NOC 2021 · 32103 · TEER 2
Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
Unit group 32103 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Respiratory therapists assist physicians in the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with respiratory and cardiopulmonary disorders. Clinical perfusionists provide technical support to patients undergoing cardiac surgery and patients requiring cardio-respiratory support. Cardiopulmonary technologists assist physicians in the technical aspects of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Respiratory therapists are employed in hospitals, extended care facilities, public health centres, sleep, private or dental clinics and respiratory home care companies. Clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists are primarily employed in hospitals. Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists who are supervisors or instructors are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- anesthesia assistant
- anesthesia technologist
- cardiopulmonary technician
- cardiopulmonary technologist
- cardiopulmonary technology instructor
- cardiopulmonary technology supervisor
- cardiovascular perfusion clinical instructor
- cardiovascular perfusion instructor
- cardiovascular perfusion supervisor
- cardiovascular perfusion technologist
- cardiovascular perfusionist
- certified clinical perfusionist (CCP)
- chief perfusionist
- chief respiratory technologist
- clinical perfusion clinical instructor
- clinical perfusion supervisor
- clinical perfusionist
- extracorporal circulation technologist
- extracorporal technician
- extracorporal technologist
- inhalation technologist
- oxygen therapy technician
- perfusion technologist
- perfusionist
- polysomnographic technologist
- pulmonary function technologist
- registered respiratory care practitioner
- registered respiratory therapist (RRT)
- respiratory care practitioner
- respiratory technician
- respiratory technologist
- respiratory therapist
- respiratory therapy chief
- respiratory therapy clinical instructor
- respiratory therapy supervisor
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
$41.00 an hour
Low $30.16, high $51.00
Where it pays most
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$48.00
- Calgary · Alberta$48.00
- Red Deer · Alberta$48.00
- Winnipeg · Manitoba$45.00
- Ottawa · Ontario$44.66
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 | $40.29 | $30.96 – $53.67 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $40.22 | $30.22 – $45.42 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $37.10 | $31.00 – $48.46 | Good |
| Quebec | $39.40 | $30.00 – $50.39 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $44.66 | $27.39 – $53.81 | Good |
| Manitoba | $44.00 | $26.00 – $51.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $43.00 | $21.00 – $49.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $48.00 | $41.63 – $56.00 | Good |
| British Columbia | $39.00 | $32.00 – $47.00 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 48 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 | $40.04 | $33.60 – $48.43 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $40.92 | $32.93 – $48.41 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $40.41 | $31.54 – $48.13 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $39.00 | $31.20 – $64.00 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $39.00 | $31.20 – $64.00 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $35.21 | $29.84 – $52.35 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $35.01 | $28.67 – $39.50 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $43.94 | $28.92 – $51.34 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $40.90 | $32.39 – $48.33 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $41.65 | $31.39 – $50.54 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $41.39 | $31.62 – $47.83 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $38.00 | $32.00 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $41.15 | $31.43 – $49.08 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $39.40 | $35.00 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $42.60 | $31.84 – $52.73 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $41.23 | $39.40 – $50.55 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $42.52 | $31.62 – $52.49 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $42.55 | $31.94 – $51.04 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $40.59 | $31.43 – $48.91 | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $41.24 | $31.97 – $48.79 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $41.03 | $31.13 – $49.38 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $36.59 | $20.50 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $44.66 | $25.00 – $166.67 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $43.22 | $31.31 – $54.22 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $44.00 | $32.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $40.00 | $32.69 – $53.41 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $43.38 | $30.86 – $52.81 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $42.08 | $29.74 – $50.33 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $42.81 | $29.30 – $50.59 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $41.05 | $31.26 – $50.71 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $43.08 | $30.68 – $52.87 | Good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $44.47 | $33.53 – $54.48 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $41.74 | $33.50 – $54.00 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $45.00 | $36.00 – $51.00 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $40.91 | $33.04 – $51.35 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $40.22 | $32.28 – $49.17 | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $48.00 | $41.63 – $56.00 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $48.00 | $41.63 – $56.00 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $48.00 | $41.63 – $56.00 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $43.77 | $33.55 – $54.47 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $38.00 | $28.85 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $44.00 | $32.00 – $47.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $39.00 | $32.00 – $47.00 | 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.