NOC 2021 · 22233 · TEER 2
Construction inspectors
Unit group 22233 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Construction inspectors inspect the construction and maintenance of new and existing buildings, bridges, highways and industrial construction to ensure that specifications and building codes are observed and monitor work site safety. They are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments, construction companies, architectural and civil engineering consulting firms or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- boiler installation inspector
- bridge and building inspector
- bridge inspector
- bridge inspector - construction and maintenance
- building construction inspector
- building construction inspector foreman/woman
- building inspector
- building inspector - electrical wiring
- building inspector - structure
- building safety inspector
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) inspector
- carpentry inspector
- closed circuit TV sewer inspector
- compliance inspector - buildings
- construction field inspector
- construction inspector
- construction inspector and tester
- construction inspector supervisor
- construction safety officer
- dam construction inspector
- ditch construction inspector
- electrical energy installation inspector
- electrical inspector - construction
- electrical installation inspector
- electrical safety inspector
- electrical wiring inspector - construction
- energy advisor
- flood damage inspector - construction sites
- highway construction inspector
- highway construction inspector foreman/woman
- home construction inspector
- home inspector
- housing construction inspector
- housing rehabilitation inspector
- industrial construction safety inspector
- industrial electric installation inspector
- irrigation inspector - construction
- maintenance inspector - construction
- masonry inspector
- mine construction inspector
- pipeline construction inspector
- pipeline construction inspector foreman/woman
- pipeline inspector foreman/woman
- plumbing inspector
- pre-stressed concrete inspector
- public works inspector - construction
- refinery equipment inspector
- reinforced concrete inspector
- road construction inspector
- road grading inspector
- road paving inspector
- safety officer - construction
- sand and gravel inspector - construction
- sewer construction inspector
- soil inspector - construction
- structural ironwork inspector
- structural steel inspector
- tunnel construction inspector
- waterworks construction inspector
- wiring inspector - domestic installation
- wiring inspector - industrial installation
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
$38.46 an hour
Low $24.52, high $54.95
Where it pays most
- Edmonton · Alberta$42.99
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$42.85
- Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie · Ontario$42.32
- Yorkton--Melville · Saskatchewan$41.93
- Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula · Ontario$41.47
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 | $37.00 | $23.56 – $49.30 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $32.66 | $24.65 – $66.62 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $38.21 | $24.38 – $46.67 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $35.58 | $24.00 – $49.80 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $36.09 | $25.40 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $39.00 | $25.00 – $58.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $38.51 | $21.63 – $47.60 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $38.31 | $26.60 – $54.69 | Good |
| Alberta | $37.00 | $22.00 – $59.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $38.67 | $26.00 – $52.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $43.18 | $22.14 – $57.26 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 64 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 | $40.00 | $28.85 – $49.30 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $37.63 | $26.95 – $54.53 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.16 | $28.38 – $56.78 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $35.77 | $25.40 – $47.63 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $39.74 | $27.93 – $55.65 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $36.37 | $25.76 – $48.92 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $38.46 | $36.00 – $44.87 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $35.73 | $23.40 – $45.55 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $35.22 | $24.72 – $46.43 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $37.01 | $25.47 – $50.09 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $36.49 | $23.62 – $48.59 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $36.09 | $25.40 – $45.00 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $36.87 | $26.34 – $48.29 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $36.02 | $24.60 – $48.24 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $37.03 | $25.47 – $46.93 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $37.03 | $26.77 – $48.45 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $36.85 | $24.82 – $48.56 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $35.74 | $25.43 – $48.17 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $35.68 | $24.77 – $46.13 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $36.76 | $25.42 – $49.45 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $36.89 | $24.95 – $51.04 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $37.66 | $25.78 – $51.02 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $38.82 | $26.33 – $53.89 | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $35.34 | $25.33 – $47.53 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $36.28 | $24.30 – $56.67 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $39.00 | $26.00 – $52.88 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $40.39 | $27.07 – $53.94 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $39.77 | $28.32 – $53.43 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $37.50 | $21.00 – $60.00 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $42.32 | $27.83 – $57.53 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $41.47 | $27.28 – $56.44 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $41.22 | $28.05 – $52.34 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $39.00 | $25.00 – $58.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $41.30 | $26.87 – $54.05 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $40.12 | $26.73 – $54.91 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $36.42 | $25.70 – $49.11 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $35.36 | $24.12 – $50.14 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $35.95 | $26.40 – $47.50 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $38.55 | $21.00 – $47.60 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $35.71 | $24.73 – $46.90 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $37.28 | $25.45 – $54.15 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $39.46 | $28.13 – $60.04 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $41.93 | $28.92 – $60.34 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $39.68 | $28.31 – $58.38 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $42.85 | $28.22 – $62.73 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $37.00 | $22.00 – $59.00 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $37.00 | $22.00 – $59.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $40.64 | $27.20 – $58.62 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $42.99 | $28.35 – $60.79 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $38.67 | $26.00 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $38.67 | $26.00 – $53.85 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $40.62 | $27.80 – $52.77 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $38.67 | $26.00 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $41.11 | $28.36 – $55.09 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $40.77 | $27.99 – $51.93 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $40.99 | $29.45 – $56.38 | 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.