NOC 2021 · 41101 · TEER 1
Lawyers and Quebec notaries
Unit group 41101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Lawyers and Quebec notaries advise clients on legal matters, represent clients before administration boards and draw up legal documents such as contracts and wills. Lawyers also plead cases, represent clients before tribunals and conduct prosecutions in courts of law. Lawyers are employed in law firms and prosecutor's offices. Quebec notaries are employed in notary offices. Both lawyers and Quebec notaries are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments and various business establishments or they may be self-employed. Articling students are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- administrative lawyer
- advisory counsel
- articling law student
- assistant corporate counsel
- Assistant Crown Attorney
- assistant general solicitor
- assistant legal advisor
- assistant regional counsel
- associate counsel
- associate lawyer
- associate legal advisor
- associate legal counsel
- attorney
- attorney-at-law
- attorney's assistant chief agent
- barrister
- barrister and solicitor
- city attorney
- city solicitor
- civil lawyer
- claim attorney
- commercial law notary
- commercial lawyer
- contract counsel
- corporate counsel
- corporate notary (Quebec)
- corporation lawyer
- counsel
- counsellor-at-law
- counsellor-lawyer
- county attorney
- criminal lawyer
- Crown Attorney
- Crown corporation counsel
- Crown counsel
- Crown prosecutor
- defence counsel
- departmental solicitor
- deputy city solicitor
- family and estates lawyer
- general counsel
- general solicitor
- immigration lawyer
- industrial lawyer
- in-house legal counsel
- insurance lawyer
- intellectual-property lawyer
- judicial assistant - Supreme Court
- labour lawyer
- law and corporate affairs adviser
- law partner
- lawyer
- legal advisor
- legal advocate
- legal aid lawyer
- legal attaché
- legal counsel
- legal officer
- legal officer - Canadian Armed Forces
- legislative adviser
- legislative counsel
- litigator
- municipal solicitor
- notary (Quebec)
- patent counsel
- patent lawyer
- patent solicitor
- prosecuting attorney
- prosecutor
- Quebec notary
- Queen's Counsel
- real estate lawyer
- regional attorney
- regional Crown prosecutor
- review lawyer
- solicitor
- special prosecutor
- staff counsel
- staff lawyer
- staff solicitor
- student-at-law
- tariff counsel
- tax attorney
- tax lawyer
- title lawyer
- trademark lawyer
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.