NOC 2021 · 20011 · TEER 0
Architecture and science managers
Unit group 20011 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Architecture and science managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of an architecture, landscape architecture, scientific or statistical department, service or firm. They are employed by a wide range of private sector and government establishments as well as by architectural firms and scientific research companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- actuarial department manager
- agricultural chemistry branch director
- agricultural representatives director
- agricultural representatives regional manager
- architectural manager
- architectural service manager
- biological research department chief
- chemical manager
- chemical research division manager
- chief actuary
- director of architecture
- director of sustainability
- ecological research manager
- ecology manager
- environmental science manager
- experimental farm superintendent
- geochemical manager
- geological manager
- geophysical manager
- laboratory director
- laboratory manager
- landscape architecture manager
- life sciences program manager
- livestock production programs manager
- livestock program development manager
- manufacturing research director
- mathematical services manager
- mathematics department director
- mathematics program manager
- mining research director
- natural sciences program manager
- oceanographic research director
- petroleum geology department manager
- pharmaceutical products quality assurance (QA) director
- physical sciences program manager
- project management chief - scientific affairs
- quality assurance manager - cannabis
- quality control director - chemistry
- quality control manager - pharmaceutical products
- research and development manager
- research director - forestry
- research director - manufacturing
- research director - mining
- rural development manager
- rural development program manager
- scientific research department manager
- scientific research director
- scientific research manager
- statistical department director
- statistical service manager
- sustainability manager
- sustainability services manager
- urban planning and development assistant director - government services
- urban planning and development director - government services
- urban planning and renewal director - government services
- zoological garden director
- zoological park director
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$62.56 an hour
Low $43.27, high $98.90
Where it pays most
- Toronto · Ontario$66.27
- Kingston--Pembroke · Ontario$65.39
- Northeast · Ontario$65.15
- Fredericton--Oromocto · New Brunswick$64.95
- Montréal · Quebec$64.86
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $59.19 | $41.13 – $89.20 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $55.43 | $36.83 – $83.12 | Limited |
| Nova Scotia | $55.55 | $43.59 – $79.49 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $61.18 | $42.36 – $87.30 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $63.63 | $42.97 – $95.51 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $65.93 | $45.00 – $98.90 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $51.65 | $30.00 – $128.21 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $58.44 | $39.62 – $64.29 | Good |
| Alberta | $54.95 | $29.74 – $120.19 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $49.74 | $38.46 – $100.96 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 35 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $60.97 | $43.04 – $87.83 | Undetermined |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $55.85 | $36.97 – $75.78 | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $56.00 | $43.59 – $79.49 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $60.76 | $43.48 – $76.49 | Undetermined |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $64.95 | $44.76 – $85.52 | Undetermined |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $62.85 | $40.26 – $88.95 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $62.73 | $40.42 – $90.26 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $64.72 | $42.25 – $91.41 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $61.19 | $41.20 – $83.40 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $64.86 | $42.69 – $93.00 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $64.72 | $43.13 – $88.65 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $64.57 | $44.55 – $91.09 | Undetermined |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $63.77 | $42.09 – $91.59 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $61.62 | $41.73 – $85.28 | Undetermined |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $63.34 | $46.68 – $86.44 | Undetermined |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $64.10 | $50.48 – $76.93 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $65.39 | $47.42 – $94.35 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $61.82 | $42.49 – $88.47 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $66.27 | $41.39 – $95.58 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $63.19 | $46.35 – $98.90 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $57.69 | $45.00 – $77.33 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $63.13 | $40.83 – $87.41 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $57.69 | $44.58 – $90.87 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $61.99 | $42.22 – $82.13 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | Ontario | $65.15 | $45.46 – $97.40 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $52.88 | $45.67 – $128.21 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $58.44 | $39.62 – $64.29 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $54.95 | $29.74 – $120.19 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $49.74 | $38.46 – $100.96 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $46.70 | $37.36 – $100.96 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $49.74 | $38.46 – $100.96 | Undetermined |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.