Job prospects Grocery Clerk in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers (NOC 65102) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment among these workers is driven by trends that influence retail, particularly food stores. These trends are mainly related to demographic changes, economic context, consumer habits and technological changes.

The province's population growth is among the slowest in Canada, while the aging of the population is resulting in a different way of consuming due to lower income and changing needs with age.

Inflation and rising interest rates, causing a loss of purchasing power for households, could lead to a decrease in consumption.

The rise of online ordering is gradually changing the nature of the work and creating new opportunities.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is moderate at the provincial level, it will be limited in the regions of Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec.

Here are some key facts about Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers in Quebec:

• Approximately 62,700 people work in this occupation.
• Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 55%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 34%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 46% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 54% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 52% of store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers work all year, while 48% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 68% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 32% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 37% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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