NOC 2021 · minor groupMostly one sector3 industries tagged

Technical electrical trades and electrical power line and telecommunications workers

156,250 people in Canada, 60% of them in Construction. 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
156,250
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
9
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
60%
Construction
Median pay
$87,360
across 6 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.

Electricians (except industrial and power system) 72200Industrial electricians 72201Power system electricians 72202Electrical power line and cable workers 72203Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers 72204Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians 72205
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.

Electricians at 2382; power line and telecom workers at 2213 and 5171.

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.