Job prospects Early Childhood Services Teacher - Elementary School in Nunavut

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "early childhood services teacher - elementary school" in Nunavut or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Elementary school and kindergarten teachers (NOC 41221) in Nunavut 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.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Here are some key facts about Elementary school and kindergarten teachers in Nunavut:

• Approximately 450 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Elementary school and kindergarten teachers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 87% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations
• 93% of elementary school and kindergarten teachers work all year, while 7% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 50 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 18% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 82% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 7% compared to 37% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 49% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 13% compared to 6% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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