NOC 2021 · 42200 · TEER 2
Paralegals and related occupations
Unit group 42200 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Paralegals prepare legal documents and conduct research to assist lawyers or other professionals. Independent paralegals provide legal services to the public as allowed by government legislation, or provide paralegal services on contract to law firms or other establishments. Justices of the peace administer oaths, issue subpoenas, summonses and warrants and perform other court-related duties such as conducting bail hearings. Notaries public administer oaths, take affidavits, sign legal documents and perform other activities according to the scope of their practice. Trademark agents advise clients on intellectual property matters. Paralegals are employed by law firms, by record search companies and in legal departments throughout the public and private sectors. Independent paralegals are usually self-employed. Justices of the peace are employed by federal, provincial, municipal, and territorial courts. Notaries public are employed by government and in the public and private sectors or they may be self-employed. Trademark agents are employed by law firms and legal departments throughout the public and private sectors, trademark development and search firms or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- abstractor
- brief writer - law
- British Columbia notary public
- citizenship judge
- clerk of probate
- collection paralegal
- commercial law clerk
- commercial law paralegal
- commissioner of affidavits
- commissioner of marriages
- contract clerk - law
- conveyance clerk
- copyright agent
- corporate law and litigation clerk
- corporate law clerk
- corporate paralegal
- corporate securities law clerk
- corporation paralegal
- court and tribunal agent
- criminal law clerk
- criminal law paralegal
- family law clerk
- family law paralegal
- foreclosure clerk
- foreclosure paralegal
- independent paralegal
- insurance law clerk
- insurance paralegal
- judicial officer
- judicial officer - courts
- justice of the peace
- justice of the peace magistrate
- labour law clerk
- labour law paralegal
- land registrar
- land titles clerk
- land titles examiner
- law clerk
- law clerk to judge
- lay notary public
- lease and title clerk
- legal researcher
- legal services officer - courts
- legal technician
- litigation law clerk
- litigation paralegal
- mortgage and real estate paralegal
- notary public
- notary public (British Columbia)
- notary public (outside Quebec)
- notary public clerk
- oil and gas property paralegal
- oil and gas rights law clerk
- oil and gas rights paralegal
- paralegal
- presiding justice of the peace
- property paralegal
- prothonotary
- Queen's Bench registrar
- real estate law clerk
- real estate paralegal
- registered trademark agent
- registrar of bankruptcy
- registrar of deeds
- registrar of probate
- registrar of wills
- registry officer - marriages
- tax law clerk
- tax paralegal
- title and lease clerk
- title examiner
- title searcher
- trademark agent
- transfer-of-title clerk
- wills and estates law clerk
- wills and estates paralegal
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. 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.