NOC 2021 · 21210 · TEER 1
Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
Unit group 21210 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Mathematicians and statisticians research mathematical or statistical theories, and develop and apply mathematical or statistical techniques for solving problems in such fields as science, engineering, business and social science. Actuaries apply mathematics, statistics, probability and risk theory to assess potential financial impacts of future events. Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries are employed by universities, governments, bank and trust companies, insurance companies, pension benefit consulting firms, professional associations, and science and engineering consulting firms.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- actuarial analyst
- actuarial assistant
- actuary
- analysis supervisor - statistics
- applied mathematician
- applied statistician
- associate actuary
- biological and agricultural science statistician
- biometrician
- biostatistician
- business and economics statistician
- casualty actuary
- chemistry statistician
- cipher expert
- consulting actuary
- consulting pension actuary
- cryptanalyst
- cryptoanalyst
- cryptographer
- demographer
- education statistician
- environmental epidemiologist
- epidemiologist (except physician and veterinarian)
- financial statistician
- industrial statistician
- insurance actuary
- life actuary
- mathematical statistician
- mathematician
- medical statistician
- operations research analyst
- operations researcher
- opinion polling statistician
- physical science and engineering statistician
- public health statistician
- research mathematician
- sales statistician
- senior actuarial analyst
- social science statistician
- statistical analysis supervisor
- statistical analyst
- statistical consultant
- statistical methodologist
- statistician
- survey statistician
- vital statistician
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. 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.