NOC 2021 · 51113 · TEER 1
Journalists
Unit group 51113 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Journalists research, investigate, interpret and communicate news and public affairs through newspapers, television, radio and other media. They are employed by radio and television networks and stations, newspapers and magazines. Journalists may also work on a freelance basis.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- anchorman/woman
- art critic
- book critic
- book reviewer
- broadcast journalist
- chronicler
- columnist
- commentator
- correspondent
- critic
- culinary journalist
- cyberjournalist
- cyberreporter
- drama critic
- entertainment columnist
- fashion columnist
- feature reporter
- field reporter
- film critic
- financial reporter
- foreign affairs reporter
- foreign correspondent
- foreign news correspondent
- game critic
- headline writer
- investigative reporter
- journalist
- law reporter
- literary critic
- movie critic
- multimedia information trader
- music critic
- music reviewer
- network reporter
- news analyst
- news analyst - broadcasting
- news anchor
- news commentator
- news commentator - broadcasting
- news correspondent
- news reporter
- news writer - international broadcasting
- newscast correspondent
- newspaper correspondent
- newspaper critic
- newspaper editorial writer
- newspaper reporter
- newspaper writer
- on-line chronicler
- on-line columnist
- political analyst - radio or television
- political columnist
- political reporter
- press reporter
- program researcher - radio or television
- radio commentator
- radio researcher
- reporter
- society columnist
- society journalist
- society reporter
- sports columnist
- sports reporter
- sports writer - journalism
- staff writer - newspaper
- stock market reporter
- television news anchorperson
- television researcher
- theatre critic
- video journalist
- videojournalist
- Web critic
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
$36.92 an hour
Low $20.19, high $62.50
Where it pays most
- Toronto · Ontario$40.73
- Ottawa · Ontario$40.14
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$39.53
- Outaouais · Quebec$39.13
- Fredericton--Oromocto · New Brunswick$39.07
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 | $35.91 | $23.99 – $44.84 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $24.90 | $16.50 – $30.04 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $36.22 | $23.73 – $47.59 | Limited |
| New Brunswick | $38.16 | $23.64 – $51.18 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $37.44 | $27.55 – $52.03 | Limited |
| Ontario | $38.46 | $21.00 – $71.43 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $30.29 | $21.15 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $25.48 | $16.73 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Alberta | $35.93 | $24.37 – $46.71 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $38.79 | $24.81 – $64.31 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 38 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 | $36.02 | $26.75 – $52.77 | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $36.60 | $26.45 – $49.19 | Limited |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $37.57 | $23.06 – $51.66 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $37.36 | $24.42 – $51.78 | Undetermined |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $33.34 | $22.88 – $49.32 | Undetermined |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $39.07 | $26.82 – $55.64 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $37.44 | $27.55 – $52.03 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $37.44 | $27.55 – $52.03 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $34.97 | $24.94 – $50.63 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $37.44 | $27.55 – $52.03 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $33.80 | $24.43 – $44.72 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $37.44 | $31.00 – $52.03 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $34.43 | $25.14 – $45.92 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $35.96 | $26.24 – $49.23 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $39.13 | $27.42 – $54.15 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $38.72 | $27.46 – $55.69 | Undetermined |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $37.44 | $27.55 – $52.03 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $34.31 | $24.74 – $51.47 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $40.14 | $28.92 – $63.07 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $33.55 | $24.91 – $48.74 | Undetermined |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $34.69 | $24.49 – $53.87 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $40.73 | $25.65 – $62.52 | Very limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $33.37 | $25.23 – $51.37 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $35.89 | $25.21 – $55.64 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $38.66 | $26.13 – $58.09 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | Ontario | $34.12 | $24.90 – $49.50 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $33.71 | $24.93 – $52.74 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $33.33 | $24.52 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $25.48 | $16.73 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $25.48 | $21.00 – $26.44 | Undetermined |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $25.79 | $20.74 – $37.23 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $36.80 | $26.66 – $54.25 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $35.51 | $25.88 – $51.27 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $39.53 | $28.23 – $59.21 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $36.33 | $27.16 – $52.34 | 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.