NOC 2021 · 53110 · TEER 3
Photographers
Unit group 53110 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Photographers operate still cameras to photograph people, events, scenes, materials, products and other subjects. They are employed by photographic studios, newspapers, magazines, museums and government, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aerial photographer
- chief photographer
- commercial photographer
- evidence photographer - forensic
- fashion photographer
- finish photographer
- forensic photographer
- industrial photographer
- medical photographer
- multimedia photographer
- multimedia picture illustrator
- news photographer
- photographer
- photography supervisor
- photojournalist
- photomicrographer
- police photographer
- portrait photographer
- racetrack finish photographer
- retoucher - photography
- scientific photographer
- still photographer
- street photographer
- wildlife photographer
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.