NOC 2021 · 75101 · TEER 5
Material handlers
Unit group 75101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Material handlers handle, move, load and unload materials by hand or using a variety of material handling equipment. They are employed by transportation, storage and moving companies, and by a variety of manufacturing and processing companies and retail and wholesale warehouses.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- ash handler
- automated storage and retrieval system operator
- automatic pallet equipment operator
- bandoleer packer - explosives manufacturing
- belt conveyor attendant
- beltman/woman
- bin attendant
- bin filler
- binman/woman
- box bander
- box filler
- boxcar loader
- bucket elevator operator
- bulk materials carrier operator
- bulk materials loader operator
- bulk materials unloader
- cement loader and sacker
- coal conveyor operator
- coal conveyor operator - surface mining
- coal dumper
- coal handler
- coal loader-unloader
- coal wheeler
- coal-moving equipment operator
- conveyor belt attendant
- conveyor belt operator (except underground mines)
- conveyor belt patroller-controller
- conveyor console operator
- conveyor operator - material handling (except underground mines)
- conveyor tender - material handling (except underground mines)
- cribber - grain elevator
- disposal worker - warehouse
- dockman/woman - truck transport
- dumper - material handling
- dumper - surface coal mining
- electric dolly operator
- electric mule operator
- electric truck operator
- explosives handler
- explosives packer
- express service handler (except air transport)
- fats and oils loader
- feed mill loader
- forklift operator
- forklift truck operator
- freight car loader
- freight car unloader
- freight handler (except air transport)
- freight loader (except air transport)
- freight unloader (except air transport)
- furniture loader-unloader
- furniture mover
- glass cut-off machine unloader
- grain conveyor operator
- grain elevator operator
- grain handler
- grain weigher
- hand bagger - material handling
- hand bundler
- hand packager
- hand sacker - material handling
- hand truck operator
- heavy materials handler
- household goods mover
- industrial truck operator
- jack lift operator
- jitney driver - material handling
- labourer - material handling
- labourer - warehousing and storage
- lift driver
- lift jack operator
- lift scoop operator
- lift truck operator
- light materials handler
- liquids loader-unloader
- loader-unloader - material handling
- lumber handler - building supplies
- lumber piler - building supplies
- lumber stocker - material handling
- lumber unloader - material handling
- malthouse worker
- material handler
- material handler - manufacturing and warehousing
- Mobilift operator
- munitions handler
- package lift operator
- packer - material handling
- pallet lift operator
- pallet loader operator
- pallet truck operator
- palletizer operator
- paper wrapper - material handling
- pick-up machine operator
- piler - material handling
- piler (except processing)
- pole distributor operator
- pole stacker operator
- power truck driver - material handling
- railway car loader
- reach truck operator
- ready-mix truck loader
- recycled paper handler
- shingle piler - material handling
- shipment assembler
- skidder - fruit packing
- stacker - material handling
- stacker operator - material handling
- stacking machine operator - material handling
- stacking machine tender - material handling
- stock helper
- stock-keeper helper
- stockpiler
- storage man/woman
- storage worker - material handling
- straddle carrier operator
- straddle truck operator
- supermarket jigger operator
- tank truck loader
- tier lift truck operator
- tipman/woman - surface coal mining
- tow motor driver (except air transport)
- truck load weigher
- truck loader
- used building materials yard attendant
- van loader
- warehouse keeper helper
- warehouse worker - material handling
- warehouseman/woman
- warehouseperson
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
$22.00 an hour
Low $16.55, high $30.29
Where it pays most
- North Coast · British Columbia$28.00
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$27.42
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$26.45
- Kootenay · British Columbia$25.95
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$25.23
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 | $19.00 | $16.00 – $31.94 | Limited |
| Prince Edward Island | $19.00 | $16.50 – $24.00 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $20.00 | $16.50 – $26.20 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $20.65 | $15.65 – $26.50 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $22.00 | $16.94 – $31.32 | Limited |
| Ontario | $21.50 | $17.60 – $29.96 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $21.12 | $16.00 – $29.69 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $15.35 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $22.00 | $16.50 – $31.95 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $22.00 | $17.85 – $33.99 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $23.66 | $18.27 – $31.92 | Limited |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $19.00 | $19.00 – $26.10 | Moderate |
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 | $20.63 | $16.00 – $32.00 | Limited |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $18.36 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $17.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $18.00 | $16.50 – $21.75 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $17.00 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $19.50 | $16.50 – $24.04 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $19.50 | $16.50 – $28.57 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $20.00 | $16.50 – $25.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $15.65 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $20.73 | $15.65 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $22.00 | $15.65 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $20.05 | $15.65 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $19.00 | $15.65 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $22.00 | $16.10 – $29.90 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $20.93 | $17.50 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $22.23 | $16.55 – $31.79 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $22.00 | $16.15 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $23.80 | $17.40 – $31.00 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $23.39 | $17.64 – $30.31 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $23.28 | $19.09 – $31.90 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.10 – $26.00 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.10 – $30.50 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $22.74 | $18.50 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $20.80 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $19.00 | $16.10 – $24.00 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $21.00 | $16.10 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $21.57 | $16.25 – $26.00 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $20.00 | $16.75 – $34.67 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $24.00 | $19.00 – $48.00 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $24.00 | $19.00 – $48.00 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $22.00 | $18.00 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $23.00 | $18.00 – $33.65 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $22.00 | $21.00 – $32.00 | Very limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $21.00 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $29.23 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.60 – $31.25 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $22.50 | $17.60 – $29.67 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.60 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $19.50 | $17.60 – $27.80 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $28.75 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.60 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $23.00 | $17.00 – $25.00 | Limited |
| South Central | Manitoba | $22.00 | $17.50 – $27.00 | Limited |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $24.00 | $17.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| North Central | Manitoba | $22.00 | $17.50 – $27.00 | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $21.00 | $16.00 – $29.97 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $21.32 | $16.75 – $28.60 | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $21.00 | $16.00 – $35.00 | Very limited |
| North | Manitoba | $21.00 | $16.00 – $35.00 | Very limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $15.50 – $27.00 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $21.00 | $15.35 – $29.33 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $20.00 | $15.35 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $22.00 | $15.35 – $33.28 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $21.00 | $15.35 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $21.00 | $15.35 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $22.00 | $15.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $25.23 | $18.35 – $39.37 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $22.00 | $17.00 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $26.45 | $17.18 – $38.63 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $24.00 | $16.25 – $55.88 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $22.00 | $17.23 – $31.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $27.42 | $20.63 – $43.62 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $22.00 | $17.85 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $22.00 | $17.85 – $33.65 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $23.00 | $17.85 – $33.00 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $25.95 | $19.59 – $38.60 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $25.00 | $17.85 – $39.00 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $28.00 | $18.75 – $41.89 | Very limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | 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 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.