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
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.