Job prospects Personal Care Attendant - Home Care in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

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 Alberta for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• Alberta's population and its proportion of residents aged 65+ are predicted to increase over the next decade, contributing to demand for this occupation.
• Through the bilateral Aging with Dignity funding agreement, the provincial and federal governments are investing $627 million over five years to improve health care for seniors. The funding will increase recruitment and retention for positions in rural and remote areas.

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

• Approximately 7,350 people work in this occupation.
• Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 44%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 20%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 14%
  • Private households (NAICS 814): 10%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 60% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 40% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 57% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations work all year, while 42% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 41 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 18% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 13% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 87% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 10% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 31% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 16% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 22% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

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