Job prospects Child Care Provider - Private Home 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 limited for Home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Nunavut for the 2024-2026 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.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• 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. 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.

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

• 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: 78% compared to 87% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 13% for all occupations
• 44% of home child care providers work all year, while 56% 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 38 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 18% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of less than 5% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 17% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 83% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 63% compared to 37% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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