NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Technical occupations in life sciences

46,660 people in Canada, 26.3% of them in Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
46,660
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
12
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
26.3%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
Median pay
$68,578
across 5 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.

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 26.3%
Public administration 23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 17.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services 8.9%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 7.5%
Manufacturing 5.2%
Educational services 2.4%
Retail trade 1.8%
Wholesale trade 1.4%
Other services (except public administration) 1.4%
Utilities 1.3%
Construction 1%
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The jobs inside it

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

Biological technologists and technicians 22110Agricultural and fish products inspectors 22111Forestry technologists and technicians 22112Conservation and fishery officers 22113Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists 22114

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.