Economic, Labour Don Wall January 14, 2021 National construction industry stakeholders are not ready to sound alarm bells despite data showing that apprenticeship registration numbers dropped precipitously during 2020. Statistics Canada reported in December that preliminary apprenticeship registration numbers for 2020 indicate that new registrations and certifications in the trades saw large drops from February to September 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. Registrations fell 43 per cent while certifications dropped 49.7 per cent. Year over year, April saw the biggest decreases in the number of new registrations, down 71.2 per cent from a year earlier. Compared with 2019, certifications reached their lowest point in June, down 76.4 per cent.