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
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
$59.76 an hour
Low $30.22, high $107.14
Where it pays most
- Edmonton · Alberta$76.92
- Calgary · Alberta$72.08
- Avalon Peninsula · Newfoundland and Labrador$71.79
- Toronto · Ontario$69.74
- West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador · Newfoundland and Labrador$66.85
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 | $66.85 | $34.87 – $87.91 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $57.69 | $25.64 – $81.03 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $56.15 | $24.13 – $80.99 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $59.94 | $36.06 – $72.12 | Good |
| Quebec | $51.28 | $29.81 – $84.13 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $65.21 | $32.05 – $112.98 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $47.18 | $16.83 – $81.28 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $57.88 | $32.05 – $92.31 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $78.85 | $27.88 – $126.92 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $65.00 | $37.98 – $107.69 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | $61.54 | $40.00 – $76.92 | Good |
| Northwest Territories | $64.41 | Not published | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $68.33 | $45.64 – $89.04 | Limited |
By economic region
The 63 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 | $71.79 | $34.62 – $93.41 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $66.85 | $34.87 – $87.91 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $49.22 | $26.47 – $66.85 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $46.54 | $26.41 – $62.86 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $50.02 | $29.71 – $74.36 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $47.56 | $26.51 – $77.64 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $57.69 | $24.13 – $80.99 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $54.95 | $32.97 – $82.05 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $49.87 | $30.54 – $70.17 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $57.21 | $36.32 – $82.05 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $50.87 | $28.00 – $84.13 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $53.00 | $25.64 – $85.16 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $51.28 | $29.81 – $84.13 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $51.28 | $29.81 – $84.13 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $58.46 | $29.50 – $89.74 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $50.48 | $30.22 – $63.00 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $48.33 | $33.09 – $70.03 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $47.28 | $29.06 – $68.38 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $53.88 | $36.38 – $79.77 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $58.46 | $33.65 – $103.76 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $65.21 | $32.05 – $112.98 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $69.74 | $33.65 – $112.98 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $64.90 | $34.36 – $115.38 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $60.10 | $38.00 – $125.00 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $65.21 | $32.05 – $112.98 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $57.69 | $34.87 – $87.18 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $60.05 | $29.64 – $85.04 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $49.49 | $28.85 – $73.10 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $50.21 | $29.95 – $73.30 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $46.15 | $16.83 – $83.73 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $47.18 | $16.83 – $81.28 | Good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $53.00 | $33.65 – $94.23 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $54.28 | $28.90 – $74.88 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $64.10 | $34.97 – $91.35 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $53.67 | $33.03 – $74.76 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $72.08 | $22.70 – $207.14 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $76.92 | $26.44 – $110.77 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $65.00 | $37.98 – $107.69 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $66.65 | $38.46 – $112.09 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $52.93 | $30.37 – $77.42 | Good |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $53.21 | $30.86 – $73.76 | Good |
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) · 2021 Census (2021).
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.