NOC 2021 · 62101 · TEER 2
Retail and wholesale buyers
Unit group 62101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Retail and wholesale buyers buy merchandise for resale by retail or wholesale establishments and are usually responsible for the merchandising operations of retail or wholesale establishments. Retail and wholesale buyers who are supervisors and those who are assistants are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- appliance buyer
- assistant buyer
- beverage taster and buyer
- buyer - retail
- buyer - wholesale
- buyers supervisor
- cattle buyer
- chief buyer
- chief buyer - retail or wholesale
- clothing buyer
- food buyer
- fruit buyer
- fur buyer
- hardware buyer
- hog buyer
- livestock buyer
- log buyer
- lumber buyer
- meat buyer
- merchandiser
- perishable food buyer
- pharmaceuticals buyer
- produce buyer
- retail buyer
- retail merchandiser
- salvage buyer
- scrap buyer
- senior buyer - retail or wholesale
- specialty food buyer
- timber buyer
- tobacco buyer
- wholesale buyer
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.