
Join network →Mentors
Journeymen passing on what they know to the next generation.
Join waitlist →
Built by a tradesperson.
Red Seal Hub was started by someone who's lived both sides of the trades. Red Seal Cook by trade, with the apprenticeship and the certification to back it. Over a decade after that recruiting in the skilled trades, much of it on the mechanical side. Heavy duty, automotive, industrial.
Two views of the same gap. As an apprentice: dated textbooks, no way to log hours that actually counted, no clear path. As a recruiter: stacks of resumes that hid more than they told, employers who couldn't find verified talent, internationally trained workers stuck in paperwork nobody explained.
Red Seal Hub is the tool we wished existed on both sides of the desk. Built in Canada. Made for the trades worldwide.
Humanity first. Always.
AI is in the toolbox. It is not the mission. The mission is people. We use the tech to build things that actually help tradespeople.
Technology serves people.
Every feature has to make a tradesperson's career better, not just look impressive in a demo. The person in front of the screen is the one that matters.
Enhance, never replace.
Red Seal Hub helps you study smarter, find better work, and prove what you can do. It doesn't replace the skill, judgment, or grit that makes a tradesperson.
Speak like a person.
We've been on job sites. We know the audience. No corporate fluff, no hype, no buzzwords. Just the work, said straight.