NOC 2021 · 31120 · TEER 1
Pharmacists
Unit group 31120 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists compound and dispense prescribed pharmaceuticals and provide consultative services to both clients and health care providers. They are employed in retail pharmacies and health center pharmacies, or they may be self-employed. Industrial pharmacists participate in the research, development, promotion and manufacture of pharmaceutical products. They are employed in pharmaceutical companies and government departments and agencies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- clinical pharmacist
- community pharmacist
- dispensary department supervisor - hospital
- drug information pharmacist
- druggist
- health care institution pharmacist
- hospital druggist
- hospital pharmacist
- industrial pharmacist
- intern pharmacist
- pharmacist
- pharmacist consultant
- pharmacy officer - Canadian Armed Forces
- registered pharmacist
- retail pharmacist
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.