Job prospects Youth Hostel Coordinator 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 Social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 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 small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

There is a growing number of jobs in this occupation due to the increase and diversification of social service needs. To meet this growing demand, the government has announced its intention to expand and improve these services with additional investments, particularly in youth protection and homelessness.

In addition, the government has increased funding for community organizations, which employ many of these workers, not only to support their mandate and help them meet increased demand, but also to help recruit and retain employees.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is good at the provincial level, it will be moderate in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and limited in Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec.

Here are some key facts about Social and community service workers in Quebec:

• Approximately 38,850 people work in this occupation.
• Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 45%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 12%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 10%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 8%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 65% of social and community service workers work all year, while 35% 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 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 24% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 76% 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: 13% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 42% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 24% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 9% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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