NOC 2021 · 85100 · TEER 5
Livestock labourers
Unit group 85100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Livestock labourers assist other farm workers to raise cattle, poultry and other animals, to help carry out feeding, health and breeding programs, to process animal products and to assist in the maintenance and repair of farm equipment and buildings. They are employed on livestock farms.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apiary worker
- barn worker
- bee farm worker
- beef cattle farm worker
- cattle ranch labourer
- cattle ranch worker
- chicken catcher
- cowboy/cowgirl
- dairy farm labourer
- dairy farm worker
- dairy hand
- egg candler
- egg collector
- egg gatherer
- egg grader
- egg grading machine tender
- egg grading station labourer
- egg packer - farm
- egg picker - poultry
- egg processing machine tender
- farm hand - livestock
- farm labourer - livestock
- farm worker - livestock
- feedlot assistant
- feedlot herd attendant
- feedlot worker
- feedyard assistant
- feedyard worker
- fur farm worker
- fur farming worker
- fur ranch labourer
- general farm worker - livestock
- groom - farm
- hatchery helper - poultry
- hatchery worker - poultry
- herd hand
- hog farm worker
- honey farm worker
- incubator tender - livestock
- lamb feedlot worker
- livestock labourer
- livestock weigher
- milk production labourer
- milking machine tender
- organic farm worker - livestock
- pheasant farm worker
- poultry farm labourer
- poultry farm worker
- poultry yard cleaner
- ranch hand
- ranch worker
- sheep feedlot worker
- sheep shearer
- stable assistant
- stable hand
- stable worker
- stableman/woman
- stockyard attendant
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
$20.00 an hour
Low $15.00, high $28.00
Where it pays most
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$23.45
- Northeast · British Columbia$23.30
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$23.00
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$23.00
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$23.00
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 | $19.80 | $17.38 – $24.06 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $17.93 | $16.50 – $33.32 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $17.00 | $16.50 – $24.62 | Very good |
| New Brunswick | $20.14 | $15.65 – $27.69 | Good |
| Quebec | $19.00 | $16.10 – $27.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $19.50 | $17.60 – $28.00 | Good |
| Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.00 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $20.69 | $15.37 – $32.16 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $23.00 | $15.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $20.00 | $17.85 – $27.50 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | 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 | $20.05 | $17.03 – $23.86 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $19.93 | $16.33 – $23.41 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $20.21 | $17.28 – $22.80 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $17.34 | $16.50 – $21.20 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $18.98 | $17.03 – $25.94 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $20.59 | $18.18 – $26.23 | Very good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $15.65 – $27.69 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $18.75 | $15.65 – $24.00 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $18.99 | $17.28 – $23.48 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $20.25 | $16.95 – $28.85 | Very good |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $19.00 | $16.10 – $23.08 | Very limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $20.00 | $16.10 – $26.00 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $20.08 | $16.50 – $26.92 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $19.24 | $16.23 – $24.36 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $21.00 | $17.00 – $26.00 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $20.00 | $16.10 – $31.50 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $20.63 | $16.10 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $19.56 | $16.41 – $20.84 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $18.83 | $16.10 – $24.88 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $18.24 | $16.10 – $22.78 | Very limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $19.00 | $17.60 – $41.54 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $20.03 | $17.60 – $30.88 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $19.50 | $17.60 – $28.00 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $19.65 | $17.60 – $28.83 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $20.42 | $17.60 – $27.61 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $17.60 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $19.00 | $17.60 – $26.92 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $19.50 | $17.60 – $28.00 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $21.05 | $17.88 – $25.00 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.00 – $29.00 | Very limited |
| South Central | Manitoba | $19.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.00 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $19.88 | $16.06 – $33.04 | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $21.03 | $17.27 – $24.73 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $20.26 | $15.42 – $25.58 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $20.25 | Not published | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $21.92 | $17.23 – $28.82 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $21.21 | $17.00 – $29.48 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $23.00 | $15.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $23.00 | $15.00 – $26.67 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $21.00 | $17.00 – $26.60 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $23.00 | $16.00 – $28.85 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $23.00 | $16.00 – $37.66 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $21.59 | $16.34 – $32.06 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $23.00 | $16.00 – $28.85 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $23.45 | $19.95 – $27.71 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $20.18 | $17.85 – $30.23 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $21.30 | $17.85 – $28.46 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $21.02 | $18.16 – $26.52 | Undetermined |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $21.72 | $18.22 – $28.50 | Undetermined |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $21.58 | $17.85 – $38.18 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $23.30 | $19.67 – $29.92 | Undetermined |
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.