Job prospects Personal Care Provider - Home Care in Québec
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Job opportunities in Québec
These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- Several positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations in Quebec:
- Approximately 14,900 people work in this occupation.
- Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
- Social assistance (NAICS 624): 46%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 24%
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 11%
- Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 6%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 64% compared to 82% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 36% compared to 18% for all occupations
- 62% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations work all year, while 38% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 42 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 9% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 11% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 89% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 19% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 39% compared to 19% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 7% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years
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