NOC 2021 · 41221 · TEER 1
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
Unit group 41221 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers teach basic subjects such as reading, writing and arithmetic or specialized subjects such as English or French as a second language at public and private elementary schools.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal school teacher - elementary school
- art teacher - elementary school
- cooking teacher - elementary school
- correspondence teacher - elementary school
- crafts teacher - elementary school
- early childhood services teacher - elementary school
- elementary school reading clinician
- elementary school substitute teacher
- elementary school supply teacher
- elementary school teacher
- English as a second language elementary school teacher
- English as a second language teacher - elementary school
- English teacher - elementary school
- French as a second language elementary school teacher
- French as a second language teacher - elementary school
- French immersion teacher - elementary school
- French teacher - elementary school
- grade school teacher
- home economics teacher - elementary school
- industrial arts teacher - elementary school
- junior high school teacher
- kindergarten teacher
- language teacher - elementary school
- music teacher - elementary school
- nature study teacher - elementary school
- physical education teacher - elementary school
- primary school teacher
- reading clinician - elementary school
- remedial teacher - elementary school
- sewing teacher - elementary school
- special education teacher - elementary school
- special education teacher - primary school
- special needs teacher - elementary school
- substitute teacher - elementary school
- supply teacher - elementary school
- teacher - junior kindergarten
- teacher-librarian - elementary school
- visiting teacher - elementary school
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
$43.27 an hour
Low $26.67, high $56.59
Where it pays most
- West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador · Newfoundland and Labrador$48.56
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$48.56
- Northeast · Ontario$48.56
- Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula · Ontario$48.08
- Parklands · Manitoba$48.08
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 | $46.15 | $31.25 – $70.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $40.00 | $27.14 – $49.34 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $40.38 | $20.77 – $51.79 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $37.98 | $26.67 – $46.15 | Very good |
| Quebec | $44.23 | $27.00 – $55.30 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $46.15 | $27.50 – $58.79 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $42.69 | $26.44 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $40.38 | $25.96 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $38.46 | $24.62 – $52.75 | Very good |
| British Columbia | $43.27 | $28.85 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $54.87 | $46.15 – $62.82 | Good |
| Northwest Territories | $61.06 | $34.62 – $74.36 | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $50.00 | $30.00 – $63.08 | Very good |
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 | $46.15 | $33.53 – $67.00 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $43.75 | $31.25 – $72.31 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $48.56 | $26.25 – $73.85 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $43.75 | $31.25 – $72.31 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $39.42 | $28.79 – $51.92 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $40.38 | $26.04 – $58.33 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $40.38 | $27.50 – $49.96 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $38.46 | $21.98 – $50.30 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $41.01 | $18.25 – $50.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $37.50 | $25.00 – $45.60 | Very good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $38.46 | $27.50 – $48.21 | Very good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $38.97 | $21.43 – $46.70 | Very good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $39.58 | $23.48 – $47.78 | Very good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $39.42 | $26.92 – $46.58 | Very good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $43.00 | $28.86 – $92.00 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $42.65 | $27.96 – $57.33 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $46.15 | $27.47 – $55.29 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $41.47 | $26.67 – $55.29 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $39.06 | $27.47 – $54.69 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $39.96 | $26.80 – $53.80 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $45.67 | $28.00 – $55.30 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $40.29 | $25.72 – $55.79 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $45.00 | $21.37 – $55.29 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $44.23 | $27.50 – $55.29 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $41.87 | $27.70 – $55.16 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $45.36 | $27.00 – $56.49 | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $44.23 | $27.00 – $55.30 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $46.56 | $27.01 – $55.30 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $44.23 | $30.53 – $55.59 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $44.38 | $31.32 – $55.92 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $44.38 | $31.32 – $55.92 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $47.34 | $27.50 – $57.14 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $42.60 | $28.00 – $54.40 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $46.15 | $27.50 – $58.79 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $47.12 | $27.47 – $58.28 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $46.15 | $28.22 – $58.67 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $48.08 | $28.00 – $60.94 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $40.11 | $27.50 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $48.56 | $30.00 – $66.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $44.31 | $19.23 – $56.59 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $48.56 | $30.30 – $64.10 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $47.12 | $32.21 – $57.40 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $43.27 | $25.00 – $52.75 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $41.96 | $24.04 – $56.80 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $41.21 | $28.57 – $56.53 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | $41.96 | $24.04 – $56.80 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $41.52 | $26.46 – $59.34 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $42.74 | $31.25 – $52.88 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $48.08 | $28.00 – $59.38 | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | $48.08 | $28.00 – $59.38 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $39.42 | $24.04 – $56.41 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $40.38 | $25.96 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $39.74 | $27.47 – $54.54 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $38.46 | $24.73 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $42.60 | $25.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $42.60 | $25.00 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $36.54 | $24.04 – $49.45 | Very good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $40.15 | $26.78 – $53.83 | Very good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $39.90 | $25.00 – $54.95 | Very good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $38.46 | $24.62 – $52.75 | Very good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $39.37 | $25.50 – $50.04 | Very good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $36.54 | $24.00 – $49.03 | Very good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $38.46 | $24.62 – $52.75 | Very good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $43.75 | $28.85 – $54.95 | Very good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $43.99 | $28.46 – $54.49 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $43.27 | $28.85 – $58.04 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $44.23 | $21.98 – $51.28 | Good |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $38.46 | $28.85 – $59.32 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $38.46 | $28.85 – $51.92 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $38.46 | $25.00 – $55.49 | Good |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $38.46 | $25.00 – $55.49 | Good |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $41.84 | $27.57 – $57.42 | 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.