NOC 2021 · 41406 · TEER 1
Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers
Unit group 41406 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Policy researchers, consultants and program officers in recreation, sports and fitness oversee and administer recreation, sports and fitness programs and activities, provide consulting services, conduct research and develop programs and policies related to recreation, sports and physical fitness. They are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments, recreation, sports, fitness and health care facilities, retirement homes, community centres, sports and fitness consulting firms and organizations, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aquatic program coordinator
- arts and crafts programs coordinator
- community recreation and leisure consultant
- community recreation and leisure counsellor
- community recreation coordinator
- community recreational and leisure programs consultant
- community recreational and leisure programs counsellor
- employee fitness consultant
- employee fitness counsellor
- fitness analyst
- fitness consultant
- fitness coordinator
- fitness policy analyst
- fitness program consultant
- fitness programs supervisor
- geriatric activities coordinator
- geriatric recreational and leisure activities consultant
- geriatric recreational and leisure activities coordinator
- geriatric recreational and leisure activities counsellor
- leisure activities consultant
- leisure activities counsellor
- leisure activities program coordinator
- leisure analyst
- leisure consultant
- leisure coordinator
- leisure counsellor
- leisure policy analyst
- leisure program coordinator
- leisure services coordinator
- nautical activities coordinator
- nautical programs coordinator
- pool activities coordinator
- program supervisor - sports and leisure
- recreation analyst
- recreation and leisure programs supervisor
- recreation and leisure supervisor
- recreation consultant
- recreation coordinator
- recreation counsellor
- recreation policy analyst
- recreation programmer
- recreation services coordinator
- recreation supervisor
- recreation, sports or fitness policy analyst
- recreational activities consultant
- recreational activities coordinator
- recreational activities counsellor
- recreational activities program coordinator
- recreational programs coordinator
- recreationist - geriatrics
- recreologist
- sports activities coordinator
- sports analyst
- sports and leisure consultant
- sports and leisure counsellor
- sports and recreation consultant
- sports and recreation counsellor
- sports consultant
- sports coordinator
- sports counsellor
- sports policy analyst
- sports program coordinator - sports and recreation
- sports program supervisor
- sports programs coordinator
- sports projects officer
- sports supervisor
- sports, recreation and leisure supervisor
- sports, recreational and leisure programs supervisor
- teen club programs coordinator
- youth recreational and leisure activities consultant
- youth recreational and leisure activities counsellor
- youth recreational and leisure activities program coordinator
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
$31.00 an hour
Low $21.00, high $47.80
Where it pays most
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$35.42
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$35.40
- Northwest · Ontario$34.98
- Calgary · Alberta$34.62
- Toronto · Ontario$34.00
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 | $29.67 | $18.28 – $47.42 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $35.39 | $29.79 – $43.76 | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $29.67 | $18.28 – $47.42 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $30.14 | $19.95 – $33.26 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $31.00 | $21.00 – $47.80 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $33.00 | $20.00 – $54.87 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $25.42 | $20.00 – $34.11 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $24.90 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $32.05 | $24.68 – $68.13 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $31.49 | $22.84 – $48.08 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $36.14 | $27.15 – $53.39 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | $48.28 | $30.34 – $61.63 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 45 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 | $31.28 | $26.69 – $43.04 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $28.03 | $21.12 – $41.06 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $31.36 | $23.91 – $42.17 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $31.32 | $23.53 – $41.67 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $31.35 | $24.20 – $41.59 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $31.54 | $23.71 – $44.24 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $27.49 | $21.12 – $38.49 | Undetermined |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $31.63 | $23.03 – $44.28 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $31.00 | $21.00 – $47.80 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $31.00 | $21.00 – $47.80 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $31.00 | $21.00 – $47.80 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $31.00 | $21.00 – $47.80 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $33.00 | $20.00 – $54.87 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $29.25 | $22.70 – $43.77 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $34.00 | $20.00 – $56.04 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $33.00 | $20.00 – $54.87 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $33.74 | $23.63 – $46.08 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $33.87 | $24.16 – $47.61 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $35.42 | $24.83 – $52.77 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $35.40 | $25.78 – $53.86 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | Ontario | $33.49 | $23.84 – $52.30 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $34.98 | $24.99 – $48.02 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $25.42 | $20.00 – $34.11 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $24.90 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $24.90 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $33.04 | $23.98 – $45.97 | Undetermined |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $33.11 | $24.86 – $43.21 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $34.62 | $25.67 – $49.98 | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $32.39 | $23.29 – $46.84 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $32.05 | $24.68 – $68.13 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $31.49 | $22.84 – $48.08 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $31.49 | $22.84 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | 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.