NOC 2021 · 33102 · TEER 3
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
Unit group 33102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted care facilities for the elderly and other health care establishments. Emergency medical care attendant are employed by private ambulance services, urgent care centers or other health facilities.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- anesthetic attendant - hospital
- continuing care assistant
- emergency medical care assistant
- emergency medical care attendant (non-paramedical)
- emergency medical responder (non-paramedical)
- emergency room aide
- environmental assistant - medical
- environmental support person - medical
- escort - health services
- first aid attendant
- first aid attendant - emergency
- geriatric aide
- geriatric health care attendant
- health care aide
- health care assistant
- hospice worker
- hospital aide
- hospital attendant
- hospital orderly
- hospital porter
- hospital service aide - medical
- hospital ward aide
- institutional aide
- long term care aide
- medical aide
- medical attendant - patient transfer
- medical orderly
- neuropsychiatric aide
- nurse aide
- nursery aide - hospital
- nursing assistant (non-registered)
- nursing attendant
- nursing home attendant
- nursing orderly
- nursing services aide
- operating room aide
- orderly
- patient care aide
- patient care assistant
- patient care associate
- patient service aide
- patient service assistant
- patient service associate
- patient service attendant
- patient service worker
- personal care aide - medical
- personal care attendant - medical
- personal care provider - medical
- personal support aide - medical
- personal support worker - nursing care
- psychiatric aide
- registered care aide
- resident care aide - medical
- resident companion - medical
- respite care aide
- service assistant - medical
- service associate - medical
- service attendant - medical
- special care aide - nursing
- special care facility attendant
- special care worker - medical
- support services assistant - medical
- surgical aide
- unit aide - medical
- unit assistant - medical
- unit support technician - medical
- ward aide - medical
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
$24.00 an hour
Low $19.00, high $28.84
Where it pays most
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$28.00
- North Coast · British Columbia$28.00
- Nechako · British Columbia$28.00
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$27.92
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$27.50
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 | $18.00 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $23.26 | $18.00 – $26.68 | Very good |
| Nova Scotia | $23.00 | $17.91 – $25.18 | Very good |
| New Brunswick | $21.50 | $17.00 – $25.00 | Good |
| Quebec | $25.10 | $20.00 – $27.92 | Good |
| Ontario | $24.00 | $19.49 – $30.00 | Good |
| Manitoba | $20.50 | $16.00 – $24.00 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $23.97 | $17.00 – $25.00 | Very good |
| Alberta | $22.55 | $19.00 – $26.46 | Good |
| British Columbia | $27.89 | $22.37 – $29.83 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | $33.00 | $26.00 – $49.52 | Good |
| Northwest Territories | $35.00 | $30.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $30.00 | $20.00 – $45.42 | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 72 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 | $21.49 | $16.95 – $25.01 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.06 | $16.00 – $24.20 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.30 | $16.00 – $26.51 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.06 | $16.00 – $24.20 | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $23.21 | $17.91 – $25.76 | Very good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $23.00 | $18.00 – $25.00 | Very good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $23.79 | $18.96 – $25.17 | Very good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $23.00 | $18.00 – $25.00 | Very good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $22.00 | $17.00 – $25.36 | Very good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $21.00 | $16.50 – $24.39 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $17.00 – $25.00 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $22.50 | $18.00 – $26.91 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $22.75 | $18.50 – $26.00 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $22.00 | $17.00 – $24.24 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $25.46 | $20.80 – $27.65 | Good |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $25.63 | $19.55 – $27.92 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $27.95 | Good |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $27.80 | Good |
| Estrie | Quebec | $25.63 | $19.75 – $27.92 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $25.06 | $21.00 – $28.00 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $25.35 | $20.00 – $27.30 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | $25.60 | $19.00 – $27.63 | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $27.90 | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $25.63 | $21.00 – $28.00 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $25.00 | $21.00 – $28.00 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $25.00 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $25.00 | $21.48 – $30.00 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $27.90 | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $22.50 | $17.30 – $26.15 | Good |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $38.97 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $38.97 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $24.31 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $25.34 | $21.00 – $31.00 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $25.72 | $20.27 – $31.45 | Very good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $23.00 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Very good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $23.75 | $18.00 – $28.31 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $24.00 | $19.57 – $28.62 | Very good |
| London | Ontario | $24.00 | $20.00 – $28.00 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $24.19 | $19.00 – $28.00 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $23.00 | $18.75 – $31.00 | Very good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $30.36 | Good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $30.00 | Very good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $20.60 | $16.70 – $23.99 | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $20.25 | $17.00 – $23.99 | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.50 – $24.00 | Good |
| North Central | Manitoba | $20.25 | $17.00 – $23.99 | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $20.91 | $16.00 – $24.00 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $22.00 | $18.50 – $24.00 | Very good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $19.50 | $17.25 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | $19.50 | $17.25 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $23.50 | $17.52 – $26.00 | Very good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $23.70 | $17.80 – $24.85 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $23.08 | $15.35 – $25.00 | Very good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $23.17 | $15.35 – $24.84 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $24.21 | $18.50 – $25.00 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $24.21 | $18.50 – $25.00 | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $24.00 | $19.64 – $26.88 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $23.00 | $17.10 – $26.00 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $22.31 | $19.00 – $26.30 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $22.00 | $21.00 – $26.00 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $24.00 | $18.30 – $26.03 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $22.50 | $18.00 – $27.00 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $22.00 | $21.00 – $26.00 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $24.00 | $19.00 – $28.00 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $28.00 | $23.00 – $29.85 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $27.50 | $22.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $27.92 | $23.00 – $29.83 | Good |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $27.00 | $23.00 – $28.50 | Good |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $26.90 | $22.50 – $29.60 | Good |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $28.00 | $23.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $28.00 | $23.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $27.00 | $23.95 – $29.74 | 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.