NOC 2021 · 44100 · TEER 4
Home child care providers
Unit group 44100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Home child care providers care for children on an ongoing or short-term basis. They care for the well-being and physical and social development of children, assist parents with child care and may assist with household duties. They provide care primarily in their own homes or in the children's homes, where they may also reside. They are employed by private households and child-care agencies, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- au pair
- babysitter
- babysitter - fitness centre
- babysitter - shopping centre
- babysitting caregiver
- child care live-in caregiver
- child care provider - private home
- child caregiver - private home
- child minder
- children's guardian
- family child care provider
- foster father
- foster mother
- foster parent
- governess - child care
- home child care provider
- kinship care provider
- kinship caregiver
- live-in nanny
- nanny
- parent's helper
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.