Job prospects Clinical Physical Therapist 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 good for Physiotherapists (NOC 31202) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several 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.

The demand for physiotherapy is driven primarily by population growth and aging. The importance given to the health and rehabilitation of people with functional limitations is also driving the demand.

In an effort to improve access to primary care and support medical teams, some family medicine groups and physician offices are increasingly adding members of this profession.

In Quebec, a Master of Science in Physical Therapy degree and membership in the Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec (OPPQ) are required to practice this profession.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is good at the provincial level, it will be moderate in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.

Here are some key facts about Physiotherapists in Quebec:

• Approximately 6,950 people work in this occupation.
• Physiotherapists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 49%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 44%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 79% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 21% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 64% of physiotherapists work all year, while 36% 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 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 17% of physiotherapists are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 23% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 77% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 47% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 49% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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