NOC 2021 · 43100 · TEER 3
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
Unit group 43100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants support students, and assist teachers and counsellors with teaching and non-instructional tasks. They assist in areas of personal care, teaching and behaviour management under the supervision of teachers or other child care professionals. They are employed in public and private elementary, secondary and special needs schools and treatment centres.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- child care attendant - elementary school
- classroom assistant - primary and secondary school
- educational assistant
- educational resources assistant
- homework assistant
- instructional assistant - primary and secondary school
- paraprofessional educator
- program assistant - education
- remedial education aide
- special education assistant
- special needs educational assistant
- special programs aide - education
- student support assistant
- teacher's aide
- teacher's assistant
- teacher's helper
- teaching staff assistant - primary and secondary school
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.