NOC 2021 · 41321 · TEER 1
Career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education)
Unit group 41321 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) provide assistance and information to job seeker clients on all aspects of employment search and career planning. They also provide advice and information to employer clients regarding employment issues and human resources. They are employed by public or private employment agencies, rehabilitation centres, hospitals, human resource departments of establishments, consulting firms, correctional facilities and by federal and provincial governments. Supervisors of career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal employment developer
- Aboriginal employment officer
- Aboriginal employment worker
- career coach
- career counsellor (except education)
- career development counsellor
- career development facilitator
- career development practitioner
- career group facilitator
- career resource centre coordinator
- employment assistance officer
- employment consultant
- employment counsellor - government services
- employment group counsellor
- employment outreach counsellor
- employment outreach program coordinator
- employment outreach program counsellor
- employment services assessment officer
- employment services group counsellor
- employment services officer
- guidance counsellor (except education)
- job counsellor
- job counsellor - government services
- job search trainer
- labour market information consultant
- outplacement consultant
- outplacement counsellor
- rehabilitation counsellor
- relocation consultant
- relocation counsellor
- vocational counsellor (except education)
- vocational evaluator
- vocational guidance counsellor (except education)
- vocational rehabilitation consultant
- vocational rehabilitation counsellor
- vocational rehabilitation professional
- vocational rehabilitation specialist
- workforce adjustment officer
- workforce development officer
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
$29.95 an hour
Low $22.56, high $43.41
Where it pays most
- Northeast · Ontario$35.00
- Ottawa · Ontario$34.98
- Moncton--Richibucto · New Brunswick$34.96
- West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador · Newfoundland and Labrador$34.94
- Campbellton--Miramichi · New Brunswick$34.45
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 | $33.00 | $22.67 – $53.00 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $25.50 | $21.00 – $35.90 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $27.20 | $21.75 – $43.08 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $35.25 | $24.75 – $45.00 | Good |
| Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $29.23 | $21.33 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $28.57 | $20.00 – $43.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $27.85 | $21.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $26.44 | $21.00 – $43.59 | Good |
| British Columbia | $29.30 | $25.00 – $41.83 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 53 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 | $30.00 | $22.89 – $33.85 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $34.94 | $30.26 – $46.46 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $29.22 | $22.69 – $31.80 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $27.20 | $21.75 – $43.08 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $30.22 | $24.63 – $48.72 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $34.45 | $26.97 – $45.71 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $34.96 | $25.30 – $45.81 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $33.37 | $26.74 – $45.11 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $33.07 | $25.56 – $44.03 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $30.00 | $25.00 – $33.76 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $30.53 | $25.02 – $41.03 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $34.98 | $27.29 – $43.39 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $29.23 | $21.33 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $29.23 | $21.33 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $29.23 | $21.33 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $28.85 | $20.00 – $43.00 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $28.65 | $21.03 – $51.44 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $33.01 | $25.78 – $45.46 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $28.00 | $19.67 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $33.86 | $26.85 – $44.57 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $35.00 | $25.00 – $41.80 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $29.00 | $26.00 – $32.97 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $29.27 | $22.74 – $39.08 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $29.00 | $20.00 – $37.29 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $27.85 | $21.00 – $40.00 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $27.85 | $21.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $28.93 | $22.00 – $39.58 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $28.26 | $22.68 – $35.98 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $29.30 | $28.00 – $39.74 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $29.12 | $23.08 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $29.30 | $25.00 – $41.83 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $29.30 | $25.00 – $41.83 | 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) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
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.