NOC 2021 · 72102 · TEER 2
Sheet metal workers
Unit group 72102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Sheet metal workers fabricate, assemble, install and repair sheet metal products. They are employed by sheet metal fabrication shops, sheet metal products manufacturing companies, sheet metal work contractors and various industrial sectors. 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.
- aircraft layout man/woman sheet metal
- apprentice sheet metal worker
- apprentice tinsmith
- construction sheet metal worker
- coppersmith
- custom sheet metal fabricator
- fitter - sheet metal working
- high rise sheet metal installer
- industrial sheet metal worker
- journeyman/woman sheet metal worker
- maintenance sheet metal worker
- metal furniture model maker
- metal furniture patternmaker
- plant tinsmith
- precision sheet metal fabricator
- precision sheet metal mechanic
- precision sheet metal worker
- residential (low rise) sheet metal installer
- sheet metal fabricator
- sheet metal installer
- sheet metal lay-out worker
- sheet metal mechanic
- sheet metal mechanic apprentice
- sheet metal mechanic bench hand
- sheet metal model maker
- sheet metal patternmaker
- sheet metal roofer
- sheet metal work erector
- sheet metal worker
- sheet metal worker - manufacturing
- sheet metal worker - specialty manufacturing
- tinsmith
- tinsmith - sheet metal work
- tinsmith roofer
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
$34.07 an hour
Low $22.70, high $45.95
Where it pays most
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$43.00
- Centre-du-Québec · Quebec$42.00
- Mauricie · Quebec$42.00
- Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean · Quebec$42.00
- Lanaudière · Quebec$41.00
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 | $34.75 | $24.50 – $45.25 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $29.00 | $19.50 – $38.32 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $27.30 | $20.00 – $35.73 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $40.00 | $25.50 – $44.79 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $35.00 | $22.94 – $48.17 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $29.50 | $20.00 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $29.50 | $19.74 – $44.66 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $30.00 | $20.00 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $32.16 | $23.14 – $45.60 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 46 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 | $34.75 | $24.00 – $44.52 | Limited |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $32.50 | $20.76 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $28.08 | $19.50 – $38.10 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $27.88 | $22.00 – $34.00 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $26.00 | $18.75 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $38.00 | $23.00 – $44.79 | Very limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $43.00 | $25.20 – $45.00 | Very limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $40.00 | $25.50 – $44.79 | Very limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $35.00 | $25.00 – $44.79 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $42.00 | $25.81 – $44.79 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $40.76 | $26.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $35.00 | $24.90 – $44.00 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $35.70 | $25.81 – $44.79 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $41.00 | $25.88 – $44.79 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $41.00 | $26.00 – $45.00 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $39.00 | $26.00 – $47.00 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $42.00 | $25.00 – $44.79 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $42.00 | $24.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $33.39 | $22.00 – $47.74 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $35.00 | $20.00 – $48.51 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $38.03 | $24.00 – $50.00 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $35.40 | $24.20 – $48.17 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $36.10 | $23.27 – $48.34 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $35.00 | $22.50 – $48.27 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $30.00 | $20.83 – $47.77 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $31.05 | $21.06 – $48.00 | Very limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.55 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $34.67 | $23.00 – $48.00 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $40.25 | $24.17 – $49.76 | Very limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $28.17 | $20.70 – $41.10 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $28.33 | $19.62 – $41.70 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $27.00 | $19.51 – $43.00 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $30.00 | $20.00 – $44.66 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $29.70 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $30.75 | $20.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $30.00 | $24.00 – $42.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $32.17 | $22.98 – $45.95 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $32.00 | $23.00 – $43.00 | 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 Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
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.