NOC 2021 · minor groupAcross the economy

Office administrative assistants - general, legal and medical

321,035 people in Canada, 22.1% of them in Health care and social assistance. Found in at least fourteen of the twenty sectors, with no single one holding 30% of it. At any size, an employer in any industry might have this role.

EmployedA
321,035
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
14
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
22.1%
Health care and social assistance
Median pay
$54,995
across 3 job titles
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Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It is spread across the economy — a job almost any employer might have.

Health care and social assistance 22.1%
Professional, scientific and technical services 16.8%
Public administration 11.8%
Educational services 11.6%
Construction 5.6%
Finance and insurance 5.5%
Other services (except public administration) 5.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing 3.3%
Manufacturing 3.1%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 3%
Retail trade 2.9%
Wholesale trade 2.3%
Transportation and warehousing 2.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1.1%
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The jobs inside it

Statistics Canada counts these together as one minor group. These are the job titles underneath.

Administrative assistants 13110Legal administrative assistants 13111Medical administrative assistants 13112

Sources for this page

The sector split is a count; the industry tag is a reading of it. Statistics Canada publishes this cross-tabulation against the twenty NAICS sectors and no finer, so everything above the industry table is measured and the table itself is judgment — offered because "which industry employs a veterinarian" has a useful answer that the published data stops just short of.