Job prospects Parent's Helper in Nunavut

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Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Limited

The employment outlook will be limited for Home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Nunavut for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about Home child care providers in Nunavut:

  • Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Home child care providers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): more than 95%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 87% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • 44% of home child care providers work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 38 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
  • 18% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of less than 5% for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 17% compared to 51% for all occupations
    • Women: 83% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 63% compared to 37% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 22% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
    • bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 10% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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