NOC 2021 · 82031 · TEER 2
Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
Unit group 82031 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Nursery and greenhouse workers (85103) and Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers (85191). They are employed by landscaping companies, cemeteries, lawn care and tree service companies, nurseries and greenhouses and by landscaping operations of public works departments and private establishments. Contractors may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- cemetery foreman/woman
- country club grounds supervisor
- greenhouse foreman/woman
- greenhouse supervisor
- greenhouse worker crew chief
- grounds maintenance contractor
- grounds maintenance park supervisor
- grounds maintenance supervisor
- groundskeeper supervisor
- groundskeeping foreman/woman
- groundskeeping supervisor
- groundskeeping supervisor - cemetery
- groundsman/woman supervisor
- groundsperson supervisor - campground
- horticultural contractor
- horticulture workers supervisor
- interior plantscaping contractor
- landscape design contractor
- landscape maintenance contractor
- landscape service contractor
- landscaping contractor
- landscaping foreman/woman
- landscaping supervisor
- lawn care contractor
- lawn care service contractor
- lawn care supervisor
- lawn maintenance contractor
- lead grower - cannabis
- maintenance worker supervisor - campground
- nursery foreman/woman
- nursery supervisor
- nursery worker crew chief
- nursery worker foreman/woman
- nursery workers supervisor
- park caretaker
- park labourers supervisor
- park maintenance head
- park maintenance supervisor
- park section head - arboriculture
- plantscape maintenance contractor
- public works grounds maintenance labourer supervisor
- public works grounds maintenance worker supervisor
- section grower - cannabis
- tree removal contractor
- tree service contractor
- tree service supervisor
- weed control 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
$29.81 an hour
Low $21.00, high $41.00
Where it pays most
- Cariboo · British Columbia$33.82
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$32.00
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$30.83
- North Coast · British Columbia$30.70
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$30.62
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 | $30.32 | $19.55 – $40.26 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $26.39 | $22.51 – $34.05 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $26.50 | $20.00 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $23.00 | $20.00 – $28.85 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $28.00 | $22.00 – $40.03 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $30.00 | $21.68 – $42.00 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $27.21 | $22.50 – $38.50 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | $29.00 | $18.00 – $44.62 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $41.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $31.00 | $20.00 – $42.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $31.16 | $26.20 – $39.71 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 57 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $24.70 | $21.53 – $33.29 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $26.49 | $23.11 – $33.35 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $24.90 | $21.51 – $32.16 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $26.27 | $22.11 – $33.97 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $27.33 | $22.18 – $34.94 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $25.76 | $20.41 – $33.75 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $18.00 – $31.10 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $24.79 | $18.62 – $32.04 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $28.08 | $22.06 – $34.46 | Very limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $28.37 | $21.59 – $33.96 | Very limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $29.21 | $24.38 – $34.32 | Very limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $28.00 | $22.00 – $40.03 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $28.00 | $22.00 – $40.03 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $28.00 | $22.00 – $40.03 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $28.00 | $22.00 – $40.03 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $28.75 | $22.33 – $34.13 | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $26.93 | $20.85 – $37.15 | Very limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $30.52 | $24.47 – $37.20 | Very limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $29.10 | $21.90 – $39.85 | Very limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $26.41 | $20.57 – $36.65 | Very limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $26.91 | $22.14 – $35.72 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $28.85 | $21.00 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $28.83 | $21.63 – $38.75 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.68 – $42.00 | Very limited |
| London | Ontario | $29.00 | $22.14 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $29.71 | $22.91 – $39.64 | Very limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $27.15 | $21.88 – $34.02 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $29.07 | $23.11 – $37.65 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $28.81 | $22.43 – $38.76 | Undetermined |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $29.35 | $22.38 – $38.33 | Limited |
| South Central | Manitoba | $28.74 | $19.69 – $31.77 | Limited |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $24.93 | $18.84 – $29.79 | Limited |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $27.45 | $19.73 – $36.30 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $26.86 | $20.78 – $36.15 | Very limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $28.14 | $23.29 – $37.25 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $25.84 | $21.79 – $33.07 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $30.27 | $18.00 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $26.50 | $21.25 – $31.08 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $28.48 | $21.27 – $36.67 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $30.83 | $23.65 – $39.77 | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $29.81 | $21.00 – $38.46 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $30.62 | $24.05 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $28.77 | $21.55 – $35.97 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $30.00 | $25.00 – $32.31 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $41.00 | Limited |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $29.35 | $22.79 – $37.27 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $28.35 | $24.50 – $41.21 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $32.00 | $25.00 – $50.00 | Very limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $30.55 | $23.67 – $39.76 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $30.21 | $24.40 – $36.22 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $33.82 | $25.95 – $45.11 | Undetermined |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $30.70 | $26.68 – $38.19 | Undetermined |
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) · 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.