Job prospects Railway Transport Operations Supervisor in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "railway transport operations supervisor" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Very good

The employment outlook will be very good for Supervisors, railway transport operations (NOC 72023) in Ontario 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Supervisors, railway transport operations in Ontario:

  • Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Supervisors, railway transport operations mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 77%
    • Transit and ground passenger transportation (NAICS 485): 8%
    • Truck transportation (NAICS 484): 5%
  • 80% of supervisors, railway transport operations work all year, while 20% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 90% compared to 52% for all occupations
    • Women: 10% compared to 48% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 16% compared to 9% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 34% compared to 25% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 8% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 21% compared to 22% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 14% compared to 24% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Location Job prospects
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula Region Undetermined
Kingston–Pembroke Region Undetermined
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie Region Undetermined
London Region Undetermined
Muskoka–Kawarthas Region Undetermined
Northeast Region Undetermined
Northwest Region Undetermined
Ottawa Region Undetermined
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula Region Undetermined
Toronto Region Very good
Windsor-Sarnia Region Undetermined

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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