Job prospects Parent's Helper in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Yukon for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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.

Demand for home  child care providers is expected to grow, in response to the planned investment in the 2021 federal budget for a new Canada-wide early learning and child care plan.

Here are some key facts about Home child care providers in Yukon:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Home child care providers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 67% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 33% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 33% of home child care providers work all year, while 67% 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 33 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 56% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 64% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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