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Occupations in Demand

Updated: Feb 27, 2023

Staring January 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) can conduct Occupation In-Demand Express Entry draws.


While IRCC has not indicated which occupations are in demand, the draws will allow IRCC to better respond to Canada's labour market and demographic needs.


Most provinces have provincial nomination programs geared for their specific labour demand needs. We have reviewed all these in-demand streams and listed the occupations in demand in Canada for those provinces per their provincial government website.


If your occupation is listed, it does not mean that you stand a definite chance of being nominated by a province or selected in the Express Entry. It does, however, increase your chances. You need to ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria for the program or stream as well. Note that occupations listed as TEER 4 or 5 are not eligible for Express Entry. You can verify your NOC's TEER category here:


Some of the lists are lengthy, be sure to thoroughly scan them for your occupation.


The list of occupations can change at any given time.


Nova Scotia: Occupations in Demand


This stream targets specific TEER category 3, 4 or 5 occupations.

  • NOC 33102 - Nurse Aides

  • NOC 65200 - Food and beverage servers

  • NOC 65201 -Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations

  • NOC 65310 - Light duty cleaners

  • NOC 73300 - Transport truck drivers

  • NOC 73400 - Heavy equipment operators

  • NOC 75110 - Construction trades helpers and labourers

New Brunswick: Skilled Worker Stream


New Brunswick's in-demand occupations lies with the technology and healthcare sector.

  • NOC 21311 - Computer engineers

  • NOC 21223 - Database analysts and data administrators

  • NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers

  • NOC 21230 - Computer programmers

  • NOC 21234 - Web designers and developers

  • NOC 22220 - Computer network technicians

  • NOC 22221 - User support technicians

  • NOC 22222 - Information system testing technicians

  • NOC 31301 - Registered nurses

  • NOC 321001 - Licensed practical nurses

  • NOC 33123 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

  • NOC 44101 - Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations

Prince Edward Island: Occupations in Demand


The province targets specific TEER category 3, 4 or 5 occupations.

  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

  • NOC 73300 - Transport truck drivers

  • NOC 75110 - Construction trades helpers and labourers

  • NOC 65310 - Light duty cleaners

  • NOC 95109 - Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

  • NOC 75101 - Material handlers

  • NOC 94140 - Process control and machine operators food and beverage processing

  • NOC 94141 -Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers

Newfoundland and Labrador: Priority Skills NL


This stream focuses on highly skilled, specialized occupations in the health care, aquaculture, technology and technical specialists sectors.

(NOC codes omitted on website)

  • Physician Family Medicine; Psychiatry; Pathology; General Internal Medicine; Radiology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Anesthesia; Pediatric Intensivists (PICU); Neonatologists (NICU); Pathology (Hemopathology)

  • Nurse Practitioner (NP)

  • Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

  • Personal Care Attendant (PCA)

  • Clinical Psychologist

  • Medical Physicist

  • Radiation Therapist

  • Dosimetrist

  • Captain (FM4 certification required)

  • Farming and Feeding Manager

  • Facility Technician

  • Assistant Manager

  • Cage Site Technician

  • Site Manager (with water quality expertise)

  • Area Manager

  • Software Developer

  • Biomedical Engineer

  • UI/UX Developer

  • Electrical Engineer

  • AI Developer

  • Mechanical Engineer

  • Python Developer

  • Web Developer

  • .NET Developer

  • Infrastructure Engineer

  • Security Specialist

  • Cloud Specialist

  • Bioinformatician

  • Computer Network Support

  • Research Associate

  • Data Analytics

  • Offshore Technician

  • ROV Operator

  • Ocean Mapping Specialist

  • Technical Writer

Ontario Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream


This stream targets specific TEER category 4 or 5 occupations.

  • NOC 94100 - Machine operators, mineral and metal processing

  • NOC 94105 - Metalworking and forging machine operators

  • NOC 94106 - Machining tool operators

  • NOC 94107 - Machine operators of other metal products

  • NOC 94110 - Chemical plant machine operators

  • NOC 94111 - Plastics processing machine operators

  • NOC 94124 - Woodworking machine operators

  • NOC 94132 - Industrial sewing machine operators

  • NOC 94140 - Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

  • NOC 94201 - Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers

  • NOC 94204 - Mechanical assemblers and inspectors

  • NOC 94213 - Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators

  • NOC 94219 - Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors

  • NOC 95102 - Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities

Alberta: Advantage Immigration Program


This program focuses mainly on occupations within the technology industry or managerial roles.

