NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors4 industries tagged

Policy and program researchers, consultants and officers

220,000 people in Canada, 35% of them in Public administration. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
220,000
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
14
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
35%
Public administration
Median pay
$89,606
across 9 job titles
01

Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It is spread across the economy — a job almost any employer might have.

Public administration 35%
Professional, scientific and technical services 17.4%
Educational services 10.4%
Health care and social assistance 10.2%
Finance and insurance 5.7%
Other services (except public administration) 4.4%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 2.6%
Manufacturing 2.1%
Wholesale trade 2%
Retail trade 1.7%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 1.5%
Information and cultural industries 1.2%
Utilities 1.1%
Transportation and warehousing 1.1%
02

The jobs inside it

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

Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers 41400Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts 41401Business development officers and market researchers and analysts 41402Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers 41403Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers 41404Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers 41405Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers 41406Program officers unique to government 41407Other professional occupations in social science 41409
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.

Policy researchers in government, and the consultancies that sell to it.

IndustryCodeEstablishments · CA
Federal government public administration9111,167
Provincial and territorial public administration9122,187
Local, municipal and regional public administration9134,365
Management, scientific and technical consulting services541626,210

Market records in those industries

GovCon Compliance & Clearance Management Software (9111)Structure decidesFederal Policing, Courts & Corrections (9112)Structure decidesFederal Employment & Immigration Services (9113)Structure decidesForeign Affairs & International Assistance (9114)Structure decidesOther Federal Government Administration (9119)Structure decidesCourt & Justice Case Management (912110)Execution decidesProvincial Labour & Employment Services (9122)Structure decidesOther Provincial Government Administration (9129)Structure decidesMunicipal Police & Bylaw Services (9131)Structure decidesLocal Government Software (913910)Execution decidesManagement, Scientific & Technical Consulting (5416)Execution decidesCarbon Accounting — selling the emissions ledger (541620)One thing must be trueEnergy Efficiency Auditing — the building audit as software (541620)One thing must be trueESG Compliance Reporting — the mandated disclosure, assembled and assured (541620)One thing must be trueSustainability Procurement Tracking — supplier ESG data as a network (541620)Execution decides

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.