NOC 2021 · 72320 · TEER 2
Bricklayers
Unit group 72320 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Bricklayers lay bricks, concrete blocks, stone and other similar materials to construct or repair walls, arches, chimneys, fireplaces and other structures in accordance with blueprints and specifications. They are employed by construction companies and bricklaying contractors or they may be self-employed. 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 bricklayer
- apprentice brickmason
- apprentice mason
- artificial stone mason
- artificial stone setter
- brick and stone mason
- brick chimney builder
- brick setter
- bricklayer
- brickmason
- chimney bricklayer
- chimney repair bricklayer
- chimney repair stonemason
- cinder block mason
- cinder block setter
- concrete block setter
- fire brick layer
- fire brick liner repairer
- fireplace brickmason
- furnace lining bricklayer
- industrial furnace bricklayer
- industrial furnace brickmason
- industrial oven brickmason
- journeyman/woman bricklayer
- journeyman/woman brickmason
- journeyman/woman mason
- journeyman/woman stonemason
- kiln repair bricklayer
- ladle repair bricklayer
- maintenance bricklayer
- masonry silo erector
- permastone installer
- permastone mason
- refractory brick repairer-mason
- refractory bricklayer
- refractory builder
- refractory mason
- residential construction bricklayer
- restoration stonemason
- simulated stone mason
- simulated stone setter
- smokestack bricklayer
- stone setter
- stonecutter
- stonemason
- terra cotta mason
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
$40.00 an hour
Low $25.78, high $48.78
Where it pays most
- Toronto · Ontario$44.32
- Edmonton · Alberta$43.34
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$42.97
- Chaudière-Appalaches · Quebec$42.97
- Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean · Quebec$42.97
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 | $38.50 | $25.00 – $52.47 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $22.50 – $36.63 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $32.00 | $21.00 – $48.31 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $40.89 | $26.31 – $43.85 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $38.00 | $25.00 – $50.83 | Good |
| Manitoba | $38.88 | $25.41 – $44.20 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $36.30 | $25.45 – $42.67 | Undetermined |
| Alberta | $41.85 | $28.00 – $54.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $38.00 | $27.50 – $50.00 | Very 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 34 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 | $39.00 | $22.50 – $52.47 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $30.12 | $23.46 – $36.00 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $42.97 | $30.70 – $43.85 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $42.97 | $35.79 – $43.85 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $42.00 | $29.52 – $43.85 | Very limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $42.00 | $34.76 – $43.85 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $40.70 | $26.31 – $43.85 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $36.52 | $25.00 – $43.00 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $39.95 | $25.78 – $43.85 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $42.00 | $27.48 – $43.85 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $42.00 | $30.08 – $43.85 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $39.00 | $25.98 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $40.00 | $25.00 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $42.97 | $28.33 – $45.56 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $33.62 | $23.11 – $47.65 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $33.00 | $23.48 – $48.42 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $38.00 | $26.00 – $50.83 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $44.32 | $26.00 – $50.83 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $38.00 | $25.00 – $50.83 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $35.00 | $25.00 – $48.97 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $35.00 | $24.56 – $50.94 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $35.58 | $23.00 – $47.80 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $32.00 | $23.00 – $47.62 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $33.00 | $22.19 – $46.32 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $39.62 | $25.51 – $44.20 | Limited |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $38.50 | $26.00 – $54.00 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $43.34 | $32.30 – $54.00 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $36.00 | $25.10 – $50.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $38.00 | $30.00 – $49.51 | Very 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.