Job prospects Veterinary Surgeon in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Veterinarians (NOC 31103) in New Brunswick for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about Veterinarians in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Veterinarians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 76%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 12%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 7%
  • Agriculture (NAICS 111, 112, 1151, 1152): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 75% of veterinarians work all year, while 25% 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 46 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 24% of veterinarians are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 7% for all occupations

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