NOC 2021 · 95103 · TEER 5
Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
Unit group 95103 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing carry out a variety of general labouring and routine wood processing activities and assist pulp mill and papermaking machine operators. They are employed by pulp and paper, and paper converting companies, sawmills, planing mills, wood treatment plants, waferboard plants and other wood processing companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- bag-making machine tender helper
- barking machine cleaner - wood processing
- beater helper - pulp and paper
- beater operator helper - pulp and paper
- bolt loader - sawmill
- broke hustler - pulp and paper
- brown stock washer helper - pulp and paper
- cant loader - wood processing
- car stacker - wood processing
- carton-forming machine feeder
- chain conveyor tender - sawmill
- chain conveyor tender - wood processing
- chainman/woman - wood processing
- chip bin attendant - wood processing
- chip dump operator - wood processing
- chip silo attendant - wood processing
- chip storage attendant - wood processing
- coating machine helper
- combiner machine helper
- conveyor cleaner - pulp and paper
- corrugator-operator helper
- cutter helper - pulp and paper
- dry chain offbearer - wood processing
- dry chainman/woman - wood processing
- feeder - wood processing
- fifth hand - pulp and paper
- green sorter - wood processing
- green wood chainman/woman - wood processing
- greensaw offbearer - wood processing
- grinder feeder - pulp and paper
- hand bundler - wood processing
- hand log peeler
- handler - wood treatment
- hog machine tender - wood processing
- hot plate press tender helper
- jack ladder tender
- labourer - pulp and paper
- labourer - wood processing
- leverman/woman - wood processing
- lime kiln helper - pulp and paper
- log deck tender
- log feeder
- log handler
- log transfer tender
- lumber feeder - wood processing
- lumber handler - wood processing
- lumber salvager - wood processing
- lumber straightener - wood processing
- lumber tailer - wood processing
- lumber tier - wood processing
- paper converting labourer
- paper sorter and counter
- paper tube production helper
- piler - wood processing
- plywood and veneer plant labourer
- plywood dryer feeder
- pulp and paper labourer
- pulp-log recleaner
- pulp-washer helper
- rag checker - pulp and paper
- rag sorter - pulp and paper
- recovery plant helper - pulp and paper
- rollerman/woman - wood processing
- saw tailer - wood processing
- sawmill labourer
- sawmill worker
- scrap piler - wood processing
- screen cleaner - pulp and paper
- shake packer
- sheeter helper - pulp and paper
- shingle trimmer
- sixth hand - pulp and paper
- stacker - wood processing
- supercalender helper - pulp and paper
- thrasher feeder
- timber-treating tank helper
- transfer equipment tender - wood processing
- transfer man/woman - wood processing
- trimmer loader - wood processing
- utility man/woman - pulp and paper
- veneer dryer feeder
- wood chip unloader
- wood processing labourer
- wood room labourer - pulp and paper
- wood-preserving plant labourer
- yard labourer - pulp and paper
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
$24.13 an hour
Low $18.00, high $33.95
Where it pays most
- Cariboo · British Columbia$33.42
- Nechako · British Columbia$32.09
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$32.00
- Kootenay · British Columbia$32.00
- Northeast · British Columbia$31.84
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 | $18.21 | $16.00 – $21.50 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $32.08 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $22.50 | $17.00 – $27.08 | Limited |
| Quebec | $23.35 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $30.00 | Very limited |
| Manitoba | $21.27 | $17.10 – $29.16 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | $24.12 | $17.85 – $33.53 | Very limited |
| Alberta | $23.00 | $20.72 – $32.00 | Very limited |
| British Columbia | $32.00 | $22.00 – $36.00 | Very 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 59 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $18.33 | $16.00 – $21.00 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $23.60 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $21.85 | $18.58 – $23.67 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $19.79 | $17.72 – $22.26 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $22.00 | $18.38 – $25.16 | Undetermined |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $22.50 | $18.00 – $27.08 | Limited |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $22.50 | $17.00 – $27.08 | Limited |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $22.60 | $19.25 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $22.75 | $19.32 – $27.31 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $22.06 | $18.68 – $26.39 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $22.55 | $19.59 – $27.90 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $23.00 | $17.69 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $23.00 | $19.00 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $22.82 | $18.88 – $28.78 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $22.26 | $18.22 – $25.76 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $21.25 | $18.62 – $27.12 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $21.80 | $18.74 – $25.81 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $22.05 | $18.71 – $26.86 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $23.46 | $19.03 – $27.49 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $24.44 | $18.69 – $31.50 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $27.70 | $19.50 – $31.00 | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $24.79 | $18.90 – $30.99 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $24.08 | $18.44 – $29.04 | Very limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $23.83 | $21.31 – $30.53 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $23.00 | $18.34 – $30.02 | Very limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $21.17 | $18.04 – $26.22 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $21.99 | $18.10 – $26.95 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $21.17 | $18.28 – $24.59 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $22.38 | $17.82 – $29.74 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $21.87 | $18.86 – $25.81 | Very limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $21.35 | $18.06 – $25.37 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $24.42 | $19.25 – $30.24 | Very limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $24.45 | $20.15 – $31.43 | Very limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $20.05 | $16.14 – $23.94 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $20.27 | $17.18 – $24.07 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $22.38 | $18.77 – $22.71 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $25.39 | $22.81 – $33.73 | Very limited |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $28.62 | $21.15 – $37.81 | Very limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $23.15 | $18.00 – $33.00 | Very limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $30.52 | $21.00 – $38.89 | Very limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $32.00 | $22.00 – $36.00 | Very limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $25.84 | $18.54 – $33.98 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $29.00 | $19.00 – $37.00 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $32.00 | $22.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $33.42 | $25.00 – $36.96 | Very limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $29.99 | $21.29 – $36.40 | Very limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $32.09 | $22.00 – $35.59 | Very limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $31.84 | $24.11 – $38.37 | 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) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (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.