NOC 2021 · 21110 · TEER 1

Biologists and related scientists

Unit group 21110 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.

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What this group covers

Biologists and related scientists conduct basic and applied research to extend knowledge of living organisms, to manage natural resources, and to develop new practices and products related to medicine and agriculture. They are employed in both laboratory and field settings by governments, environmental consulting companies, resource and utilities companies, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnical companies, hospitals and health, research and educational institutions.

Example job titles

As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.

agricultural scientist
agrogeologist
algologist
anatomist
animal ecologist
animal geneticist
animal nutritionist
animal taxonomist
apiculture entomologist
aquatic biologist
astrobiologist
bacteriologist
bacteriologist - animal health
bioinformatician
biological scientist
biologist
biology systematist
biology taxonomist
biomedical nanotechnology research scientist
botanist
bryologist
cell biologist
cellular physiologist
clinical research associate
clinical research program manager
clinical research project manager
clinical research trials coordinator
crop scientist
crop-research scientist
cytochemist
cytogeneticist
cytologist
cytologist-microbiologist
dairy bacteriologist
dairy scientist
descriptive toxicologist
developmental biologist
developmental geneticist
domestic animal scientist
ecobiologist
ecologist
economic botanist
embryologist
entomologist
environmental and occupational toxicologist
environmental biologist
environmental toxicologist
enzymologist
enzymology biologist
etiologist
extraction specialist - cannabis
fishery bacteriologist
fishery products bacteriologist
food bacteriologist
food products bacteriologist
food products scientist
food research scientist
food scientist
forest ecologist
forest pathologist
geneticist
helminthologist
herpetologist
histologist
histopathologist
human physiologist
hydrobiologist
ichthyologist
immunologist
industrial bacteriologist
insect physiologist
interpretative naturalist
invertebrate zoologist
laboratory immunologist
limnologist
malariologist
mammalogist
marine biologist
marine hydrobiologist
marine mammal trainer
mechanistic toxicologist
medical parasitology biologist
microbiologist
molecular biologist
molecular geneticist
molecular physiologist
mycologist
naturalist
nematologist
ornithologist
osteologist
parasitologist
parasitology biologist
park naturalist
pharmaceutical bacteriologist
pharmacologist
physiological biophysicist
physiologist
physiologist-biochemist - nuclear medicine
phytobiologist
phytopathologist
plant anatomist
plant breeder
plant ecologist
plant nematologist
plant pathologist
plant physiologist
plant population biologist
plant scientist
plant taxonomist
population geneticist
poultry scientist
protozoologist
protozoology biologist
public health bacteriologist
regulatory toxicologist
research biologist
rural ecologist
serologist
soil bacteriologist
staff toxicologist
systems biologist
toxicologist
veterinary parasitology biologist
virologist
wildlife biologist
wildlife helminthologist
wildlife naturalist
zoologist

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.

$40.00 an hour

Low $25.71, high $66.67

Where it pays most

Edmonton · Alberta$45.67
Campbellton--Miramichi · New Brunswick$44.51
Edmundston--Woodstock · New Brunswick$44.01
Northeast · Ontario$43.71
Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$43.59

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

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by province and territory.
Where	Median hourly	Low to high	Outlook 2025–2027
Newfoundland and Labrador	$40.00	$22.00 – $54.40	Moderate
Prince Edward Island	$35.90	$31.25 – $44.71	Moderate
Nova Scotia	$37.50	$24.62 – $51.06	Moderate
New Brunswick	$41.00	$23.84 – $59.00	Limited
Quebec	$38.46	$24.50 – $54.12	Very limited
Ontario	$40.00	$24.50 – $69.23	Very limited
Manitoba	$37.00	$25.52 – $57.69	Limited
Saskatchewan	$42.85	$28.22 – $61.71	Moderate
Alberta	$41.44	$26.44 – $88.19	Limited
British Columbia	$42.00	$28.85 – $60.00	Limited
Yukon Territory	$48.19	$36.58 – $65.57	Moderate
Northwest Territories	$58.34	$39.56 – $80.44	Moderate
Nunavut	$57.46	$40.56 – $77.25	Undetermined

