Job prospects Civil Engineer in Saskatchewan
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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Good

The employment outlook will be good for Civil engineers (NOC 21300) in Saskatchewan 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.
  • Sustained demand for this occupation is expected, as most employment is in anticipated growth of the construction sector.
  • Employment is mostly driven by investments in public infrastructure, residential expansion, land development and revitalization.
  • To meet demands of growing population, there will be a steady demand for new housing, including the construction of multi-unit buildings.

Here are some key facts about Civil engineers in Saskatchewan:

  • Approximately 1,700 people work in this occupation.
  • Civil engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 45%
    • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 11%
    • Construction (NAICS 23): 9%
    • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 9%
    • Utilities (NAICS 22): 7%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 81% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • 76% of civil engineers work all year, while 24% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • 8% of civil engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 79% compared to 53% for all occupations
    • Women: 21% compared to 47% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 33% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 65% compared to 18% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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