Job prospects Recreation Programmer in Ontario
Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "recreation programmer" in Ontario or across Canada.
Job opportunities in Ontario
These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41406) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
Here are some key facts about Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Ontario:
- Approximately 3,150 people work in this occupation.
- Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 44%
- Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 18%
- Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 7%
- Social assistance (NAICS 624): 7%
- Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 6%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 85% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 66% of recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 34% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 7% of recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 32% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 68% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 12% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 30% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 42% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 13% compared to 13% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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