NOC 2021 · 72020 · TEER 2
Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
Unit group 72020 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Contractors and supervisors in mechanic trades supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in unit groups within the following minor groups: Machinery and transportation equipment mechanics (except motor vehicle) (7240), Automotive service technicians (7241) and Small motor, engine and equipment mechanics and related repairers (including electrical components) (7242). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the unit group descriptions of the above minor groups. Contractors may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- air conditioning and refrigeration contractor
- air conditioning and refrigeration foreman/woman
- air conditioning and refrigeration mechanic foreman/woman
- air conditioning contractor
- air conditioning mechanics foreman/woman
- aircraft engine assemblers foreman/woman
- aircraft engine assembly foreman/woman
- aircraft engine fitters foreman/woman
- aircraft engine overhaul foreman/woman
- aircraft engine repair foreman/woman
- aircraft hydraulics repair shop foreman/woman
- aircraft maintenance chief
- aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) chief
- aircraft maintenance engineers (AME) supervisor
- aircraft maintenance mechanics foreman/woman - aircraft mechanical systems
- aircraft maintenance service supervisor
- aircraft maintenance supervisor - aircraft mechanical systems
- aircraft mechanical systems maintenance service supervisor
- aircraft mechanical systems maintenance supervisor
- aircraft mechanical systems mechanics foreman/woman
- aircraft mechanics and inspectors foreman/woman
- aircraft mechanics and inspectors foreman/woman - mechanical systems
- aircraft mechanics and repairers foreman/woman - mechanical systems
- aircraft mechanics foreman/woman
- aircraft propeller repair foreman/woman
- aircraft servicing foreman/woman
- aircraft servicing supervisor
- appliance repair contractor
- appliance repair shop foreman/woman
- appliance repair shop supervisor
- assembly mechanics foreman/woman
- automobile mechanics foreman/woman
- automotive body repair foreman/woman
- automotive body repair shop supervisor
- automotive body shop foreman/woman
- automotive body shop supervisor
- automotive engine repair foreman/woman
- automotive repair and service shop supervisor
- automotive service mechanics foreman/woman
- automotive service mechanics supervisor
- automotive testing shop supervisor
- boat engine repair foreman/woman
- body shop foreman/woman
- body shop supervisor
- bus and truck repair foreman/woman
- carhouse supervisor - railway transportation
- chief aircraft maintenance engineer (AME)
- crew chief - aircraft maintenance
- electric motor repair foreman/woman
- electric motor shop foreman/woman
- electrical appliance repair shop supervisor
- electrical mechanics foreman/woman
- electromechanical foreman/woman
- electromechanical technicians foreman/woman
- elevator construction foreman/woman
- elevator constructors foreman/woman
- elevator mechanic foreman/woman
- elevators maintenance service supervisor
- engine overhaul foreman/woman
- farm equipment repair foreman/woman
- furnace installers foreman/woman
- garage supervisor
- ground crew foreman/woman - aircraft maintenance
- heating and air conditioning contractor
- heating and air conditioning systems contractor
- heating system installation and repair contractor
- heating systems contractor
- heating systems mechanics foreman/woman
- heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) mechanics foreman/woman
- heavy agricultural machinery assembly foreman/woman
- heavy construction equipment assembly foreman/woman
- heavy equipment assembly foreman/woman
- heavy equipment mechanic foreman/woman
- heavy equipment mechanics supervisor
- heavy farm equipment assembly foreman/woman
- heavy machinery assembly foreman/woman
- helicopter maintenance foreman/woman - mechanical systems
- household appliance repair shop foreman/woman
- hydraulic unit repair shop foreman/woman
- industrial machinery assembly foreman/woman
- industrial machinery manufacturing foreman/woman
- industrial machinery mechanics foreman/woman
- industrial mechanics foreman/woman
- industrial mechanics supervisor
- industrial, farm and construction machinery mechanics and repairers foreman/woman
- locomotive erecting shop foreman/woman
- locomotive inspectors foreman/woman
- machine builders foreman/woman
- machine fitters foreman/woman
- machine fitters supervisor
- machine maintenance foreman/woman - manufacturing
- machinery assembly foreman/woman
- machinery manufacturing foreman/woman
- manufacturing machinery assembly foreman/woman
- marine service foreman/woman - engine repair
- mechanical equipment repair inspection foreman/woman
- mechanical equipment repair inspectors foreman/woman
- mechanical inspectors foreman/woman
- mechanical maintenance foreman/woman - utilities
- mechanical maintenance supervisor
- mechanical maintenance supervisor - manufacturing
- mechanics foreman/woman
- metal and woodworking machinery manufacturing foreman/woman
- meter repair shop foreman/woman
- millwright foreman/woman
- motor vehicle body repairers foreman/woman
- motor vehicle engine repair foreman/woman
- motor vehicle mechanics and repairers foreman/woman
- motor vehicle mechanics foreman/woman
- motor vehicle mechanics supervisor
- motor vehicle repair shop foreman/woman
- motor vehicle repair shop supervisor
- motorcycle mechanics foreman/woman
- office machine repairers foreman/woman
- oil burner installation foreman/woman
- oil burner mechanics foreman/woman
- printer repairers foreman/woman
- printing machine mechanics foreman/woman
- printing machine repair foreman/woman
- printing machine repairers foreman/woman
- printing press and machine mechanics foreman/woman
- processing and packaging equipment maintenance foreman/woman
- processing and packaging equipment maintenance supervisor
- production equipment maintenance mechanic supervisor
- production machinery maintenance foreman/woman
- production machinery maintenance mechanic supervisor
- production machinery maintenance mechanics foreman/woman
- propeller repair foreman/woman
- rail transport equipment repair foreman/woman
- rail transport equipment repairers foreman/woman
- railway car inspection foreman/woman
- railway car inspectors foreman/woman
- railway car maintenance foreman/woman
- railway car maintenance supervisor
- railway car repair foreman/woman
- railway car repairer foreman/woman
