Job prospects Early Childhood Education Worker in Nunavut

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Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202) in Nunavut for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

• Nunavut aims to create 238 new childcare spaces by 2026, which should lead to job growth in this occupation. The federal government committed $10.9 million in 2024 to help fund these spaces.
• Local training is available for these occupations. A diploma program in Early Childhood Development and an Early Childhood Education Applied Certificate Program are offered at Nunavut Arctic College.
• Most early childhood educators in Nunavut work at licensed child day care facilities or at family day homes.
• Looking beyond the forecast period, the Conference Board of Canada (2024) predicts that this occupation will be in the top ten in terms of all open positions in Nunavut from 2024 to 2045.

Here are some key facts about Early childhood educators and assistants in Nunavut:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 79%
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 15%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 87% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 13% for all occupations
• 61% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 39% 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 40 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 42% compared to 37% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 35% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 10% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 6% for all occupations

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