NOC 2021 · 42202 · TEER 2
Early childhood educators and assistants
Unit group 42202 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Early childhood educators plan, organize and implement programs for children between the ages of infancy and 12 years. Early childhood educator assistants provide care for infants and preschool- to school-age children under the guidance of early childhood educators. Early childhood educators and assistants lead children in activities to stimulate and develop their intellectual, physical and emotional growth and ensure their security and well-being. They are employed in child-care centres, daycare centres, kindergartens, agencies for exceptional children and other settings where early childhood education services are provided. Supervisors of early childhood educators and assistants are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- baby-care worker
- baby-care worker assistant
- baby-care workers supervisor
- child care worker - daycare
- child care worker assistant
- daycare aide
- daycare attendant
- daycare coordinator
- daycare helper
- daycare supervisor
- daycare teacher
- daycare worker
- daycare worker assistant
- early childhood assistant
- early childhood education worker
- early childhood educator - junior kindergarten
- early childhood educator - kindergarten
- early childhood educator - preschool
- early childhood educator (ECE)
- early childhood educator (ECE) assistant
- early childhood educator assistant - junior kindergarten
- early childhood educator assistant - kindergarten
- early childhood program staff assistant
- early childhood program supervisor
- early childhood supervisor
- educator assistant - junior kindergarten
- infant daycare workers supervisor
- infants' daycare worker
- nursery school aide
- nursery school helper
- nursery school teacher
- preschool helper
- preschool supervisor
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.