NOC 2021 · 65220 · TEER 5
Pet groomers and animal care workers
Unit group 65220 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Animal care workers feed, handle, train and groom animals and assist veterinarians, animal health technologists and technicians and animal breeders. Pet groomers clip coats, bathe and otherwise groom pets. They are employed by animal hospitals and clinics, animal shelters, breeding and boarding kennels, zoos, laboratories, retail pet shops, dog training schools, pet grooming establishments, or may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- animal attendant
- animal attendants supervisor
- animal care worker (except farm)
- animal groomer (except horses)
- animal health care assistant
- animal trainer (except horses or marine mammals)
- aquarist
- certified dog master
- dog groomer
- dog handler
- dog master
- dog master trainer
- dog trainer
- groom - horse race track
- horse hot-walker
- kennel attendant
- kennel keeper
- kennelman/woman
- laboratory animal attendant
- laboratory animal care worker
- pet groomer
- pet master groomer
- pet shop attendant
- pet-sitter
- pound animal attendant
- pound attendant
- receiving barn custodian
- veterinary attendant
- veterinary helper
- zoo animal attendant
- zoo attendant
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.