NOC 2021 · 85121 · TEER 5
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers
Unit group 85121 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers perform work to assist in the construction of landscapes and related structures, and to maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, landscaped interiors and other landscaped areas. They are employed by landscaping and lawn care companies, golf courses, cemeteries, and landscaping operations of public works departments and private establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- bulb planter - landscaping
- campground maintenance worker
- cemetery labourer
- cemetery worker
- chemical applicator - lawn care
- gardener helper
- gardening helper
- golf course labourer
- golf course worker
- grass cutter
- grave digger
- greens worker
- greenskeeper helper
- grounds maintainer
- grounds maintenance labourer
- grounds maintenance worker
- groundskeeper
- groundsman/woman
- groundsperson - campground
- landscape gardener helper
- landscape gardening helper
- landscape labourer
- landscape worker
- lawn care labourer
- lawn care worker
- lawn mower
- lawn-mowing worker
- park maintenance labourer
- park maintenance worker
- plant care worker
- plant doctor helper
- snow shoveller - grounds maintenance
- sod layer
- sod laying labourer
- stadium groundskeeper
- transplanter - landscape maintenance
- tree pruner - landscaping
- tree sprayer
- tree surgeon helper
- tree trimmer - landscaping
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
$20.75 an hour
Low $17.00, high $28.00
Where it pays most
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$24.00
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$23.50
- Montréal · Quebec$22.88
- Chaudière-Appalaches · Quebec$22.82
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$22.00
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 | $18.00 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $19.00 | $16.50 – $23.36 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $18.83 | $16.50 – $24.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $18.50 | $15.65 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $21.89 | $17.36 – $28.50 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $20.96 | $17.60 – $27.41 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $18.39 | $16.00 – $24.20 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $15.50 – $27.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $21.00 | $17.00 – $29.47 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $22.50 | $18.00 – $30.85 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $30.31 | $25.00 – $33.26 | Limited |
| Northwest Territories | $25.00 | $18.00 – $33.94 | Limited |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Limited |
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 | $18.00 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.31 | $16.00 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $20.00 | $16.00 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.00 | $16.00 – $24.00 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $18.00 | $16.50 – $25.00 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $19.00 | $16.50 – $24.00 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $18.50 | $16.50 – $24.21 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $18.65 | $16.50 – $22.40 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $19.96 | $16.50 – $25.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $18.43 | $15.65 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $19.37 | $16.22 – $23.44 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $18.00 | $15.65 – $22.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $18.00 | $15.65 – $22.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $17.50 | $15.65 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $20.76 | $16.65 – $27.88 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $21.00 | $17.00 – $26.00 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $22.00 | $18.00 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $22.82 | $18.00 – $27.91 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $21.85 | $18.00 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $21.50 | $18.00 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $21.00 | $17.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $22.88 | $18.00 – $31.50 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $22.00 | $17.00 – $29.61 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $21.83 | $17.50 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $22.00 | $17.80 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $21.00 | $17.00 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $21.53 | $17.50 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $20.63 | $17.00 – $27.54 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $21.46 | $17.50 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $19.76 | $16.10 – $25.94 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $27.00 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.60 – $29.93 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $26.50 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $19.55 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.60 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $25.97 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.60 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $18.88 | $16.00 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $17.50 | $16.00 – $23.47 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $18.50 | $16.00 – $24.79 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $18.12 | $16.00 – $24.00 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | $18.00 | $16.00 – $21.16 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $22.00 | $16.00 – $26.84 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $16.00 – $28.32 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $15.35 – $27.00 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $18.61 | $15.35 – $27.00 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $20.00 | $16.00 – $26.50 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $21.31 | $16.00 – $28.72 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $21.00 | $17.00 – $31.21 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $21.00 | $17.00 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $20.00 | $16.00 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $21.00 | $17.00 – $27.50 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $22.00 | $18.00 – $28.40 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $21.00 | $17.20 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $23.50 | $19.00 – $31.39 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $24.00 | $18.70 – $33.24 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $22.00 | $18.00 – $28.08 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $20.76 | $17.85 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $20.80 | $18.00 – $28.11 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $20.70 | $18.00 – $28.00 | Very limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | 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 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.