NOC 2021 · 53121 · TEER 3
Actors, comedians and circus performers
Unit group 53121 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Actors, comedians and circus performers perform roles and circus skills in circuses, motion picture, television, theatre and radio productions to entertain a variety of audiences. They are employed by motion picture, television, circuses, theatre and other production companies. This unit group includes acting teachers employed by private acting schools.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- acrobat
- acting teacher - private or studio
- actor/actress
- aerial acrobat - entertainment
- circus artist
- circus performer
- clown
- comedian
- comic
- contortionist
- diction coach
- drama actor
- drama coach
- drama teacher - private or studio
- dramatic arts teacher - private or studio
- dramatic reader
- entertainer
- equilibrist
- film dubber
- high-wire walker
- humorist - performing arts
- hypnotist
- illusionist
- impersonator
- improviser
- juggler
- mime
- mimic
- movie actor
- narrator
- performing arts extra
- reader - performing arts
- show horse rider
- slack-rope performer - entertainment
- standardized patient
- stand-in
- stand-up comedian
- story teller
- straight man
- stunt performer - film and theatre
- trapeze artist
- voice coach
- voice-over actor
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.