NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Writing, translating and related communications professionals

71,485 people in Canada, 30.3% 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
71,485
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
11
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
30.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services
Median pay
$75,005
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.

Professional, scientific and technical services 30.3%
Information and cultural industries 24.4%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 17.7%
Public administration 5.7%
Educational services 4.9%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 3.7%
Finance and insurance 2.2%
Other services (except public administration) 2%
Health care and social assistance 1.9%
Manufacturing 1.9%
Retail trade 1.9%
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The jobs inside it

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

Editors 51110Authors and writers (except technical) 51111Technical writers 51112Journalists 51113Translators, terminologists and interpreters 51114

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.