Job prospects Captain - Air Transport in Northwest Territories
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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors (NOC 72600) in Northwest Territories for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
- 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.
- Pilot shortages experienced across Canada and the global aviation industry are prominent in the territories. Job vacancies in the aviation industry are driven by retirements, increased service demand, and demand to increase and modernize aircraft fleets.
- Barge cancellations across the Northwest Territories in 2023 and 2024 due to record-low water levels may lead to increased demand for air shipping services in 2024-2026.
Here are some key facts about Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors in Northwest Territories:
- Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors mainly work in the following sectors:
- Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): more than 95%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 95% compared to 88% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- 74% of air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors work all year, while 26% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
- Less than 5% of air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 22% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 20% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 44% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
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