NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Technical occupations in physical sciences

19,025 people in Canada, 34.9% of them in Manufacturing. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
19,025
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
10
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
34.9%
Manufacturing
Median pay
$63,502
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.

Manufacturing 34.9%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 20.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services 19.4%
Wholesale trade 5.2%
Public administration 4.6%
Retail trade 3.3%
Construction 2.3%
Utilities 1.9%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 1.8%
Educational services 1.7%
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The jobs inside it

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

Chemical technologists and technicians 22100Geological and mineral technologists and technicians 22101

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.