NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Life science professionals

46,525 people in Canada, 34.7% of them in Professional, scientific and technical services. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
46,525
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
10
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
34.7%
Professional, scientific and technical services
Median pay
$83,200
across 3 job titles
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Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It leans to one sector without belonging to it.

Professional, scientific and technical services 34.7%
Public administration 18.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 10.3%
Manufacturing 10%
Health care and social assistance 7.6%
Wholesale trade 6.3%
Educational services 4.5%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1.8%
Other services (except public administration) 1.6%
Retail trade 1.2%
02

The jobs inside it

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

Biologists and related scientists 21110Forestry professionals 21111Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists 21112

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.