NOC 2021 · 72021 · TEER 2
Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
Unit group 72021 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Contractors and supervisors of heavy equipment operator crews supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Crane operators (72500), Water well drillers (72501), Heavy equipment operators (73400), Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction (73402), Railway yard and track maintenance workers (74200), Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers (74205), Longshore workers (75100), Material handlers (75101), and Public works and maintenance labourers (75212). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions. Contractors may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- airport road paving foreman/woman
- airport runways road foreman/woman
- asphalt paving foreman/woman
- asphalt paving labour gang foreman/woman
- blasters foreman/woman - construction
- bridge and highway construction gang foreman/woman
- bridge construction foreman/woman
- building mover contractor
- building movers foreman/woman
- building moving foreman/woman
- building wrecking contractor
- building wrecking foreman/woman
- cargo handling supervisor
- concrete paving foreman/woman
- concrete-laying gang foreman/woman
- concrete-paving labour gang foreman/woman
- construction gang foreman/woman
- construction site foreman/woman
- crane crew foreman/woman
- demolition contractor
- demolition foreman/woman
- ditching foreman/woman
- dock foreman/woman - marine cargo
- dredgemaster - construction
- dredging equipment operators foreman/woman
- dredging foreman/woman
- drilling and blasting foreman/woman - construction
- dynamiters foreman/woman - construction
- dynamiting foreman/woman - construction
- excavating and grading labour foreman/woman
- excavating contractor
- excavating equipment operators foreman/woman
- excavating, grading and paving foreman/woman
- excavating, grading and related work foreman/woman
- excavations superintendent
- excavator foreman/woman
- foreman/woman, railway maintenance-of-way
- freight handling foreman/woman
- freight loading foreman/woman
- freight terminal foreman/woman
- general construction foreman/woman
- general construction supervisor
- grading equipment operators foreman/woman
- heavy construction crew foreman/woman
- heavy construction labourers foreman/woman
- heavy equipment operators supervisor
- heavy-duty equipment operators foreman/woman
- highway and bridge maintenance road boss
- highway construction boss
- highway construction foreman/woman
- highway maintenance foreman/woman
- house mover contractor
- house moving foreman/woman
- labourers and other elemental workers foreman/woman - construction
- loading and moving foreman/woman - construction
- loading dock foreman/woman
- logging road construction foreman/woman
- logging road construction supervisor
- longshore worker superintendent
- longshore workers foreman/woman
- longshoremen/women, stevedores and freight handlers foreman/woman
- maintenance-of-way foreman/woman
- oil field construction foreman/woman
- oil field construction supervisor
- pavers and surfacers foreman/woman
- paving contractor
- paving foreman/woman
- paving gang road boss
- paving, surfacing and related work foreman/woman
- pier foreman/woman
- pipe laying contractor
- pipeline construction supervisor
- pipeline installation supervisor
- pipelines construction foreman/woman
- public works maintenance equipment operators supervisor
- public works road maintenance labourer supervisor
- railway construction and maintenance superintendent
- railway gang foreman/woman
- railway section foreman/woman
- railway track laying foreman/woman
- railway track maintenance foreman/woman
- railway track section boss
- railwaymen/women foreman/woman
- road construction boss
- road construction foreman/woman
- road gang foreman/woman
- road maintenance foreman/woman
- roadmaster - railway
- runway paving foreman/woman
- sewer construction foreman/woman
- sewer installation foreman/woman
- shed foreman/woman - construction
- stevedores foreman/woman
- stevedoring foreman/woman
- storage foreman/woman
- streetcar track foreman/woman
- strip mine blasting foreman/woman
- supervisor of public works road maintenance workers
- surface mine blasting foreman/woman
- tarmac paving foreman/woman
- track boss - railway
- track foreman/woman - railway
- water well drilling contractor
- water well drilling foreman/woman
- water well drilling supervisor
- waterworks construction foreman/woman
- well digging contractor
- well digging supervisor
- well drilling contractor
- well drilling supervisor
- wrecking crew foreman/woman
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$38.46 an hour
Low $26.92, high $55.00
Where it pays most
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$49.54
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$43.25
- Kootenay · British Columbia$43.22
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$43.00
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$43.00
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.97 | $19.23 – $46.15 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $25.00 | $19.00 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $30.77 | $22.00 – $43.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $31.00 | $22.50 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $38.70 | $29.00 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $40.00 | $27.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $33.00 | $26.40 – $53.85 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $34.00 | $24.04 – $52.88 | Good |
| Alberta | $39.50 | $27.05 – $58.73 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $41.79 | $30.00 – $62.35 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $45.70 | $28.52 – $59.35 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $48.67 | $32.56 – $63.64 | Good |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 72 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $29.97 | $19.23 – $46.15 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $31.25 | $18.00 – $46.37 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $30.16 | $19.80 – $47.40 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $30.77 | $22.00 – $43.00 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $27.97 | $22.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $30.77 | $22.00 – $43.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $31.00 | $25.00 – $43.75 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $31.00 | $22.50 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $31.00 | $22.50 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $39.15 | $27.62 – $45.57 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $37.95 | $25.75 – $47.16 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $39.91 | $27.47 – $51.80 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $39.27 | $26.92 – $48.54 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $39.00 | $27.33 – $54.54 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $38.86 | $26.97 – $52.58 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $40.00 | $30.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $39.81 | $26.45 – $49.12 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $38.53 | $27.63 – $50.31 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $39.62 | $27.83 – $54.46 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $41.33 | $35.00 – $55.70 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $40.33 | $28.53 – $52.68 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $38.94 | $26.80 – $49.36 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $37.50 | $30.00 – $60.00 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $37.02 | $30.00 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $39.34 | $28.32 – $49.21 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $41.03 | $28.95 – $53.85 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $42.25 | $26.92 – $55.71 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $41.08 | $28.70 – $54.94 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $42.00 | $29.00 – $64.90 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $34.50 | $27.88 – $57.69 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $40.29 | $28.99 – $52.71 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $38.38 | $28.05 – $51.98 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $34.60 | $27.00 – $53.00 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $38.00 | $31.00 – $50.19 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $32.00 | $23.00 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $33.00 | $26.40 – $53.85 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $35.00 | $28.50 – $85.71 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $35.00 | $29.00 – $45.67 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $35.00 | $24.75 – $62.50 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $34.00 | $24.04 – $52.88 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $33.65 | $24.04 – $59.62 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $32.00 | $24.00 – $49.04 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $35.00 | $31.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $35.00 | $31.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $37.31 | $27.05 – $56.25 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $39.50 | $27.05 – $58.73 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $38.46 | $23.50 – $58.73 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $43.00 | $30.00 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $40.83 | $27.50 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $40.00 | $32.00 – $52.88 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $43.00 | $30.00 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $49.54 | $33.75 – $73.55 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $43.25 | $30.00 – $49.00 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $41.00 | $31.00 – $57.69 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $41.79 | $30.00 – $62.35 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $43.22 | $29.69 – $61.93 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $38.00 | $30.00 – $45.90 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $40.00 | $35.60 – $65.00 | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $40.00 | $35.60 – $65.00 | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $41.92 | $34.00 – $55.29 | Limited |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. 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.