NOC 2021 · 31103 · TEER 1
Veterinarians
Unit group 31103 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Veterinarians prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and disorders in animals and advise clients on the feeding, hygiene, housing and general care of animals. They can also perform surgical procedures. They work in private practice or may be employed by animal clinics, farms, laboratories, government or industry.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- animal behavior veterinarian
- animal pathologist
- avian veterinarian
- companion animal veterinarian
- doctor of veterinary medicine
- emergency and intensive care veterinarian
- equine veterinarian
- farm veterinarian
- food animal veterinarian
- laboratory animal veterinarian
- large animal veterinary internist
- poultry veterinarian
- preventive medicine veterinarian
- research veterinarian
- small animal veterinarian
- small animal veterinary internist
- small animal veterinary specialist
- veterinarian
- veterinarian practitioner
- veterinary anatomist
- Veterinary anesthesiologist
- veterinary bacteriologist
- veterinary dentist
- veterinary dermatologist
- veterinary epidemiologist
- veterinary inspector
- veterinary internist
- veterinary laboratory diagnostician
- veterinary microbiologist
- veterinary neurologist
- veterinary oncologist
- veterinary ophthalmologist
- veterinary parasitologist
- veterinary pathologist
- veterinary pharmacologist
- veterinary physiologist
- veterinary radiologist
- veterinary surgeon
- veterinary theriogenologist
- veterinary virologist
- zoo veterinarian
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. 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.