- railway car repairer supervisor
- railway equipment department supervisor
- railway equipment maintenance inspectors foreman/woman
- railway rolling stock assembly foreman/woman
- railway rolling stock manufacturing foreman/woman
- refrigeration contractor
- refrigeration foreman/woman
- refrigeration mechanics foreman/woman
- roundhouse foreman/woman - railway
- small engine repair foreman/woman
- small-engine repair shop foreman/woman
- small-engine repair shop supervisor
- small-equipment repair shop supervisor
- small-machines repair shop supervisor
- textile machine mechanics foreman/woman
- textile machine mechanics supervisor
- textile machinery assembly foreman/woman
- transformer repair shop foreman/woman
- turbine assembly foreman/woman
- wheel shop foreman/woman - railway equipment
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
$40.00 an hour
Low $25.00, high $60.00
Where it pays most
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$49.99
- Northeast · British Columbia$45.95
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$45.87
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$45.87
- Cariboo · British Columbia$45.78
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 | $35.59 | $23.75 – $51.00 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $36.45 | $24.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $36.75 | $25.00 – $51.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $35.00 | $26.00 – $55.00 | Good |
| Quebec | $38.00 | $25.98 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $40.00 | $23.00 – $55.29 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $40.00 | $28.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| Alberta | $43.00 | $30.00 – $65.00 | Good |
| British Columbia | $45.00 | $27.59 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $41.76 | $29.17 – $49.13 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 69 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 | $35.00 | $23.75 – $50.48 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $36.54 | $22.50 – $50.30 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $36.05 | $23.75 – $63.94 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $34.32 | $25.04 – $42.49 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $34.86 | $25.23 – $46.35 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $35.48 | $24.67 – $47.40 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $39.05 | $27.03 – $51.43 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $34.97 | $24.91 – $50.15 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $36.06 | $31.00 – $55.00 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $34.00 | $26.44 – $55.29 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $35.39 | $26.02 – $46.48 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $32.29 | $24.77 – $43.82 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $38.00 | $25.98 – $55.00 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $32.69 | $25.98 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $36.00 | $25.00 – $46.63 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $38.00 | $25.98 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $33.12 | $24.48 – $41.14 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $38.46 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | $34.46 | $24.60 – $48.79 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $34.93 | $24.64 – $48.86 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $34.37 | $24.73 – $46.35 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $34.89 | $23.94 – $47.10 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $38.00 | $25.98 – $55.00 | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $38.14 | $26.32 – $56.46 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $34.09 | $24.49 – $44.86 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $37.92 | $30.00 – $51.44 | Good |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $39.03 | $27.92 – $55.57 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $39.18 | $26.64 – $52.68 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $40.63 | $28.98 – $54.06 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $37.47 | $25.68 – $49.57 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $51.28 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $38.46 | $22.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $40.00 | $24.00 – $63.46 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $43.72 | $28.63 – $60.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $39.14 | $27.82 – $56.18 | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $40.28 | $29.15 – $52.65 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $38.34 | $26.43 – $53.24 | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $39.44 | $26.69 – $50.72 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $41.13 | $28.31 – $56.86 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $40.00 | $28.00 – $51.28 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $41.75 | $29.47 – $56.49 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $40.00 | $26.00 – $57.69 | Very good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $37.37 | $25.11 – $49.11 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $39.00 | $30.00 – $53.85 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $39.00 | $30.00 – $53.85 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $41.21 | $28.70 – $56.09 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $42.72 | $30.85 – $57.23 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $44.18 | $30.20 – $60.74 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $45.87 | $32.00 – $71.00 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $42.58 | $31.30 – $58.73 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $43.76 | $30.70 – $60.19 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $45.87 | $32.00 – $71.00 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $49.99 | $33.10 – $78.38 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $43.73 | $25.00 – $54.35 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $45.00 | $29.79 – $61.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $42.88 | $29.95 – $56.89 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $44.34 | $31.14 – $59.04 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $45.78 | $31.33 – $58.77 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $43.25 | $30.06 – $57.00 | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $45.95 | $30.71 – $66.89 | Good |
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.