We have about 300,000 unfilled jobs at this point in time across our industry and across all types of positions. Just to give you a sense of where that has come from, first of all, prior to the pandemic we were already in a challenging situation when it came to labour. The pandemic heightened that. We immediately lost 1,000,000 jobs right off the hop. We've been building that back, but we are an industry that had been in a growth position for the 10 years prior to the pandemic, and we look to get back to that in order for us to reach the growth targets outlined in the federal strategy.
We are going to need not only to fill the jobs we have, but to add another 85,000 jobs between now and 2030. These are jobs that are year-round. They're full-time and highly skilled. One of the top jobs we need to fill is for cooks and chefs in order for us to continue to deliver on the culinary experience that visitors to our country have come to expect.
Working with IRCC, we've seen a number of changes to policy over the last few months, for which we are incredibly grateful, but really a long-term strategy is something that is required, specifically for the indigenous tourism sector. We have a challenge there. My colleagues at the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada tell me that they are going to be in an even more precarious situation as far as labour is concerned.
We need a strategy in place to ensure that we are attracting the right folks to our industry and that we are giving them the tools they need in order to grow within the industry, but also to develop and deliver on the brand promise that Canada has put forth as a destination of choice.