NOC 2021 · 63201 · TEER 3
Butchers - retail and wholesale
Unit group 63201 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Butchers prepare standard and specialty cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. They are employed in supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops and fish stores or may be self-employed. Butchers who are supervisors or heads of departments are included in this unit group. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apprentice butcher - retail or wholesale
- butcher - butcher shop
- butcher - delicatessen
- butcher - retail or wholesale
- butcher - wholesale
- butcher apprentice
- butcher assistant
- grocery store butcher
- head butcher - retail
- head butcher - retail or wholesale
- head butcher - wholesale
- retail butcher
- supermarket butcher
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.