NOC 2021 · 40021 · TEER 0
School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education
Unit group 40021 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
School principals plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of teachers and other staff of an elementary or secondary school. They are employed by public and private schools. Administrators of elementary and secondary education plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the academic affairs of a school system. They are employed by school boards.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal school principal
- academic dean - high school
- academic superintendent
- area superintendent - schools
- assistant district school superintendent
- assistant principal
- assistant school district superintendent
- assistant superintendent of schools
- associate superintendent - schools
- board of education administrator
- business college principal
- chief superintendent - schools
- college principal - secondary level
- community school principal
- deputy superintendent - schools
- director of education - correctional institution
- director of school for the blind or deaf
- director of school for the hearing impaired
- director of school for the visually impaired
- district school assistant superintendent
- district school superintendent
- elementary school principal
- hall principal - secondary school
- high school principal
- Native school principal
- principal
- private primary college principal
- private school headmaster/mistress
- private school principal
- regional schools superintendent
- regional superintendent - schools
- school board administrator
- school district assistant superintendent
- school district superintendent
- school principal
- school superintendent
- school vice-principal
- secondary school principal
- superintendent of academic affairs
- superintendent of education programs
- superintendent of education programs in public schools
- superintendent of educational services
- superintendent of elementary education
- superintendent of elementary schools
- superintendent of operations - schools
- superintendent of professional development - schools
- superintendent of secondary schools
- superintendent of special education
- superintendent of student services
- technical high school principal
- vocational high school principal
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
$55.29 an hour
Low $36.54, high $71.51
Where it pays most
- Northeast · Ontario$64.10
- Northwest · Ontario$62.98
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$61.35
- London · Ontario$61.13
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$60.10
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 | $50.00 | $37.50 – $75.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $52.31 | $29.74 – $61.54 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $55.29 | $33.33 – $71.15 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $49.52 | $37.50 – $60.10 | Good |
| Quebec | $54.81 | $38.18 – $65.93 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $57.14 | $35.71 – $72.19 | Good |
| Manitoba | $49.44 | $37.06 – $62.50 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $53.85 | $38.46 – $74.23 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $56.73 | $39.53 – $64.16 | Good |
| British Columbia | $57.21 | $30.77 – $90.38 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $67.24 | $50.49 – $83.37 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | $70.41 | $51.62 – $87.16 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | $72.95 | $50.82 – $88.26 | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 71 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 | $55.72 | $43.50 – $73.71 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $55.89 | $44.51 – $71.65 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $54.94 | $42.39 – $69.98 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $54.76 | $42.93 – $69.96 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $54.82 | $42.71 – $66.33 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $53.48 | $41.02 – $65.13 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $54.39 | $40.87 – $66.69 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $55.86 | $42.02 – $66.58 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $49.52 | $37.50 – $60.10 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $46.15 | $35.77 – $50.00 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $54.53 | $43.06 – $65.03 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $53.79 | $41.87 – $66.14 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $54.03 | $42.42 – $64.16 | Undetermined |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $52.99 | $41.52 – $64.66 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $54.67 | $41.85 – $64.65 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $54.95 | $43.75 – $61.54 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $53.85 | $35.71 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $53.13 | $41.62 – $67.27 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $54.64 | $42.75 – $67.88 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $51.54 | $34.06 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $53.08 | $25.00 – $66.67 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $51.44 | $31.00 – $69.22 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $54.07 | $41.20 – $67.02 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $54.90 | $41.49 – $68.80 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $55.05 | $41.61 – $68.89 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $54.58 | $41.64 – $67.60 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $54.91 | $42.08 – $68.06 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $54.52 | $41.34 – $66.82 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $57.65 | $44.02 – $75.10 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $57.14 | $35.71 – $72.19 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $58.97 | $40.06 – $84.62 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $59.70 | $42.92 – $76.03 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $52.88 | $29.00 – $72.12 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $55.25 | $45.20 – $71.43 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $55.67 | $36.27 – $67.43 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $61.13 | $43.17 – $76.72 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $55.56 | $48.95 – $66.67 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $61.35 | $42.45 – $76.01 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $64.10 | $50.00 – $81.73 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $62.98 | $49.45 – $76.92 | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $56.52 | $42.72 – $70.03 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $55.42 | $42.78 – $68.44 | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $51.92 | $41.48 – $59.50 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $49.44 | $38.08 – $64.90 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $56.16 | $42.05 – $71.27 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $56.37 | $42.39 – $71.37 | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $56.86 | $43.53 – $69.52 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $55.55 | $42.11 – $69.04 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $55.29 | $35.77 – $63.46 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $54.69 | $41.94 – $67.99 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $57.69 | $37.50 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $57.69 | $37.50 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $55.29 | $37.82 – $62.50 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $58.41 | $44.47 – $72.37 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $56.73 | $39.53 – $64.16 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $60.10 | $41.99 – $62.50 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $57.43 | $44.04 – $70.75 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $60.10 | $46.67 – $63.74 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $60.10 | $41.99 – $62.50 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $56.25 | $39.34 – $73.43 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $51.00 | $36.15 – $82.42 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $57.69 | $30.77 – $96.15 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $59.06 | $43.80 – $74.23 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $58.94 | $43.47 – $72.62 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $59.86 | $45.66 – $74.88 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $60.00 | $33.93 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $60.00 | $33.93 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $58.82 | $43.97 – $73.58 | 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).
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.