NOC 2021 · 41221 · TEER 1
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
Unit group 41221 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
Note: Express Entry draws from this TEER level.
What this group covers
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers teach basic subjects such as reading, writing and arithmetic or specialized subjects such as English or French as a second language at public and private elementary schools.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal school teacher - elementary school
- art teacher - elementary school
- cooking teacher - elementary school
- correspondence teacher - elementary school
- crafts teacher - elementary school
- early childhood services teacher - elementary school
- elementary school reading clinician
- elementary school substitute teacher
- elementary school supply teacher
- elementary school teacher
- English as a second language elementary school teacher
- English as a second language teacher - elementary school
- English teacher - elementary school
- French as a second language elementary school teacher
- French as a second language teacher - elementary school
- French immersion teacher - elementary school
- French teacher - elementary school
- grade school teacher
- home economics teacher - elementary school
- industrial arts teacher - elementary school
- junior high school teacher
- kindergarten teacher
- language teacher - elementary school
- music teacher - elementary school
- nature study teacher - elementary school
- physical education teacher - elementary school
- primary school teacher
- reading clinician - elementary school
- remedial teacher - elementary school
- sewing teacher - elementary school
- special education teacher - elementary school
- special education teacher - primary school
- special needs teacher - elementary school
- substitute teacher - elementary school
- supply teacher - elementary school
- teacher - junior kindergarten
- teacher-librarian - elementary school
- visiting teacher - elementary school
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.