NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Machinery and transportation equipment mechanics (except motor vehicles)

160,285 people in Canada, 26% of them in Construction. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
160,285
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
13
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
26%
Construction
Median pay
$78,000
across 7 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.

Construction 26%
Manufacturing 24%
Transportation and warehousing 10.1%
Other services (except public administration) 9.1%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 8.1%
Wholesale trade 7.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 2.9%
Public administration 2.6%
Utilities 2.2%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing 1.6%
Retail trade 1.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services 1.2%
02

The jobs inside it

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

Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics 72400Heavy-duty equipment mechanics 72401Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics 72402Railway carmen/women 72403Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors 72404Machine fitters 72405Elevator constructors and mechanics 72406

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.