NOC 2021 · 53124 · TEER 3
Artisans and craftspersons
Unit group 53124 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Artisans and craftspersons use manual and artistic skills to design and make ornamental objects, pottery, stained glass, jewellery, rugs, blankets, other handicrafts and artistic floral arrangements. Makers of musical instruments are also included in this unit group. Most craftspersons are self-employed. Artistic floral arrangers are usually employed in florist shops and floral departments of retail establishments, or may be self-employed. Craft instructors are also included in this unit group and are employed by artisan guilds, colleges, private studios and recreational organizations.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal art carver
- Aboriginal craftwork instructor
- artificial flower presser
- artisan
- artistic bouquet designer
- artistic floral arranger
- artistic floral bouquet designer
- artistic floral designer
- arts and crafts teacher (except education)
- bag maker - arts and crafts
- balalaika maker
- basket weaver
- batik artisan
- bellows maker
- canoe builder - arts and crafts
- canoe repairer - arts and crafts
- carver
- cello maker
- ceramic artist
- ceramic potter
- ceramics teacher (except education)
- ceramist
- copperplate engraver - artisan
- craft instructor (except education)
- craft weaver
- craftsman/woman
- craftsperson
- custom furniture caner
- decorative engraver
- drum maker - artisan
- enameller - arts and crafts
- enamellist - arts and crafts
- fabric artisan
- fabric artist
- floral arrangements designer
- floral designer
- glass blower
- glass engraver
- glass novelty maker
- glass painter
- goldsmith
- guitar maker
- hand artificial flower maker
- hand beadworker
- hand bookbinder
- hand candle maker
- hand case maker
- hand crocheter
- hand dollmaker
- hand embroiderer
- hand enameller
- hand engraver
- hand glassworker
- hand jewellery artisan
- hand knitter
- hand leather worker
- hand metalworker
- hand needleworker
- hand papermaker
- hand quilter
- hand rug maker
- hand silk flower maker
- hand spinner
- hand stone carver
- hand weaver
- hand woodenware carver
- hand woodworker
- harpsichord builder
- jewellery engraver
- lace weaver - arts and crafts
- leather worker
- machine engraver - arts and crafts
- mandolin maker
- master glass blower
- master glassmaker
- metal arts worker
- metal engraver
- musical instrument maker - artisan
- nameplate engraver
- Native art carver
- Native craftwork instructor
- panflute maker
- pantograph engraver - arts and crafts
- pipe organ builder
- poker-work artisan
- potter
- pyrographer
- reproduction woodcarver
- rughooker
- scientific glass apparatus blower
- screen printing artisan
- silversmith
- silverware engraver
- stained glass artist
- stained glass designer
- stained glass painter
- steel engraver - arts and crafts
- stringed instrument maker
- tepee maker
- tie-dye artisan
- tole painter
- totem pole carver
- violin maker
- weaver - arts and crafts
- weaving instructor (except education)
- woodcarver
- wreath maker
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
$20.00 an hour
Low $15.60, high $28.00
Where it pays most
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$23.00
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$23.00
- Toronto · Ontario$21.00
- Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula · Ontario$21.00
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$21.00
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 | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $15.91 | $15.65 – $21.87 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $20.75 | $17.00 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $27.50 | Undetermined |
| Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Alberta | $20.00 | $16.50 – $33.00 | Undetermined |
| British Columbia | $23.00 | $18.00 – $33.00 | Undetermined |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 11 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $15.65 | $15.65 – $16.00 | Undetermined |
| Estrie | Quebec | $20.75 | $17.00 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $20.75 | $17.00 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Montréal | Quebec | $20.54 | $16.25 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $25.09 | Undetermined |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $27.50 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $20.00 | $16.50 – $33.00 | Undetermined |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $23.00 | $17.85 – $32.00 | Undetermined |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $23.00 | $18.00 – $33.00 | Undetermined |
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 Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
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.