NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Mathematicians, statisticians, actuaries and data scientists

27,545 people in Canada, 29.8% 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
27,545
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
12
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
29.8%
Professional, scientific and technical services
Median pay
$106,080
across 2 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 29.8%
Finance and insurance 28.8%
Public administration 13.9%
Information and cultural industries 5.7%
Health care and social assistance 4.8%
Educational services 3%
Retail trade 2.3%
Wholesale trade 2.2%
Manufacturing 2.2%
Transportation and warehousing 1.4%
Management of companies and enterprises 1.1%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 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.

Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries 21210Data scientists 21211

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.