NOC 2021 · 41301 · TEER 1
Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies
Unit group 41301 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies assist individuals and groups of clients to identify, understand and overcome personal problems and achieve personal objectives. They can be specialized to work on specific problems and they may practice psychotherapy. They are employed by counselling centres, social service agencies, group homes, government agencies, family therapy centres, and educational, health care and rehabilitation facilities, or they may work in private practice.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- addictions counsellor
- alcohol addiction counsellor
- art therapist
- art therapists' supervisor
- art therapy consultant
- art therapy teacher (except education)
- behavioural consultant
- behavioural therapist
- behaviourist
- bereavement counsellor
- child and family counsellor
- child and youth counsellor
- children's counsellor
- clinical counsellor
- community mental health counsellor
- counselling program supervisor
- counselling therapist
- counsellor for persons who are intellectually impaired
- couples therapist
- crisis counsellor
- dance therapist
- dance therapists' supervisor
- dance therapy researcher
- dance-movement therapist
- dance-movement therapy researcher
- disability consultant
- drama therapist
- drama therapists' supervisor
- drug addiction counsellor
- eating disorder therapist
- family counsellor
- family planning counsellor
- family therapist
- gambling addictions counsellor
- gambling addictions therapist
- grief counsellor
- group home counsellor
- human relations officer - family and children's services
- human relations officer - family therapy
- marital counsellor
- marriage and family therapist
- marriage consultant
- marriage counsellor
- marriage therapist
- mental health counsellor
- movement therapist
- music therapist
- music therapists' supervisor
- music therapy researcher
- play therapist
- preretirement counsellor
- psychoeducational consultant
- psychoeducator
- psychotherapist
- registered clinical counsellor
- registered dance therapist
- registered family therapist
- registered marriage and family therapist
- registered marriage therapist
- sex therapist
- sexologist
- special needs counsellor
- spontaneous art teacher - therapy
- welfare organization counsellor
- zootherapist
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
$34.00 an hour
Low $23.00, high $50.00
Where it pays most
- Mauricie · Quebec$43.57
- Laurentides · Quebec$43.14
- Cariboo · British Columbia$43.00
- Lanaudière · Quebec$42.89
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Quebec$42.76
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 | $31.00 | $26.00 – $43.96 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $31.50 | $20.00 – $43.34 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $30.67 | $20.00 – $43.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $32.00 | $18.90 – $48.81 | Good |
| Quebec | $38.00 | $27.30 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $33.00 | $23.00 – $48.00 | Very good |
| Manitoba | $36.00 | $24.61 – $51.37 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $37.00 | $25.00 – $53.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $38.46 | $22.45 – $54.00 | Good |
| British Columbia | $39.50 | $25.00 – $51.15 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $47.69 | $31.90 – $50.30 | Good |
| Northwest Territories | $53.15 | $28.89 – $70.12 | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $54.95 | $42.00 – $60.00 | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 70 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 | $31.33 | $20.00 – $45.00 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $31.00 | $26.00 – $38.46 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $30.67 | $25.00 – $42.55 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $30.67 | $20.00 – $43.00 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $29.46 | $21.07 – $44.00 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $30.73 | $21.59 – $43.10 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $27.35 | $18.00 – $30.77 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $32.95 | $22.03 – $48.49 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $39.97 | $25.16 – $49.25 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $42.09 | $28.40 – $54.78 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $38.00 | $27.30 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $38.00 | $27.30 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $38.00 | $27.30 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $35.00 | $25.27 – $48.00 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | $40.95 | $25.36 – $77.50 | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | $40.00 | $25.27 – $47.18 | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $42.89 | $29.78 – $57.40 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $43.14 | $28.80 – $56.97 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $38.00 | $27.30 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $42.76 | $29.21 – $56.48 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $43.57 | $27.95 – $55.08 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $42.54 | $31.09 – $57.07 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $34.01 | $29.00 – $50.50 | Very good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $33.00 | $25.00 – $43.96 | Very good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $36.39 | $26.31 – $51.50 | Very good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $34.00 | $23.00 – $48.35 | Very good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $28.48 | $23.00 – $43.96 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $27.40 | $22.00 – $45.99 | Very good |
| London | Ontario | $31.50 | $26.74 – $41.21 | Very good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $27.72 | $22.00 – $45.00 | Very good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $31.00 | $22.00 – $62.05 | Good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $32.50 | $22.00 – $48.00 | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $37.81 | $26.22 – $52.86 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $38.46 | $26.94 – $54.33 | Good |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $36.00 | $24.95 – $51.37 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $38.80 | $27.57 – $49.99 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $38.23 | $24.59 – $48.13 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $36.17 | $25.00 – $65.00 | Very good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $37.99 | $25.63 – $49.95 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $36.41 | $25.00 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $36.41 | $25.00 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $39.00 | $21.00 – $48.78 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $37.92 | $26.30 – $53.59 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $38.31 | $22.45 – $51.00 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $42.63 | $28.38 – $58.67 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $40.39 | $27.50 – $54.95 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $38.46 | $20.92 – $54.64 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $42.42 | $30.89 – $56.09 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $40.00 | $26.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $37.94 | $23.00 – $53.17 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $36.15 | $23.00 – $48.10 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $39.50 | $25.00 – $51.15 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $43.00 | $21.50 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $38.66 | $28.05 – $49.21 | Undetermined |
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) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (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.