NOC 2021 · 41403 · TEER 1

Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers

Unit group 41403 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.

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What this group covers

Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers conduct research, develop policy and implement or administer programs in areas such as consumer affairs, employment, home economics, immigration, law enforcement, corrections, human rights, housing, labour, family services, foreign aid and international development. They are employed by government departments and agencies, hospitals, educational institutions, consulting establishments, professional associations, research institutes, non-government organizations and international organizations or they may be self-employed.

Example job titles

As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.

Aboriginal affairs development officer
Aboriginal affairs officer
Aboriginal employment policy officer
Aboriginal employment program officer
Aboriginal issues lobbyist
adoption project officer
adviser for the integration of persons with disabilities
affirmative action advisor
child care licensing officer
child welfare policy analyst
child-care programs planning officer
child-care services liaison officer
citizenship officer
community organizer
community policing program consultant
community social development officer
consumer advisor
correctional service policy consultant
employment equity adviser - social policy
employment equity consultant
employment equity policy analyst
employment equity policy consultant
employment initiatives coordinator
employment insurance policy analyst
employment insurance services adviser
employment standards specialist
experimental home economist
extension home economist
family violence prevention program adviser
field representative - housing
food consultant - home economics
home economics consultant
home economist
home economist - consumer association
housing policy analyst
Human Rights Commission officer
Human Rights Commission officers supervisor
human rights officer
human rights officer - government services
human rights specialist
immigrant settlement liaison officer
immigration and citizenship consultant
immigration and demographic analysis officer
immigration consultant
immigration policy advisor
immigration policy analyst
immigration policy consultant - non-government
immigration settlement practitioner
income maintenance program officer
Indigenous affairs officer
international aid and development project officer
international aid and development researcher
international relations specialist
job creation and employment services evaluation officer
labour affairs officer - labour policy
labour market analyst
labour market information officer
labour market policy officer
labour mobility policy consultant
labour policy analyst
labour policy officer
labour standards analyst
multiculturalism project officer
Native affairs officer
Native employment program officer
Native issues lobbyist
occupational supply analyst
peace activist
peace researcher
political organizer
pollster
poverty researcher
psychology assistant (except university)
public assistance adviser
public housing officer
public housing policy analyst
public opinion survey researcher
public rights coordinator
race relations officer
refugee affairs program officer
research home economist
settlement counsellor
settlement liaison officer
settlement practitioner
social and community care licensing officer
social assistance advisor
social assistance policy analyst
social development officer
social issues researcher
social policy advisor
social policy analyst
social policy consultant
social policy planning consultant
social policy researcher
social program officer
social researcher
social science researcher
social service program officer
social services consultant
social services planner
social services planning consultant
social services program officers supervisor
social services program planner
social survey researcher (except statistician)
social survey researchers supervisor
social welfare advisor
social welfare research officer
socio-economic research and planning officer
status of women's directorate policy analyst
textile and clothing consultant - home economics
visible minorities policy officer
welfare policy analysts supervisor
women's employment policy consultant
women's issues lobbyist
women's program coordinator
women's shelter program coordinator
women's status policy consultant
workers' compensation officer
workers' compensation policy analyst

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.

$42.56 an hour

Low $26.67, high $60.00

Where it pays most

Ottawa · Ontario$49.23
Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$47.89
Muskoka--Kawarthas · Ontario$46.19
Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$45.67
Outaouais · Quebec$45.13

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

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by province and territory.
Where	Median hourly	Low to high	Outlook 2025–2027
Newfoundland and Labrador	$36.06	$24.73 – $53.33	Moderate
Prince Edward Island	$37.95	$28.00 – $50.26	Moderate
Nova Scotia	$39.56	$26.00 – $50.48	Moderate
New Brunswick	$40.00	$26.57 – $51.37	Moderate
Quebec	$40.00	$26.00 – $57.44	Limited
Ontario	$44.62	$26.92 – $64.10	Moderate
Manitoba	$38.00	$25.33 – $54.87	Moderate
Saskatchewan	$39.49	$28.85 – $54.05	Moderate
Alberta	$41.34	$26.00 – $60.07	Moderate
British Columbia	$41.83	$27.47 – $57.69	Moderate
Yukon Territory	$49.32	$29.40 – $56.24	Good
Northwest Territories	$56.25	$38.00 – $72.00	Moderate
Nunavut	$55.90	$38.10 – $71.79	Limited

