NOC 2021 · 32102 · TEER 2
Paramedical occupations
Unit group 32102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Workers in paramedical occupations administer pre-hospital emergency medical care to patients with injuries or medical illnesses and transport them to hospitals or other medical facilities for further medical care. They are employed by private ambulance services, hospitals, fire departments, government departments and agencies, manufacturing firms, mining companies and other private sector establishments. Paramedics who are supervisors are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- advanced care paramedic
- advanced emergency medical assistant
- advanced life support attendant
- advanced life support coordinator
- advanced life support paramedic
- ambulance attendant
- ambulance attendant trainee
- ambulance attendants supervisor
- ambulance driver
- ambulance driver-attendant
- ambulance services field supervisor
- ambulance services supervisor
- ambulance services unit chief
- ambulance technician
- assistant paramedic
- chief ambulance attendant
- critical care paramedic
- drilling rig medic
- drilling rig medical technician
- drilling rig medical warden
- drilling rig medical worker
- emergency medical assistant
- emergency medical attendant (EMA)
- emergency medical technician - paramedic/advanced care paramedic (EMT - P/ACP)
- emergency medical technician - primary care paramedic (EMT - PCP)
- emergency medical technician (EMT)
- emergency medical technologist - paramedic (EMT-P)
- emergency paramedic
- infant transport attendant
- intermediate care paramedic
- medical assistant (paramedic)
- medical technician
- newborn emergency medical care technician
- newborn medical care technician
- paramedic
- paramedic emergency medical technician
- paramedic worker
- primary care paramedic
- registered emergency paramedic
- supervisor ambulance attendants
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
$38.00 an hour
Low $25.56, high $49.00
Where it pays most
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$45.89
- Muskoka--Kawarthas · Ontario$45.42
- Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula · Ontario$43.49
- Kingston--Pembroke · Ontario$43.00
- Ottawa · Ontario$42.17
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 | $29.04 | $21.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $27.31 | $17.50 – $35.00 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $22.00 – $44.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $32.00 | $25.25 – $38.93 | Good |
| Quebec | $35.00 | $25.56 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $42.17 | $30.75 – $50.81 | Good |
| Manitoba | $40.00 | $25.00 – $52.88 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $32.50 | $25.00 – $52.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $35.70 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| British Columbia | $34.00 | $25.00 – $46.00 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | $38.83 | Not published | Good |
| Northwest Territories | $47.34 | $32.29 – $69.02 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 72 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 | $30.07 | $25.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.04 | $16.75 – $50.61 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.04 | $21.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.04 | $16.75 – $50.61 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $34.00 | $24.04 – $37.00 | Very good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $22.00 – $44.62 | Very good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $21.32 – $37.00 | Very good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $22.00 – $44.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $32.00 | $30.32 – $33.00 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $33.48 | $27.50 – $38.93 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $33.52 | $21.00 – $46.70 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $33.96 | $27.61 – $43.66 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $30.00 | $25.00 – $33.52 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $35.00 | $25.56 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $37.19 | $28.88 – $44.50 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $36.94 | $28.58 – $41.97 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $38.00 | $26.25 – $42.50 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $36.90 | $28.96 – $43.27 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $36.97 | $28.53 – $44.78 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $37.12 | $28.36 – $42.67 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $37.48 | $27.50 – $42.63 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $38.51 | $29.55 – $46.45 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $37.82 | $28.42 – $44.81 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $36.00 | $28.00 – $43.00 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $35.00 | $25.56 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $35.00 | $25.56 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $35.00 | $25.56 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $42.17 | $30.75 – $50.81 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $43.00 | $40.32 – $48.00 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $45.42 | $33.25 – $56.83 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $42.17 | $24.00 – $48.75 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $42.00 | $25.00 – $49.00 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $43.49 | $37.00 – $55.38 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $41.90 | $37.00 – $49.00 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $40.00 | $36.00 – $45.00 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $45.89 | $33.17 – $56.60 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $42.00 | $30.97 – $51.92 | Good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $42.00 | $39.70 – $46.00 | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $40.73 | $30.10 – $52.52 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $40.21 | $30.87 – $49.88 | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $37.18 | $29.32 – $47.00 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $40.00 | $25.00 – $58.30 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $41.25 | $29.65 – $54.74 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $38.99 | $27.43 – $48.34 | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $32.50 | $25.00 – $52.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $38.29 | $28.01 – $50.11 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $34.83 | $29.50 – $47.62 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $36.97 | $29.41 – $46.49 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $35.92 | $27.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $35.92 | $27.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $35.70 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $35.70 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $37.50 | $28.00 – $41.00 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $35.70 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $35.70 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $37.50 | $28.00 – $41.00 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $39.22 | $27.82 – $50.53 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $32.00 | $23.00 – $43.00 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $32.60 | $30.00 – $49.00 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $38.73 | $28.09 – $47.95 | Good |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $38.29 | $29.29 – $48.73 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $39.62 | $29.31 – $48.56 | Good |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $38.56 | $27.43 – $46.02 | Moderate |
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) · 2021 Census (2021).
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.