NOC 2021 · 80020 · TEER 0
Managers in agriculture
Unit group 80020 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Managers in agriculture plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations and functions of farms. They are responsible for growing crops, raising and breeding livestock, poultry and other animals, marketing farm products and enhancing farms' sustainability through, notably, the implementation of new technologies. They usually own and operate their own establishment.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- animal breeder
- animal farmer
- apiarist
- apiculturist
- apple grower
- apple producer
- bean sprout farmer
- bean sprout grower
- beef cattle farmer
- beef producer
- beekeeper
- bird breeder
- broiler chicken producer
- broiler producer
- cash crop farmer
- cat breeder
- cattle rancher
- cereal and oilseed grower
- cereal and oilseed producer
- cereal farm manager
- cereal grower
- cereal producer
- chicken farmer
- cow-calf operator
- crop farmer
- dairy cattle breeder
- dairy farm manager
- dairy farmer
- dog breeder
- domestic animal breeder
- egg producer
- farm manager
- farmer (except nursery and fish farm)
- feedlot farmer
- forage crop farmer
- fruit farm operator
- fruit farmer
- fruit grower
- fruit producer
- fur farmer
- fur-bearing-animal farmer
- ginseng grower
- goat breeder
- grain and oilseed farmer
- grain and oilseed grower
- grain and oilseed producer
- grain farm manager
- grain farm operator
- grain farmer
- grain grower
- grain producer
- grape grower
- grape producer
- hatchery manager
- hatchery operator
- hog breeder
- hog farmer
- hog producer
- hop grower
- hop producer
- horse breeder
- kennel operator
- livestock farmer
- maple syrup producer
- market gardener
- mixed farmer
- mushroom grower
- mushroom producer
- organic grower
- pheasant breeder
- potato farmer
- potato grower
- potato producer
- poultry breeder
- poultry breeder - egg production
- poultry farm manager
- poultry farmer - egg production
- poultry producer
- rabbit breeder
- rancher
- ranchman/woman
- rodent breeder
- rodent raiser
- seed farmer
- seed grower
- seed producer
- sheep farm operator
- sheep farmer
- sod farmer
- sow farm manager
- sugar beet farmer
- sugar maple grower
- tobacco farmer
- tomato grower
- tropical fish breeder
- turf farmer
- turkey producer
- vegetable gardener
- vegetable grower
- vineyard manager
- viticulturist
- wheat farmer
- wheat grower
- wheat producer
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
$30.00 an hour
Low $16.25, high $57.69
Where it pays most
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$33.00
- Prince Albert · Saskatchewan$33.00
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$32.95
- Calgary · Alberta$32.83
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$32.81
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 | $34.17 | $23.76 – $63.61 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $26.92 | $17.50 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $26.92 | $17.50 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $26.92 | $17.50 – $55.00 | Good |
| Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $48.08 | Good |
| Ontario | $31.25 | $20.19 – $96.15 | Good |
| Manitoba | $29.45 | $16.00 – $37.50 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $33.00 | $22.00 – $81.73 | Very good |
| Alberta | $33.33 | $20.91 – $90.87 | Good |
| British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 70 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 | $30.80 | $24.62 – $57.32 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.15 | $23.72 – $60.40 | 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 | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $48.08 | Good |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $48.08 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $48.08 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $48.08 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $48.08 | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $30.68 | $22.38 – $60.61 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $30.42 | $22.27 – $60.51 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $30.53 | $22.65 – $61.17 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $30.42 | $23.17 – $65.18 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $31.69 | $22.58 – $63.62 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $31.74 | $22.82 – $65.03 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $31.10 | $22.64 – $62.02 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $29.35 | $21.87 – $58.73 | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $29.45 | $16.00 – $37.50 | Good |
| North Central | Manitoba | $29.45 | $16.00 – $37.50 | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $29.45 | $16.00 – $37.50 | Good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $33.00 | $22.00 – $81.73 | Very good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $31.95 | $21.60 – $63.28 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $32.38 | $21.87 – $65.84 | Very good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $32.62 | $22.74 – $66.53 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $33.00 | $22.00 – $81.73 | Very good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $32.81 | $23.07 – $66.44 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $30.57 | $20.30 – $67.64 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $32.83 | $22.83 – $67.33 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $32.25 | $22.25 – $65.10 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $32.31 | $22.66 – $64.03 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $32.45 | $22.62 – $65.24 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $32.95 | $23.99 – $64.67 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
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.