By economic region

The 67 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by economic region.
Where	Province	Median hourly	Low to high	Outlook 2025–2027
Avalon Peninsula	Newfoundland and Labrador	$37.88	$24.73 – $53.33	Moderate
South Coast--Burin Peninsula	Newfoundland and Labrador	$37.65	$29.32 – $52.16	Moderate
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador	$37.21	$27.57 – $50.96	Moderate
Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay	Newfoundland and Labrador	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	$40.87	$19.40 – $50.00	Moderate
North Shore	Nova Scotia	$39.56	$25.24 – $51.28	Moderate
Annapolis Valley	Nova Scotia	$40.57	$27.90 – $52.64	Moderate
Southern	Nova Scotia	$38.30	$26.01 – $50.65	Moderate
Halifax	Nova Scotia	$39.49	$26.00 – $50.00	Moderate
Campbellton--Miramichi	New Brunswick	$36.00	$34.87 – $50.77	Moderate
Moncton--Richibucto	New Brunswick	$40.00	$25.00 – $50.77	Moderate
Saint John--St. Stephen	New Brunswick	$36.31	$26.55 – $48.47	Moderate
Fredericton--Oromocto	New Brunswick	$41.03	$34.71 – $54.36	Moderate
Edmundston--Woodstock	New Brunswick	$36.46	$27.48 – $49.34	Moderate
Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Quebec	$39.58	$29.40 – $49.28	Moderate
Bas-Saint-Laurent	Quebec	$39.18	$28.11 – $51.70	Moderate
Capitale-Nationale	Quebec	$44.62	$30.00 – $50.48	Moderate
Chaudière-Appalaches	Quebec	$41.25	$29.16 – $55.20	Moderate
Estrie	Quebec	$40.00	$27.69 – $61.10	Moderate
Centre-du-Québec	Quebec	$37.27	$26.42 – $48.81	Good
Montérégie	Quebec	$40.70	$27.92 – $52.06	Moderate
Montréal	Quebec	$39.34	$26.36 – $55.59	Limited
Laval	Quebec	$37.95	$26.45 – $52.50	Limited
Lanaudière	Quebec	$39.50	$27.23 – $54.80	Limited
Laurentides	Quebec	$40.90	$29.73 – $56.36	Moderate
Outaouais	Quebec	$45.13	$31.69 – $64.10	Limited
Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Quebec	$39.93	$28.67 – $53.35	Moderate
Mauricie	Quebec	$39.77	$28.76 – $50.39	Moderate
Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean	Quebec	$41.07	$29.59 – $55.63	Limited
Côte-Nord	Quebec	$40.17	$28.51 – $55.49	Limited
Nord-du-Québec	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Limited
Ottawa	Ontario	$49.23	$31.48 – $65.13	Moderate
Kingston--Pembroke	Ontario	$42.22	$28.86 – $57.45	Good
Muskoka--Kawarthas	Ontario	$46.19	$31.28 – $62.19	Moderate
Toronto	Ontario	$43.27	$27.89 – $61.54	Moderate
Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie	Ontario	$36.92	$23.00 – $55.31	Moderate
Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula	Ontario	$43.41	$22.00 – $64.10	Moderate
London	Ontario	$40.64	$27.37 – $54.17	Moderate
Windsor--Sarnia	Ontario	$47.89	$33.33 – $62.89	Moderate
Stratford--Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	$43.20	$31.02 – $56.65	Good
Northeast	Ontario	$38.75	$22.00 – $61.54	Good
Northwest	Ontario	$37.00	$25.00 – $57.37	Good
Southeast	Manitoba	$39.38	$27.28 – $52.80	Limited
South Central	Manitoba	$35.68	$24.29 – $47.76	Undetermined
Southwest	Manitoba	$35.05	$23.88 – $45.22	Undetermined
Winnipeg	Manitoba	$38.00	$25.54 – $55.67	Moderate
Interlake	Manitoba	$37.90	$26.47 – $55.07	Moderate
Regina--Moose Mountain	Saskatchewan	$42.00	$28.00 – $51.73	Good
Swift Current--Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	$37.73	$27.16 – $49.38	Good
Saskatoon--Biggar	Saskatchewan	$39.90	$33.33 – $56.41	Moderate
Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	$36.65	$27.16 – $46.01	Limited
Northern	Saskatchewan	$32.68	$23.00 – $47.18	Limited
Lethbridge--Medicine Hat	Alberta	$38.04	$27.72 – $50.24	Moderate
Camrose--Drumheller	Alberta	$40.41	$28.06 – $57.20	Moderate
Calgary	Alberta	$38.00	$20.00 – $57.69	Moderate
Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House	Alberta	$42.28	$29.41 – $56.82	Moderate
Red Deer	Alberta	$41.28	$29.39 – $55.78	Moderate
Edmonton	Alberta	$41.34	$26.00 – $60.07	Moderate
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River	Alberta	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake	Alberta	Not published	Not published	Limited
Vancouver Island and Coast	British Columbia	$45.67	$28.42 – $59.89	Limited
Lower Mainland	British Columbia	$40.00	$25.00 – $57.14	Moderate
Thompson--Okanagan	British Columbia	$39.68	$28.15 – $54.62	Limited
Cariboo	British Columbia	$40.21	$27.43 – $59.51	Moderate
North Coast	British Columbia	$41.00	$35.77 – $50.00	Good
Nechako	British Columbia	$41.00	$35.77 – $50.00	Good
Northeast	British Columbia	$38.96	$29.02 – $50.15	Undetermined

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.