NOC 2021 · minor groupMostly one sector2 industries tagged

Social and community service professionals

126,805 people in Canada, 61.7% of them in Health care and social assistance. Between 40% and 70% of the people doing this work in one sector. The others exist everywhere else — which usually means most businesses buy this work in rather than employing it.

EmployedA
126,805
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
6
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
61.7%
Health care and social assistance
Median pay
$70,720
across 3 job titles
01

Where this work is done

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

02

The jobs inside it

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

Social workers 41300Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies 41301Religious leaders 41302
03

The industries that employ it

Which NAICS industries these people work in. The sector above is measured; naming the industry group inside it is judgmentUNVERIFIED, made because the measured data shows this job is concentrated.

Social and community service professionals at 6241; religious leaders at 8131.

IndustryCodeEstablishments · CA
Individual and family services62417,544
Religious organizations813114,253

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.