By economic region

The 59 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by economic region.
Where	Province	Median hourly	Low to high	Outlook 2025–2027
Avalon Peninsula	Newfoundland and Labrador	$40.00	$22.00 – $54.40	Moderate
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador	$40.00	$22.00 – $54.40	Undetermined
Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	$38.83	$25.69 – $58.09	Moderate
North Shore	Nova Scotia	$38.47	$24.99 – $56.17	Moderate
Annapolis Valley	Nova Scotia	$39.51	$25.47 – $60.57	Moderate
Southern	Nova Scotia	$41.26	$26.02 – $59.22	Moderate
Halifax	Nova Scotia	$37.50	$29.54 – $51.06	Moderate
Campbellton--Miramichi	New Brunswick	$44.51	$30.81 – $67.06	Undetermined
Moncton--Richibucto	New Brunswick	$42.91	$34.87 – $51.28	Limited
Saint John--St. Stephen	New Brunswick	$42.62	$30.07 – $59.70	Limited
Fredericton--Oromocto	New Brunswick	$38.46	$23.84 – $61.54	Limited
Edmundston--Woodstock	New Brunswick	$44.01	$32.07 – $62.40	Undetermined
Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Very limited
Bas-Saint-Laurent	Quebec	$42.05	$31.25 – $52.31	Limited
Capitale-Nationale	Quebec	$43.59	$27.69 – $54.95	Limited
Chaudière-Appalaches	Quebec	$38.46	$24.50 – $54.12	Limited
Estrie	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Limited
Centre-du-Québec	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Limited
Montérégie	Quebec	$38.46	$24.50 – $54.12	Limited
Montréal	Quebec	$36.32	$16.10 – $54.12	Limited
Laval	Quebec	$32.50	$25.06 – $53.08	Limited
Lanaudière	Quebec	$40.01	$26.82 – $59.71	Very limited
Laurentides	Quebec	$38.46	$24.50 – $54.12	Limited
Outaouais	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Very limited
Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Limited
Mauricie	Quebec	$38.46	$24.50 – $54.12	Very limited
Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Very limited
Côte-Nord	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Nord-du-Québec	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Ottawa	Ontario	$35.90	$23.00 – $69.74	Limited
Kingston--Pembroke	Ontario	$40.00	$24.50 – $69.23	Moderate
Muskoka--Kawarthas	Ontario	Not published	Not published	Limited
Toronto	Ontario	$40.00	$25.71 – $66.35	Very limited
Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie	Ontario	$39.75	$23.70 – $58.65	Limited
Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula	Ontario	$40.00	$25.00 – $62.50	Limited
London	Ontario	$40.00	$27.88 – $57.69	Limited
Windsor--Sarnia	Ontario	$43.01	$29.58 – $64.67	Limited
Stratford--Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	$42.07	$29.66 – $62.76	Limited
Northeast	Ontario	$43.71	$30.96 – $65.49	Limited
Northwest	Ontario	Not published	Not published	Limited
Winnipeg	Manitoba	$36.06	$26.92 – $54.36	Limited
Regina--Moose Mountain	Saskatchewan	$41.42	$27.51 – $61.39	Undetermined
Swift Current--Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	$40.79	$27.33 – $59.41	Moderate
Saskatoon--Biggar	Saskatchewan	$42.52	$28.70 – $62.95	Moderate
Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	$41.93	$29.60 – $61.99	Undetermined
Lethbridge--Medicine Hat	Alberta	Not published	Not published	Limited
Calgary	Alberta	$41.77	$27.60 – $68.75	Limited
Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House	Alberta	$42.99	$30.38 – $65.42	Limited
Red Deer	Alberta	Not published	Not published	Limited
Edmonton	Alberta	$45.67	$29.98 – $70.88	Limited
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River	Alberta	Not published	Not published	Limited
Vancouver Island and Coast	British Columbia	Not published	Not published	Limited
Lower Mainland	British Columbia	$42.00	$28.85 – $66.67	Limited
Thompson--Okanagan	British Columbia	$42.00	$28.85 – $60.00	Limited
Kootenay	British Columbia	$42.00	$28.85 – $60.00	Limited
Cariboo	British Columbia	$42.00	$28.85 – $60.00	Limited
North Coast	British Columbia	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Nechako	British Columbia	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Northeast	British Columbia	$42.00	$28.85 – $60.00	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.