NOC 2021 · 31101 · TEER 1
Specialists in surgery
Unit group 31101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
Healthcare and social services occupations · Physicians with Canadian work experience
What this group covers
Specialists in surgery perform and supervise surgical procedures. Specialists in surgery usually work in hospitals. Residents in training to become specialists in surgery are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- cardiac surgeon
- cardiothoracic surgeon
- cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon
- cardiovascular and thoracic surgery specialist
- cardiovascular surgeon
- cosmetic surgeon
- ear specialist
- esthetic surgeon
- eye specialist
- general surgeon
- general surgeon - Canadian Armed Forces
- gynecologist
- laryngologist
- neurological surgeon
- neurosurgeon
- nose specialist
- obstetrician
- obstetrician-gynecologist
- ophthalmologist
- orthopedic surgeon
- orthopedics specialist
- orthopedist
- otolaryngologist
- otologist
- otorhinolaryngologist
- otorhinolaryngology specialist
- pediatric surgeon
- plastic surgeon
- plastic surgery specialist
- rhinologist
- specialist in plastic surgery
- specialist in vascular surgery
- surgeon
- surgical physician
- surgical resident
- thoracic surgeon
- throat specialist
- urologist
- vascular surgeon
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
$419,180 a year
Low $144,482, high $766,730
By province and territory
| Where | Median annual | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $434,053 | $143,704 – $699,989 | Very good |
| Prince Edward Island | $530,709 | $73,872 – $309,016as published | Very good |
| Nova Scotia | $418,516 | $175,086 – $597,217 | Very good |
| New Brunswick | $421,734 | $175,076 – $634,999 | Good |
| Quebec | $397,319 | $165,663 – $642,495 | Good |
| Ontario | $403,957 | $118,538 – $749,689 | Good |
| Manitoba | $457,991 | $161,289 – $826,328 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Alberta | $508,561 | $180,159 – $984,111 | Very good |
| British Columbia | $441,788 | $146,214 – $819,593 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | $403,299 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 32 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median annual | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| London | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Good |
As published: Job Bank’s own low and high estimates do not bracket its own median for this one.
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 Canadian Institute for Health Information and Canadian Medical Association - custom tabulation (2023-2024).
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.