NOC 2021 · 21300 · TEER 1
Civil engineers
Unit group 21300 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Civil engineers plan, design, develop and manage projects for the construction or repair of buildings, earth structures, powerhouses, roads, airports, railways, rapid transit facilities, bridges, tunnels, canals, dams, ports and coastal installations and systems related to highway and transportation services, water distribution and sanitation. Civil engineers may also specialize in foundation analysis, building and structural inspection, surveying, geomatics and municipal planning. They are employed by engineering consulting companies, in all levels of government, by construction firms and in many other industries, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- airport engineer
- appraisal engineer
- architectural engineer
- asphalt engineer
- bridge engineer
- building envelope engineer
- buildings and bridge engineer
- cartographic engineer
- chief civil engineer
- civil engineer
- civil engineer project manager
- civil engineering project manager
- civil environmental engineer
- civil inspection engineer
- civil pipeline engineer
- civil structural engineer
- coastal engineer
- concrete engineer
- construction engineer
- construction project engineer
- consulting civil engineer
- county engineer
- dams engineer
- district engineer
- drainage design engineer
- environmental engineer
- erecting engineer
- foundation engineer
- geodetic engineer
- geomatics engineer
- highway engineer
- hydraulics engineer
- hydrographic engineer
- hydrological engineer
- irrigation and drainage engineer
- irrigation engineer
- land drainage engineer
- mapping engineer
- material testing civil engineer
- municipal engineer
- navigation and positioning engineer
- noise abatement engineer
- ocean engineer
- photogrammetric engineer
- pollution control engineer
- precision survey engineer
- public health engineer
- public works engineer
- rail transportation traffic engineer
- reclamation engineer
- remote sensing engineer
- river and canal works engineer
- sanitary engineer
- sanitation engineer
- sewage control engineer
- soil engineer
- solid waste management engineer
- spatial information systems engineer
- structural design engineer
- structural engineer
- structural engineering project manager
- survey engineer
- surveying engineer
- traffic engineer
- traffic operations engineer
- transportation engineer
- tunnel engineer
- urban road system engineer
- water and sewer engineer
- water management engineer
- water resources engineer
- water systems engineer
- water treatment engineer
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
$48.56 an hour
Low $32.00, high $72.12
Where it pays most
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$55.18
- Northeast · British Columbia$54.69
- Outaouais · Quebec$53.76
- Kootenay · British Columbia$52.76
- Montérégie · Quebec$52.00
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 | $51.15 | $35.11 – $74.82 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $36.30 | $32.00 – $54.09 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $47.34 | $30.14 – $77.14 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $44.36 | $30.00 – $73.56 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $49.74 | $33.65 – $69.23 | Good |
| Ontario | $48.08 | $30.50 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $49.50 | $24.76 – $73.50 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $42.00 | $28.85 – $62.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $51.69 | $34.00 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $47.12 | $32.48 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $46.18 | $30.26 – $65.83 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $61.75 | $45.96 – $86.35 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Good |
By economic region
The 69 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 | $51.90 | $35.86 – $77.30 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $49.69 | $32.08 – $76.57 | Limited |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $50.28 | $32.91 – $74.82 | Limited |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $44.58 | $30.44 – $65.10 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $47.02 | $30.89 – $66.64 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $45.73 | $30.42 – $66.00 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $48.78 | $31.13 – $70.20 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $47.93 | $30.83 – $74.88 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $46.77 | $32.32 – $66.46 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $43.00 | $24.00 – $74.52 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $47.25 | $29.52 – $68.87 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $46.10 | $30.00 – $75.90 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $46.05 | $31.75 – $68.41 | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $46.45 | $32.84 – $69.37 | Good |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $48.07 | $38.46 – $55.56 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $48.72 | $29.50 – $68.68 | Good |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $43.00 | $26.00 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $51.10 | $30.77 – $56.04 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $45.09 | $32.03 – $64.29 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $52.00 | $37.50 – $133.33 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | $52.00 | $36.06 – $69.23 | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | $47.69 | $27.40 – $68.00 | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $49.74 | $33.65 – $69.23 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $49.74 | $33.65 – $69.23 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $53.76 | $33.65 – $68.68 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $46.01 | $30.82 – $66.62 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $47.18 | $32.26 – $73.88 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $46.23 | $32.32 – $70.16 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $49.74 | $33.65 – $69.23 | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $47.69 | $30.05 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $48.69 | $32.64 – $72.28 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $48.65 | $32.76 – $78.31 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $51.28 | $27.00 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $45.00 | $32.50 – $72.08 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $48.08 | $30.50 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $47.29 | $31.16 – $77.26 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $51.28 | $36.05 – $84.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $48.52 | $30.51 – $70.90 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $48.66 | $33.11 – $72.07 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $43.27 | $30.00 – $67.47 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $49.53 | $31.51 – $72.11 | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $44.67 | $31.68 – $66.28 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $45.34 | $28.43 – $65.07 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $48.08 | $24.76 – $72.82 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $46.90 | $30.36 – $75.03 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $40.38 | $31.00 – $61.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $46.31 | $31.52 – $68.77 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $46.26 | $30.93 – $70.94 | Very good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $50.25 | $33.82 – $74.67 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $50.53 | $32.87 – $75.52 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $51.92 | $36.00 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $55.18 | $37.92 – $83.01 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $51.56 | $34.93 – $75.91 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $51.69 | $34.00 – $76.92 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $50.38 | $34.34 – $76.10 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $49.74 | $33.88 – $78.11 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $49.55 | $34.79 – $71.94 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $52.76 | $35.85 – $78.38 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $47.14 | $34.26 – $74.17 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $49.50 | $33.76 – $72.63 | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $54.69 | $36.89 – $84.15 | Moderate |
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.