Job prospects Parent's Helper in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Good

The employment outlook will be good for Home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Demand for child care workers is expected to grow from 2024 to 2026 due to increasing demand for child care spaces within the territory.
The Government of Yukon's 2024-25 fiscal budget includes $42.5 million in funding for early learning and childcare programs and aims to create 110 new child care spaces in the territory by 2026.
Home child care providers can complete early learning coursework at Yukon University or elsewhere. They can apply for certification through the Government of Yukon.
In the Yukon, a family day home may provide care to four infants or six preschoolers-where not more than three are infants-or eight preschool children 18 months or older. A family day home providing care for four or more children must be licensed (Government of Yukon 2024).

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

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: 67% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 33% compared to 16% for all occupations
33% of home child care providers work all year, while 67% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 33 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
56% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 64% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a