NOC 2021 · 65311 · TEER 5
Specialized cleaners
Unit group 65311 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Specialized cleaners clean and refurbish building exteriors, carpets, chimneys, industrial equipment, ventilation systems, windows and other surfaces, using specialized equipment and techniques. They are employed by specialized cleaning service companies or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- acid tank cleaner
- air duct cleaner
- air duct cleaning technician
- auto care worker
- auto detailer
- automobile cleaner
- boiler cleaner
- building exterior cleaner
- building sander
- bus cleaner
- bus washer
- car care worker
- car detailer
- car scrubber
- car wash attendant
- car washer
- carpet cleaner
- cesspool cleaner
- chimney cleaner
- chimney sweep
- drain-roto cleaner
- fireplace cleaner
- freight car cleaner
- furnace cleaner
- glass cleaner
- laboratory equipment cleaner
- laboratory facilities cleaner
- lot porter - auto cleaning
- railway car cleaner
- rock or brick sandblaster
- rug cleaner
- sandblaster
- sandblasting building cleaner
- septic tank cleaner
- specialized cleaner
- specialized cleaner - automobile aesthetics
- steam cleaner
- steamblaster
- steamblasting building cleaner
- streetcar cleaner
- subway car cleaner
- swimming pool cleaner
- tank car cleaner
- tank cleaner
- transportation vehicle scrubber
- truck washer
- upholstery cleaner
- vat washer
- vehicle cleaner
- venetian blinds cleaner and repairer
- ventilation system cleaner
- window cleaner
- window washer
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
$19.23 an hour
Low $15.50, high $27.00
Where it pays most
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$25.00
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$23.00
- Montérégie · Quebec$22.00
- Bas-Saint-Laurent · Quebec$21.00
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$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 | $17.00 | $16.00 – $27.60 | Limited |
| Prince Edward Island | $18.00 | $16.50 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $18.00 | $16.50 – $29.45 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $17.50 | $15.65 – $24.00 | Limited |
| Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $19.25 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Very limited |
| Manitoba | $17.00 | $16.00 – $22.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $16.00 | $15.35 – $27.69 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $20.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $20.00 | $17.85 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $20.38 | $17.94 – $36.75 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 65 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 | $17.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $18.48 | $16.00 – $25.69 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $18.83 | $16.24 – $30.81 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $18.00 | $16.50 – $29.45 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $18.00 | $16.50 – $29.45 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $17.63 | $16.59 – $21.51 | Limited |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $18.00 | $15.65 – $24.04 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $17.50 | $15.65 – $24.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $17.50 | $15.65 – $24.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $17.50 | $15.65 – $24.00 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.80 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $20.00 | $17.47 – $26.38 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $22.00 | $18.25 – $30.00 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $20.14 | $17.40 – $26.52 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $20.00 | $18.00 – $25.00 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $20.80 | $16.96 – $26.26 | Very limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $19.90 | $17.90 – $24.01 | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $19.53 | $16.75 – $23.66 | Very limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.67 – $26.00 | Very limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $23.00 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $18.00 | $17.60 – $20.00 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $19.25 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $19.25 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $20.50 | $18.00 – $28.00 | Very limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $19.71 | $17.60 – $30.00 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $19.25 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Very limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $19.25 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Very limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $19.70 | $17.60 – $32.28 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $17.00 | $16.00 – $27.00 | Limited |
| South Central | Manitoba | $16.73 | $16.00 – $19.80 | Limited |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $17.50 | $16.00 – $22.15 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $16.50 | $16.00 – $20.00 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $16.00 | $15.35 – $27.69 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $16.00 | $15.35 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $16.00 | $15.35 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $16.00 | $15.35 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $18.00 | $15.00 – $22.00 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $20.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $19.74 | $16.00 – $25.30 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $20.00 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $21.00 | $16.00 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $20.00 | $17.00 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $25.00 | $17.78 – $35.15 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $23.00 | $18.25 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $21.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $21.00 | $18.50 – $29.73 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $20.00 | $17.85 – $30.00 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $20.33 | $18.44 – $25.54 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Very 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) · 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.