Job prospects Personal Care Aide - Home Care in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

There is a high demand for this occupation, which stems mainly from an ageing population and government investments in home support services.           

In Quebec, the population aged 75 and over will increase by 13% during the forecast period. Since most seniors want to stay in their residence as long as possible, senior population growth will involve an increased demand for home support.              

The government is investing additional funds in increasing home support services, which will drive demand for this occupation. In addition, improvements have been made to the tax credit for home support for seniors, which will promote job creation in home support social economy enterprises, which is a major employer for this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations in Quebec:

• Approximately 14,900 people work in this occupation.
• Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 46%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 24%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 11%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 64% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 36% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 62% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations work all year, while 38% 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 42 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 39% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 7% 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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