NOC 2021 · 14404 · TEER 4
Dispatchers
Unit group 14404 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Dispatchers operate radios and other telecommunication equipment to dispatch emergency vehicles and to coordinate the activities of drivers and other personnel. They are employed by police, fire and health departments, other emergency service agencies, taxi, delivery and courier services, trucking and utilities companies, and other commercial and industrial establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- 911 dispatcher
- airline radio operator
- alarm system dispatcher
- alarm system operator
- ambulance dispatcher
- boat dispatcher
- car assignments clerk
- coal mine car dispatcher
- communications officer - emergency services
- communications specialist dispatcher
- drilling rig radio operator
- emergency medical dispatcher
- emergency services dispatcher
- emergency vehicle dispatcher
- fire alarm operator
- fire department dispatcher
- gas service crew dispatcher
- highway radio-telephone operator
- mail service dispatcher
- maintenance services dispatcher
- mine dispatcher
- mobile equipment dispatcher
- monitoring station operator
- motor vehicle dispatcher
- newspaper dispatcher
- oil well service dispatcher
- pilot services dispatcher
- plant dispatcher
- police department dispatcher
- protective signal operator
- radio dispatcher
- radio operator
- radio-telephone operator
- service dispatcher
- taxi dispatcher
- telecommunications operator
- tow truck dispatcher
- troubleshooting services dispatcher
- truck dispatcher
- tugboat dispatcher
- utilities maintenance crew dispatcher
- water service dispatcher
- yard clerk
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$28.00 an hour
Low $20.00, high $41.76
Where it pays most
- Northeast · British Columbia$34.29
- Northeast · Ontario$33.50
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$32.50
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$32.06
- Cariboo · British Columbia$31.75
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.00 | $18.75 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Prince Edward Island | $25.21 | $18.00 – $37.98 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $25.64 | $18.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $24.56 | $18.04 – $36.53 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $28.50 | $20.25 – $38.50 | Limited |
| Ontario | $26.75 | $19.35 – $43.18 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $22.44 | $16.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $31.00 | $19.33 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $31.35 | $21.00 – $40.87 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $38.87 | $27.72 – $58.10 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | $36.70 | $30.41 – $48.62 | Limited |
| Nunavut | $39.49 | $23.24 – $56.70 | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 64 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.00 | $17.75 – $34.89 | Limited |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $27.16 | $19.76 – $35.97 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $22.84 | $18.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $24.82 | $19.87 – $32.11 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $23.48 | $18.19 – $30.05 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $23.46 | $17.77 – $30.47 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $25.64 | $18.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $27.19 | $21.00 – $36.48 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $25.13 | $18.46 – $52.32 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $23.99 | $18.66 – $34.40 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $23.82 | $18.81 – $33.94 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $23.44 | $18.54 – $32.29 | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $26.12 | $21.86 – $33.36 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $26.69 | $20.48 – $34.16 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $28.85 | $19.30 – $40.53 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $28.23 | $21.69 – $34.22 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $27.67 | $21.51 – $37.02 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $27.68 | $21.35 – $36.86 | Very limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $26.00 | $20.25 – $34.87 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $28.50 | $20.25 – $38.50 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $28.85 | $21.22 – $38.52 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $28.36 | $21.17 – $38.16 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $27.74 | $20.12 – $36.91 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $27.49 | $21.99 – $38.30 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $28.12 | $21.55 – $32.63 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $28.50 | $20.25 – $38.50 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $29.02 | $21.18 – $37.33 | Undetermined |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $30.63 | $21.30 – $44.14 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $28.65 | $20.90 – $40.15 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $29.34 | $21.43 – $41.39 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $28.07 | $19.52 – $44.21 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $26.00 | $20.00 – $42.31 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $28.00 | $18.11 – $34.09 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $27.94 | $19.84 – $42.87 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $30.78 | $21.85 – $41.66 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $29.91 | $20.94 – $39.89 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $33.50 | $17.60 – $43.18 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $31.29 | $20.63 – $43.39 | Limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $22.44 | $16.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $22.44 | $16.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $26.34 | $19.48 – $36.02 | Limited |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $22.44 | $16.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $32.50 | $21.66 – $50.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $28.14 | $19.52 – $43.01 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $31.00 | $19.33 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $30.99 | $23.33 – $43.47 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $31.35 | $20.00 – $40.87 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $32.06 | $23.85 – $44.16 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $31.75 | $26.63 – $44.66 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $28.26 | $21.89 – $40.38 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $34.29 | $26.64 – $47.85 | Undetermined |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.