Engineers, healthcare professionals and tradespeople are the people most in demand in Canada today, and will continue to be so until at least 2007, according to a government report.
Job Futures, which analyzes and provides useful information about 226 occupational groups, said engineers from various disciplines - including civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics, chemical and computer - will likely continue to do well over the next few years.
Also highly prized are dentists, dental hygienists and therapists, paramedics, family physicians, nurses, optometrists, radiation and other medical technologists and chiropractors.
The news is not as for people in clerical occupations, bakers, sportsmen and women, cooks, secretaries, and those working on assembly lines. Job Futures marked out these professions as having job prospects.
What the report doesn’t state is that a profession in demand doesn’t necessarily translate into immediate job prospects for new immigrants. Newcomers often face licensing regulations and other roadblocks that make the journey to high-paying jobs a long and often rough ride.
Here are the professions rated as having the best and worst (or most limited) job prospects:
BEST JOB PROSPECTS:
Administrators - Post-Secondary Education and Vocational Training
Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Inspectors
Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations
Civil Engineers
Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical Engineers
College and Other Vocational Instructors
Computer Engineers
Computer Systems Analysts
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Construction Managers
Contractors and Supervisors, Trades and Related Workers
Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists
Dentists
Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment)
Elemental Medical and Hospital Assistants
Financial Managers
Firefighters
General Practitioners and Family Physicians
Human Resource Managers
Insurance, Real Estate & Financial Brokerage Managers
Judges, Lawyers and Quebec Notaries
Licensed Practical Nurses
Managers in Construction and Transportation
Managers in Health Care
Managers in Manufacturing and Utilities
Managers in Public Administration
Managers in Social, Community and Correctional Services
Mathematicians, Systems Analysts and Computer Programmers
Mechanical Engineers
Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists’ Assistants
Medical Radiation Technologists
Medical Technologists and Technicians (Except Dental)
Nursing Supervisors and Registered Nurses
Optometrists, Chiropractors and Other Health Diagnosing and Treating Professionals
Other Engineers
Other Technical Occupations in Health Care (Except Dental)
Paralegal and Related Occupations
Pharmacists
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Physical Science Professionals
Police Officers (Except Commissioned)
Professional Business Services to Management
Psychologists
Retail Trade Managers
Sales and Service Supervisors
Sales, Marketing and Advertising Managers
School Principals & Administrators of Elementary and Secondary Education
Specialist Physicians
Specialists in Human Resources
Supervisors, Mining, Oil and Gas
Supervisors, Processing Occupations
Supervisors, Railway and Motor Transportation Occupations
Technical Occupations in Dental Health Care
Technical Occupations in Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Technical Sales Specialists - Wholesale Trade
University Professors
University Professors and Assistants
LIMITED JOB PROSPECTS:
Announcers and Other Performers
Athletes, Coaches, Referees and Related Occupations
Bakers
Butchers and Meat Cutters - Retail and Wholesale
Cabinetmakers
Carpenters
Cashiers
Child Care and Home Support Workers
Cleaners
Clerical Occupations, General Office Skills
Contractors, Operators and Supervisors in Agriculture, Horticulture and Aquaculture
Cooks
Couriers, Messengers and Door-To-Door Distributors
Electronics Assemblers, Fabricators, Inspectors and Testers
Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants
Fishing Vessel Masters and Skippers and Fishermen/women
Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations
General Farm Workers
Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
Logging Machinery Operators
Logging and Forestry Workers
Longshore Workers and Material Handlers and Related Occupations
Machine Operators and Related Workers in Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing
Machine Operators and Related Workers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing
Machine Operators and Related Workers in Textile Processing
Mail and Message Distribution Occupations
Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics Assemblers
Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades
Metalworking Machine Operators
Motor Vehicle Assemblers, Inspectors and Testers
Nursery and Greenhouse Workers
Occupations in Food and Beverage Service
Office Equipment Operators
Other Elemental Service Occupations
Other Fishing and Trapping Occupations
Other Occupations in Travel, Accommodation, Amusement and Recreation
Other Sales and Related Occupations
Other Transport Equipment Operators and Related Workers
Primary Production Labourers
Printing Machine Operators and Related Occupations
Printing Press Operators, Commercial Divers and Other Trades and Related Occupations
Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation and Sport
Property Administrators
Public Works and Other Labourers
Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks
Secretaries, Recorders and Transcriptionists
Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers & Milliners
Technical Occupations in Libraries, Archives, Museums and Art Galleries
Technical Occupations in Life Sciences
Tour and Recreational Guides and Casino Occupations
Trades Helpers and Labourers
Train Crew Operating Occupations
Upholsterers, Tailors, Shoe Repairers, Jewellers and Related Occupations
Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations
