NOC 2021 · 72310 · TEER 2
Carpenters
Unit group 72310 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Carpenters construct, erect, install, maintain and repair structures and components of structures made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials. They are employed by construction companies, carpentry contractors, and maintenance departments of factories, plants and other establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- access floor specialist carpenter
- apprentice boat carpenter
- apprentice carpenter
- apprentice carpenter-joiner
- boat carpenter
- boat joiner
- boatbuilding apprentice
- bridge carpenter
- building addition carpenter
- building carpenter
- carpenter
- carpenter lead hand
- carpenter rough
- carpenter-joiner
- carpentry repairman/woman
- concrete forms carpenter
- construction carpenter
- construction technician - Canadian Armed Forces
- dock carpenter
- finish carpenter
- floor systems carpenter
- form builder - carpentry
- form carpenter
- framer-carpenter
- framing carpenter
- house carpenter
- interior finish carpenter
- interior finish joiner
- interior systems carpenter
- interior trimmer carpenter
- journeyman/woman carpenter
- log home builder
- log home carpenter
- log home carpenter-builder
- maintenance carpenter
- maintenance carpenter-joiner
- maintenance joiner
- manufactured house carpenter
- metal framer - carpentry
- mill carpenter
- mine carpenter
- plant carpenter
- prefabricated house carpenter
- prefabricated structure carpenter
- railway rolling stock carpenter
- railway rolling stock joiner
- renovation carpenter
- restoration carpenter
- rough carpenter
- ship joiner
- shipbuilding carpenter
- shipbuilding joiner
- sign carpenter
- stage carpenter
- stair builder-carpenter
- stairway carpenter
- steel framer - carpentry
- steel stud framer - carpentry
- studio carpenter
- wood frame carpenter
- wood frame house carpenter
- wood shipwright
- wooden boatbuilder
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
$32.12 an hour
Low $22.00, high $44.23
Where it pays most
- Bas-Saint-Laurent · Quebec$38.63
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$38.48
- Chaudière-Appalaches · Quebec$38.43
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Quebec$38.00
- Montérégie · Quebec$37.18
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 | $27.00 | $20.00 – $39.27 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $25.00 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Very good |
| Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $20.00 – $33.80 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $24.00 | $18.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $36.84 | $24.61 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $32.00 | $22.00 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $27.00 | $20.00 – $38.99 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $30.00 | $19.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $34.00 | $22.22 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $32.00 | $23.00 – $43.71 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $35.00 | $25.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $33.33 | $22.50 – $50.00 | Good |
| Nunavut | $34.35 | $20.46 – $51.99 | Good |
By economic region
The 72 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 | $27.00 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $28.00 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $27.00 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $28.00 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $24.00 | $19.00 – $30.77 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $18.00 – $35.00 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $20.00 – $33.80 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $23.39 | $18.83 – $30.13 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $21.00 – $36.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $24.00 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $23.50 | $17.00 – $32.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $25.00 | $18.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $16.50 – $34.50 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $21.30 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $36.84 | $20.82 – $44.23 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $38.63 | $24.10 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $38.48 | $25.00 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $38.43 | $25.00 – $44.23 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $36.84 | $24.10 – $43.54 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $36.84 | $24.10 – $44.20 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $37.18 | $25.00 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $34.00 | $25.00 – $43.34 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $34.25 | $24.48 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $36.84 | $25.00 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $36.68 | $24.20 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $36.00 | $25.00 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $38.00 | $24.10 – $44.23 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $35.00 | $23.61 – $44.23 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $37.00 | $24.95 – $44.23 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $34.98 | $23.06 – $44.23 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $32.00 | $25.00 – $40.85 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $28.00 | $21.50 – $43.97 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $26.00 | $20.00 – $42.79 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $32.00 | $22.00 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $36.00 | $22.00 – $48.43 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $32.50 | $23.50 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $30.00 | $20.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $32.00 | $24.00 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $30.00 | $22.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $30.00 | $19.00 – $57.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $31.99 | $23.05 – $45.32 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $35.00 | $27.00 – $47.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $27.00 | $21.00 – $41.00 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $24.81 | $18.25 – $33.20 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $26.00 | $17.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $29.00 | $21.00 – $39.98 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $27.00 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $26.00 | $20.00 – $31.80 | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | $26.00 | $20.00 – $31.80 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $32.21 | $19.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $30.06 | $21.65 – $39.61 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $30.00 | $18.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $27.14 | $19.89 – $36.17 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $28.43 | $20.42 – $37.95 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $30.00 | $18.00 – $38.46 | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $29.44 | $20.91 – $37.34 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $31.31 | $22.66 – $42.88 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $32.12 | $22.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $31.25 | $24.00 – $44.35 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $30.77 | $21.68 – $40.19 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $34.00 | $22.22 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $31.25 | $24.00 – $44.35 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $34.02 | $24.40 – $50.25 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $32.00 | $23.08 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $31.50 | $22.50 – $43.00 | Very limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $31.00 | $26.00 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $32.00 | $26.00 – $41.50 | Very limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $33.21 | $24.43 – $45.60 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $33.50 | $19.00 – $42.00 | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $33.50 | $19.00 – $42.00 | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $30.00 | $23.00 – $44.00 | 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.