  • NOC 00012 - Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services

  • NOC 10011 - Human resources managers

  • NOC 10022 - Advertising, marketing and public relations manager

  • NOC 10030 - Telecommunication carriers manager

  • NOC 11200 - Human resources professionals

  • NOC 11202 - Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations

  • NOC 12101 - Human resources and recruitment officers

  • NOC 20010 - Engineering managers

  • NOC 20011 - Architecture and science managers

  • NOC 20012 - Computer and information systems managers

  • NOC 21210 - Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries

  • NOC 21211 - Data scientists

  • NOC 21220 - Cybersecurity specialists

  • NOC 21221 - Business system specialists

  • NOC 21222 - Information systems specialists

  • NOC 21233 - Web designers

  • NOC 21223 - Database analysts and data administrators

  • NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers

  • NOC 21230 - Computer systems developers and programmers

  • NOC 21232 - Software developers and programmers

  • NOC 21234 - Web developers and programmers

  • NOC 21300 - Civil engineers

  • NOC 21301 - Mechanical engineers

  • NOC 21310 - Electrical and electronics engineers

  • NOC 21311 - Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)

  • NOC 22110 - Biological technologists and technicians

  • NOC 22212 - Drafting technologists and technicians

  • NOC 22220 - Computer network and web technicians

  • NOC 22221 - User support technicians

  • NOC 22222 - Information systems testing technicians

  • NOC 22301 - Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

  • NOC 22302 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians

  • NOC 22310 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians

  • NOC 32120 - Medical laboratory technologists

  • NOC 32129 - Other medical technologists and technicians

  • NOC 33101 - Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations

  • NOC 41402 - Business development officers and market researchers and analysts

  • NOC 50011 - Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

  • NOC 51120 - Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

  • NOC 52120 - Graphic designers and illustrators

  • NOC 60010 - Corporate sales managers

  • NOC 72200 - Electricians (except industrial and power system)

  • NOC 72201 - Industrial electricians

  • NOC 72205 - Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians

British Columbia: Tech Pilot Program


This pilot program focuses on technology, health care, child care and animal health care.

  • NOC 10030 - Telecommunication carriers managers

  • NOC 20012 - Computer and information systems managers

  • NOC 21100 - Physicists and astronomers

  • NOC 21210 - Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries

  • NOC 21211 - Data scientists

  • NOC 21220 - Cybersecurity specialists

  • NOC 21221 - Business systems specialists

  • NOC 21222 - Information systems specialists

  • NOC 21223 - Database analysts and data administrators

  • NOC 21230 - Computer systems developers and programmers

  • NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers

  • NOC 21232 - Software developers and programmers

  • NOC 21233 - Web designers

  • NOC 21234 - Web developers and programmers

  • NOC 21300 - Civil engineers

  • NOC 21301 - Mechanical engineers

  • NOC 21310 - Electrical and electronics engineers

  • NOC 21311 - Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)

  • NOC 21320 - Chemical engineers

  • NOC 21399 - Other professional engineers

  • NOC 22110 - Biological technologists and technicians

  • NOC 22220 - Computer network and web technicians

  • NOC 22221 - User support technicians

  • NOC 22222 - Information systems testing technicians

  • NOC 22310 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians

  • NOC 50011 - Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

  • NOC 22312 - Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics

  • NOC 51111 - Authors and writers (except technical)

  • NOC 51112 - Technical writers

  • NOC 51120 - Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

  • NOC 52119 - Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts

  • NOC 52112 - Broadcast technicians

  • NOC 52113 - Audio and video recording technicians

  • NOC 52120 - Graphic designers and illustrators

  • NOC 53111 - Motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and performing arts assistants and operators

  • NOC 30010 - Managers in health care

  • NOC 31300 - Nursing coordinators and supervisors

  • NOC 31301 - Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses

  • NOC 31102 - General practitioners and family physicians

  • NOC 31110 - Dentists

  • NOC 31201 - Chiropractors

  • NOC 31120 - Pharmacists

  • NOC 31121 - Dietitians and nutritionists

  • NOC 31112 - Audiologists and speech-language pathologists

  • NOC 31203 - Occupational therapists

  • NOC 32120 - Medical laboratory technologists

  • NOC 32103 - Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists

  • NOC 32121 - Medical radiation technologists

  • NOC 32122 - Medical sonographers

  • NOC 32123 - Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists

  • NOC 32110 - Denturists

  • NOC 32111 - Dental hygienists and dental therapists

  • NOC 32101 - Licensed practical nurses

  • NOC 32102 - Paramedical occupations

  • NOC 41300 - Social workers

  • NOC 42201 - Social and community service workers

  • NOC 31100 - Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine

  • NOC 31101 - Specialists in surgery

  • NOC 31302 - Nurse practitioners

  • NOC 31303 - Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals

  • NOC 32103 - Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists

  • NOC 31209 - Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating

  • NOC 31202 - Physiotherapists

  • NOC 31204 - Kinesiologists and other professional occupations in therapy and assessment

  • NOC 32120 - Medical laboratory technologists

  • NOC 32129 - Other medical technologists and technicians

  • NOC 32112 - Dental technologists and technicians

  • NOC 32200 - Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists

  • NOC 32109 - Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment

  • NOC 33100 - Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants

  • NOC 31200 - Psychologists

  • NOC 41301 - Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies

  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates*

  • NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants

  • NOC 31103 - Veterinarians

  • NOC 32104 - Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians

*For the purposes of the BC PNP, only health care assistants / health care aides are eligible under NOC 33102.


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