NOC 2021 · 42101 · TEER 2
Firefighters
Unit group 42101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Firefighters carry out firefighting and fire prevention activities, and assist in other emergencies. They are employed by municipal, provincial and federal governments and by large industrial establishments that have internal firefighting services. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- airport firefighter
- communication service firefighter
- crash firefighter
- fire captain
- fire department platoon chief
- fire inspector
- fire lieutenant
- fire prevention officer
- fire safety inspection firefighter
- firefighter
- firefighter apprentice
- firefighter lieutenant
- firefighter-inspector
- industrial complex firefighter
- industrial firefighter
- shipboard firefighter
- structural firefighter
- training firefighter
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.