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
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.