Job prospects Babysitter in Nunavut

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "babysitter" in Nunavut or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

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:

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