Job prospects Medical Secretary in the Outaouais Region

Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a major labour shortage for Medical administrative assistants in the Outaouais Region. There were far more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

The employment outlook will be very good for Medical administrative assistants (NOC 13112) in the Outaouais region for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

This occupation is in high demand due to the growing and aging population and government healthcare priorities.

A growing and aging population is increasing the demand for health care. The opening of new health care facilities, medical clinics and offices of other health care professionals will fuel demand for this occupation. New services in existing establishments will also create new positions.

Due to significant staffing needs in several healthcare and social assistance occupations, establishments are creating new positions in this occupation to relieve health care staff of administrative tasks.

The implementation of new technologies is gradually changing the work of medical administrative assistants by automating several routine tasks that they normally carried out, such as scheduling appointments, invoicing and sending reminders, which allows them to perform more complex tasks.

Here are some key facts about Medical administrative assistants in the Outaouais region:

• Approximately 240 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Medical administrative assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): more than 95%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology