Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS)

Figure 1: Job Openings from Expansion and Replacement Demand by Skill Level, Projection 2019-2028 (in thousands)The source is located after the table

	Retirements	Expansion Demand	Other Replacement Demand
Management	469.6	104.9	102.0
Skill Level A (university education)	757.9	624.6	194.6
Skill Level B (college education)	1,310.7	569.0	315.4
Skill Level C (high school education)	981.7	280.6	248.5
Skill Level D (on-the-job training)	339.3	164.7	96.7

Source: ESDC 2019 COPS Projections.

Return at position of Figure 1: Job Openings from Expansion and Replacement Demand by Skill Level, Projection 2019-2028 (in thousands)

Figure 2: Job Seekers by Skill Level, Projection 2019-2028 (in thousands)The source is located after the table

	School Leavers	Immigrants	Mobility	Others	Job seekers (%)
Management	55,532	145,715	497,838	-996	10.5%
Skill Level A	1,430,794	323,133	-198,006	-53,698	22.6%
Skill Level B	1,692,352	426,497	145,923	8,418	34.1%
Skill Level C	1,239,928	501,599	-241,170	38,459	23.1%
Skill Level D	525,238	299,337	-204,586	26,473	9.7%

Source: ESDC 2019 COPS Projections.

Return at position of Figure 2: Job Seekers by Skill Level, Projection 2019-2028 (in thousands)

 

Figure 3: Projected Job Openings and Job Seekers by Skill Level over the Period 2019-2028, as Annual Average Percentage of 2018 Employment The source is located after the table

Skill Level	Job Openings (%)	Job Seekers (%)
Management Occupations	4.0%	4.1%
Skill Level A	4.2%	4.0%
Skill Level B	3.5%	3.6%
Skill Level C	3.1%	3.2%
Skill Level D	3.0%	3.3%

Source: ESDC 2019 COPS Projections.

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Figure 4: Projected Job Openings and Job Seekers by Occupation over the Period 2019-2028 as Annual Average Percentage of 2018 Employment

Management Occupations

Management Occupations The source is located after the table

Occupational Code	Job Openings (%)	Job Seekers (%)
0010	5.6%	5.7%
0111	4.5%	4.9%
0112	4.8%	5.0%
0113	6.7%	7.0%
0121	4.7%	5.2%
0122	2.9%	3.0%
0124	3.7%	3.8%
0130	1.3%	1.4%
0211	4.2%	4.9%
0213	5.3%	6.2%
0311	6.5%	7.1%
0410	4.5%	4.5%
0421	5.4%	5.7%
0422	3.9%	3.9%
0423	6.6%	6.6%
0430	4.8%	5.5%
0510	3.9%	4.1%
0601	3.1%	3.2%
0621	3.5%	3.5%
0631	3.4%	3.3%
0632	6.7%	6.6%
0651	2.6%	2.9%
0711	3.2%	3.6%
0712	4.0%	3.9%
0714	3.5%	3.5%
0731	2.6%	2.4%
0811	5.5%	5.4%
0820	2.4%	2.4%
0910	3.6%	3.9%

Skill Level A: Occupations usually require university education.

Skill Level A Occupations The source is located after the table

Occupational Code	Job Openings (%)	Job Seekers (%)
1111	4.1%	4.1%
1112	3.8%	3.7%
1113	4.5%	4.6%
1114	4.2%	4.0%
1121	4.6%	4.6%
1122	5.0%	4.9%
1123	3.2%	3.0%
2110	3.8%	4.1%
2120	3.0%	3.0%
2131	3.5%	4.9%
2132	3.0%	3.4%
2133	3.3%	4.1%
2134	4.0%	6.1%
2141	2.7%	3.5%
2143	2.3%	4.7%
2146	4.2%	3.2%
2147	4.5%	5.3%
2151	3.7%	4.3%
2152	1.7%	1.4%
2161	2.7%	2.7%
2171	5.2%	4.6%
2172	5.0%	4.6%
2173	4.8%	4.2%
2174	3.8%	4.5%
2175	3.0%	3.9%
3011	7.8%	7.6%
3012	6.1%	4.9%
3111	6.7%	4.1%
3112	6.8%	2.6%
3113	4.6%	2.6%
3114	3.3%	3.6%
3120	5.9%	4.6%
3131	2.9%	3.8%
3132	3.8%	3.8%
3141	3.9%	2.9%
3142	4.8%	4.0%
3143	4.4%	3.6%
4011	3.7%	3.7%
4012	1.5%	1.1%
4021	3.6%	3.4%
4031	3.5%	3.7%
4032	3.0%	3.4%
4033	4.7%	4.9%
4110	4.3%	4.4%
4151	6.9%	6.1%
4152	3.7%	3.9%
4153	4.3%	4.2%
4154	5.5%	4.4%
4156	3.3%	3.2%
4161	3.6%	3.6%
4162	3.4%	3.5%
4164	4.4%	4.5%
4166	3.9%	3.8%
4168	3.6%	4.4%
5110	3.2%	3.4%
5121	2.9%	3.4%
5125	4.3%	4.3%
5131	3.2%	3.3%
5133	3.7%	3.3%

Skill Level B: Occupations usually require college or vocational education or apprenticeship training

Skill Level B Occupations The source is located after the table

Occupational Code	Job Openings (%)	Job Seekers (%)
1211	3.8%	3.9%
1212	5.2%	5.7%
1213	4.0%	4.1%
1221	4.8%	5.0%
1222	4.7%	4.9%
1223	3.6%	4.2%
1224	4.8%	5.6%
1225	4.3%	4.8%
1226	3.9%	5.2%
1227	4.8%	5.2%
1241	1.9%	1.6%
1242	4.3%	4.5%
1243	4.1%	3.6%
1250	3.0%	2.9%
1311	5.0%	4.9%
1312	3.0%	3.0%
2210	2.2%	1.7%
2221	2.2%	2.0%
2222	1.3%	1.4%
2225	4.4%	3.9%
2231	3.4%	3.7%
2232	4.2%	4.7%
2233	4.0%	4.2%
2234	3.5%	4.0%
2241	5.0%	4.7%
2242	3.9%	3.8%
2243	4.6%	4.6%
2250	2.1%	4.8%
2261	3.4%	4.0%
2264	4.4%	5.1%
2270	5.0%	3.2%
2281	3.3%	3.4%
2282	3.7%	3.9%
3211	4.1%	4.1%
3213	3.1%	5.5%
3214	4.2%	4.1%
3217	3.6%	3.8%
3220	3.6%	4.3%
3231	5.2%	4.6%
3232	4.7%	3.5%
3233	4.2%	3.5%
3234	3.0%	3.2%
4211	4.5%	4.3%
4212	5.1%	4.9%
4214	3.3%	3.1%
4215	3.2%	3.2%
4216	3.8%	3.5%
4311	3.2%	3.2%
4312	3.7%	3.7%
5210	3.4%	3.8%
5221	2.7%	3.0%
5222	2.3%	2.9%
5230	3.0%	3.4%
5241	3.2%	3.5%
5242	4.0%	4.2%
5243	4.1%	4.2%
5250	2.5%	2.7%
6211	3.2%	3.3%
6221	3.7%	3.9%
6222	4.2%	4.5%
6231	4.3%	4.9%
6232	5.4%	5.4%
6235	3.0%	3.1%
6311	2.9%	2.6%
6312	4.5%	4.7%
6321	4.0%	4.1%
6322	2.3%	2.4%
6331	3.4%	3.4%
6332	3.0%	3.0%
6341	2.5%	3.0%
6342	1.8%	2.0%
7201	3.6%	3.6%
7202	3.3%	3.5%
7203	2.7%	3.1%
7204	3.1%	3.0%
7205	3.4%	3.0%
7231	3.7%	3.9%
7233	2.5%	2.6%
7237	2.6%	2.9%
7241	2.5%	2.2%
7242	3.4%	3.4%
7244	2.4%	2.7%
7246	2.3%	2.7%
7251	2.1%	2.1%
7252	2.1%	2.3%
7271	1.9%	1.9%
7272	3.0%	7.3%
7281	2.4%	4.5%
7282	2.9%	3.4%
7284	1.6%	1.6%
7291	2.4%	3.7%
7292	1.1%	1.7%
7294	3.0%	2.6%
7295	2.5%	2.8%
7301	4.2%	4.1%
7302	3.4%	4.2%
7304	4.6%	4.0%
7311	3.8%	4.0%
7312	3.5%	3.7%
7313	3.3%	3.5%
7314	1.7%	2.0%
7321	3.1%	3.3%
7322	3.5%	3.6%
7330	2.5%	2.7%
7360	1.3%	2.2%
7370	3.1%	3.6%
7380	2.1%	2.5%
8211	1.4%	1.3%
8220	3.1%	2.8%
8231	3.1%	3.4%
8232	3.6%	4.0%
8241	3.4%	3.3%
8252	2.6%	2.6%
8260	1.1%	2.2%
9211	4.3%	5.0%
9213	3.3%	3.7%
9214	4.0%	4.1%
9220	4.6%	4.4%
9230	2.4%	3.2%
9240	3.7%	4.0%

Skill Level C: Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.

Skill Level C Occupations The source is located after the table

Occupational Code	Job Openings (%)	Job Seekers (%)
1411	1.5%	1.5%
1414	2.1%	2.1%
1415	3.3%	3.4%
1422	0.2%	1.3%
1431	2.4%	2.6%
1432	4.1%	3.6%
1434	1.2%	1.5%
1450	2.2%	2.3%
1511	4.5%	4.5%
1512	1.4%	1.5%
1513	3.4%	2.9%
1521	2.8%	3.1%
1522	2.8%	3.1%
1525	3.3%	3.1%
3411	3.6%	4.4%
3413	5.6%	5.7%
4411	0.6%	0.1%
4412	3.9%	4.0%
4413	4.1%	4.2%
4420	3.2%	3.2%
6411	4.0%	3.9%
6421	2.2%	2.1%
6511	2.9%	3.0%
6512	1.1%	1.2%
6513	2.0%	1.9%
6521	0.6%	0.1%
6522	3.8%	3.4%
6523	2.8%	2.7%
6525	2.8%	2.9%
6530	2.4%	1.9%
6541	4.1%	4.3%
6551	1.5%	1.4%
6552	3.6%	4.5%
6561	2.5%	2.5%
6562	2.8%	2.8%
7441	2.6%	2.9%
7442	4.1%	4.6%
7450	2.9%	3.3%
7511	3.8%	3.0%
7512	5.2%	5.3%
7513	4.4%	4.5%
7514	3.7%	3.9%
7521	3.3%	3.5%
7522	3.3%	2.7%
7530	3.0%	2.6%
8410	1.7%	3.0%
8420	3.2%	2.7%
8431	1.9%	2.1%
8432	1.2%	2.2%
8440	-0.2%	2.6%
9410	3.6%	4.0%
9420	3.7%	3.6%
9431	3.4%	3.4%
9432	1.8%	1.9%
9441	3.0%	2.7%
9446	3.6%	3.6%
9461	2.8%	2.8%
9462	3.3%	3.4%
9463	2.7%	0.5%
9470	1.6%	1.5%
9521	3.1%	3.3%
9523	3.7%	4.2%
9524	3.7%	4.2%
9531	4.4%	5.5%
9532	3.1%	3.6%

Skill Level D: On-the-job training is usually provided for occupations.

Skill Level D Occupations The source is located after the table

Occupational Code	Job Openings (%)	Job Seekers (%)
6611	2.5%	2.8%
6621	1.3%	1.2%
6622	2.8%	3.1%
6623	4.1%	4.6%
6711	2.6%	3.3%
6720	2.6%	2.8%
6731	4.4%	4.4%
6732	3.1%	3.2%
6733	4.3%	4.1%
6740	3.6%	3.6%
7610	2.4%	2.4%
7620	3.3%	3.4%
8611	2.1%	1.8%
8612	2.7%	2.8%
8614	1.6%	2.6%
9611	3.5%	4.1%
9613	3.0%	2.8%
9614	2.0%	2.2%
9616	1.8%	1.5%
9617	2.8%	2.9%

Source: ESDC 2019 COPS Projections.

Return at position of Figure 4: Projected Job Openings and Job Seekers by Skill Level over the Period 2019-2028, as Annual Average Percentage of 2018 Employment

 

Figure 5: Example of an occupation projected to face shortage conditions: General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 3112) The source is located after the table

General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 3112)
Projected Job Openings		Projected Job Seekers
Expansion Demand	28,208	School Leavers	16,169
Retirements	17,606	Immigration	6,071
Deaths	3,191	Mobility and Others	-2,864
Emigration	1,908

Source: ESDC 2019 COPS Projections.

Return at position of Figure 5: Example of an occupation projected to face shortage conditions: General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 3112)

 

Figure 6: Example of an occupation projected to face surplus conditions: Civil engineers (NOC 2131) The source is located after the table

Civil engineers (NOC 2131)
Projected Job Openings		Projected Job Seekers
Expansion Demand	6,169	School Leavers	30,077
Retirements	10,029	Immigration	9,669
Deaths	1,438	Mobility and Others	-13,283
Emigration	1,236

Source: ESDC 2019 COPS Projections.

Return at position of Figure 6: Example of an occupation projected to face surplus conditions: Civil engineers (NOC 2131)