NOC 2021 · 50012 · TEER 0
Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors
Unit group 50012 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of comprehensive recreational, sports and fitness programs and services, national or provincial sports governing agencies and professional athletic teams. They are employed by municipalities, community and private recreational and fitness organizations, sports governing agencies and professional athletic team organizations.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- amateur sport manager
- bingo hall manager
- casino operations manager
- cruise ship director
- director of fitness administration - government
- director of leisure
- director of leisure and sports
- director of recreation
- director of recreation and sports
- director of sports administration - government
- director of sports and leisure
- director of sports and recreation
- entertainment, sports and leisure director
- entertainment, sports and recreation director
- fitness administration director - government
- fitness centre manager
- fitness club manager
- fitness programs director
- health club manager
- health studio manager
- horse racing director
- leisure administrator
- leisure administrator in chief
- leisure and sports director
- leisure centre director
- leisure centre sports director
- leisure chief administrator
- leisure director
- leisure establishment director
- leisure establishment managing supervisor
- leisure head administrator
- leisure manager
- leisure programs director
- leisure programs manager
- leisure service director
- leisure service manager
- municipal director of leisure
- municipal director of recreation
- municipal leisure director
- municipal leisure manager
- municipal manager of leisure
- municipal manager of recreation
- municipal recreation director
- municipal recreation manager
- physical education programs director
- physical training director
- professional athletes team manager
- professional football team manager
- professional hockey team manager
- professional sport team general manager
- professional sport team manager
- professional track and field team general manager
- professional track and field team manager
- racetrack director
- recreation administrator
- recreation administrator in chief
- recreation and sports director
- recreation centre director
- recreation centre sports director
- recreation chief administrator
- recreation director
- recreation establishment director
- recreation establishment managing supervisor
- recreation head administrator
- recreation manager
- recreation programs director
- recreation programs manager
- recreation service director
- recreation service manager
- sport federation director general
- sport federation general director
- sport governing agency executive director
- sport governing body executive director
- sport program administrative coordinator
- sports administration director - government
- sports and leisure director
- sports and recreation director
- sports association director
- sports director
- sports federation director
- sports program director
- sports-service sports programs director
- track and field director
- YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) general director
- YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) general secretary
- YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) programs director
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
$36.63 an hour
Low $22.00, high $76.92
Where it pays most
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$43.98
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$42.87
- Calgary · Alberta$42.74
- Edmonton · Alberta$42.74
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$42.52
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 | $32.13 | $22.66 – $55.72 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $32.69 | $25.34 – $62.40 | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $35.71 | $20.83 – $70.33 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $39.00 | $20.00 – $88.82 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $41.38 | $26.75 – $66.67 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $37.50 | $25.00 – $60.10 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $32.45 | $21.37 – $62.94 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $35.77 | $28.85 – $45.13 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $42.74 | $22.00 – $75.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $39.90 | $23.08 – $107.69 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $43.36 | $30.85 – $63.91 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 54 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 | $30.12 | $22.44 – $55.19 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.80 | $24.21 – $55.20 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $31.98 | $24.73 – $64.53 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $35.88 | $26.22 – $59.57 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $32.69 | $25.97 – $60.61 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $33.55 | $27.70 – $57.30 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $31.45 | $23.86 – $56.97 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $35.71 | $20.83 – $70.33 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $32.65 | $26.55 – $65.07 | Undetermined |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $35.40 | $29.93 – $65.10 | Undetermined |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $34.45 | $27.79 – $62.39 | Undetermined |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $41.29 | $32.80 – $68.69 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $40.94 | $32.26 – $68.28 | Very limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $40.30 | $30.57 – $69.13 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $39.13 | $30.48 – $65.30 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $37.53 | $29.42 – $65.75 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $38.21 | $29.66 – $66.86 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $41.40 | $30.20 – $74.06 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $40.28 | $29.53 – $71.92 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $39.52 | $28.99 – $74.18 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $41.96 | $32.71 – $70.60 | Undetermined |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $41.24 | $31.21 – $73.20 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $40.07 | $31.38 – $69.78 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $40.01 | $30.97 – $70.55 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $36.29 | $28.01 – $62.71 | Undetermined |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $39.07 | $30.34 – $67.17 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $42.00 | $31.96 – $71.91 | Undetermined |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $40.09 | $29.16 – $73.14 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $37.35 | $28.71 – $67.00 | Undetermined |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $38.68 | $29.21 – $70.81 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $36.06 | $25.00 – $83.03 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $37.50 | $25.00 – $60.10 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $37.50 | $25.00 – $60.10 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $37.50 | $25.00 – $60.10 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $38.89 | $28.82 – $67.89 | Undetermined |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $39.27 | $31.08 – $70.00 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | Ontario | $38.28 | $28.81 – $69.89 | Undetermined |
| Northwest | Ontario | $37.94 | $26.33 – $76.80 | Undetermined |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $33.47 | $25.82 – $65.19 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $32.98 | $25.28 – $55.70 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $32.50 | $26.55 – $55.48 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $32.45 | $21.37 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $35.77 | $28.85 – $45.13 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $35.77 | $28.85 – $45.13 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $32.38 | $27.76 – $60.34 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $42.52 | $31.13 – $73.15 | Undetermined |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $39.33 | $30.01 – $65.75 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $42.74 | $22.00 – $75.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $42.87 | $30.31 – $77.10 | Undetermined |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $37.77 | $26.68 – $64.66 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $42.74 | $22.00 – $75.00 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $43.98 | $33.58 – $77.62 | Undetermined |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $39.90 | $23.08 – $107.69 | Limited |
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.