NOC 2021 · 22232 · TEER 2
Occupational health and safety specialists
Unit group 22232 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Occupational health and safety specialists review, evaluate and monitor health and safety hazards and develop strategies to prevent, control and eliminate accidents and occupational injuries. They inspect the workplace environments, equipment and practices to ensure compliance with organization and government environment, health and safety standards and regulations. They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- environmental health and safety coordinator - workplace
- field supervisor - occupational health and safety
- health and safety inspector
- health and safety officer
- health and safety technician
- health and safety technologist
- health officers supervisor
- industrial health officer
- industrial hygiene inspector
- industrial safety officer - occupational health and safety
- labour affairs officer - occupational health and safety
- labour standards officer
- mine safety inspector
- occupational health and safety (OHS) consultant
- occupational health and safety coordinator
- occupational health and safety inspector
- occupational health and safety officer
- occupational health and safety supervisor
- occupational health inspector
- occupational health officer
- occupational health supervisor
- occupational hygiene inspector
- occupational hygiene technician
- occupational hygienist technologist
- occupational safety consultant
- occupational safety coordinator
- occupational safety inspector
- occupational safety officer
- occupational safety specialist
- prevention officer - occupational health and safety
- radiation monitor
- radiation surveyor
- safety officer
- safety practitioner
- safety supervisor - occupational health and safety
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
$40.98 an hour
Low $23.56, high $61.03
Where it pays most
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$47.62
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$45.67
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$45.67
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$45.05
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$45.00
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 | $42.27 | $26.02 – $63.62 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $42.00 | $33.65 – $49.74 | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $34.00 | $24.00 – $49.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $39.42 | $24.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $38.00 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $36.92 | $24.04 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $41.32 | $27.65 – $62.61 | Good |
| Alberta | $44.27 | $23.74 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $45.00 | $28.56 – $60.00 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $37.43 | $24.21 – $56.19 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $40.60 | $24.97 – $55.98 | Moderate |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 69 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 | $42.99 | $24.54 – $60.69 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $42.54 | $24.27 – $60.97 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $43.18 | $32.95 – $58.00 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $37.83 | $24.38 – $52.98 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $33.42 | $23.06 – $45.53 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $31.70 | $21.99 – $41.13 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $33.65 | $21.25 – $61.54 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $39.03 | $22.49 – $51.37 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $40.99 | $26.37 – $54.52 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $38.79 | $23.81 – $55.33 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $40.45 | $27.35 – $53.51 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $38.39 | $25.31 – $51.89 | Undetermined |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $45.05 | $27.54 – $53.00 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $40.48 | $28.14 – $55.64 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $41.03 | $37.43 – $47.69 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $41.38 | $28.51 – $56.50 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $43.00 | $27.00 – $62.50 | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $41.59 | $25.94 – $55.82 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $41.10 | $26.71 – $56.28 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $39.07 | $26.11 – $55.01 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $43.32 | $29.42 – $64.15 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $40.07 | $24.30 – $54.92 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $43.27 | $23.75 – $64.90 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $38.88 | $24.15 – $53.01 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $39.14 | $25.38 – $51.69 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $41.22 | $25.68 – $57.21 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $47.62 | $31.05 – $71.45 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $41.03 | $33.65 – $54.38 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $40.70 | $25.63 – $55.12 | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $37.24 | $24.93 – $56.31 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $34.32 | $22.37 – $44.73 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $33.79 | $25.00 – $38.00 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $38.46 | $24.04 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $38.12 | $23.61 – $50.61 | Undetermined |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $38.46 | $36.80 – $49.62 | Undetermined |
| North | Manitoba | $38.46 | $36.80 – $49.62 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $40.47 | $27.41 – $59.59 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $41.61 | $27.54 – $60.00 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $40.95 | $27.03 – $57.90 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $44.27 | $23.74 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $44.27 | $23.74 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $45.67 | $25.56 – $58.00 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $44.27 | $23.74 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $40.87 | $22.00 – $72.12 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $45.67 | $25.56 – $58.00 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $44.25 | $30.50 – $73.96 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $45.00 | $28.56 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $43.27 | $28.85 – $61.03 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $41.49 | $26.90 – $54.63 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $44.21 | $30.59 – $59.58 | Good |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $45.00 | $31.25 – $80.05 | Very limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $39.38 | $26.68 – $59.45 | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $43.71 | $30.27 – $57.84 | Good |
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.