NOC 2021 · 90011 · TEER 0
Utilities managers
Unit group 90011 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Utilities managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of utility companies or services of heating fuel distribution companies. The services provided include treatment of water and waste, distribution of water, electricity, natural gas and heating oil to residential, commercial and industrial consumers, waste disposal and waste recycling. They are employed in public and private sector utilities and in heating fuel distribution companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- cellulosic ethanol production plant manager
- compost facility manager
- compressor station manager
- director of sustainability - waste management
- director of waste management
- director of water pollution control
- distribution network director - utilities
- distribution operations manager - utilities
- distribution systems director - utilities
- division manager - petroleum distribution
- electric generating plant manager
- electric generating station manager
- electric power plant manager
- electric power services manager
- electrical power transmission operations director
- ethanol operations manager
- fuel distribution manager
- gas distribution manager
- gas supply manager
- gas supply operations manager
- geothermal power plant operations manager
- geothermal production manager
- hydro-electric power production plant director
- hydro-electric power station director
- hydroelectric power station project manager
- irrigation district manager
- landfill manager
- liquid waste facility manager
- nuclear waste manager
- petroleum distribution manager
- pipelines operations manager
- public utilities manager
- refined petroleum products distribution manager
- sanitary sewer service manager
- sewage disposal manager
- sewage plant manager
- sewage treatment plant manager
- sewage treatment system director
- solid waste processing district manager
- solid waste processing manager
- solid waste processing operations planning manager
- transmission lines manager
- transmission operations director - utilities
- waste management director
- waste water treatment system director
- water department director
- water distribution manager
- water filtration plant manager
- water pollution control director
- water supply director
- waterworks director
- waterworks manager
- waterworks superintendent
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
$61.00 an hour
Low $40.38, high $93.75
Where it pays most
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$76.02
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$72.12
- Avalon Peninsula · Newfoundland and Labrador$71.89
- Edmonton · Alberta$71.33
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$68.43
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 | $69.64 | $47.69 – $106.31 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $60.12 | $40.92 – $93.88 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $61.78 | $41.10 – $94.11 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $61.06 | $48.00 – $85.16 | Good |
| Ontario | $63.46 | $45.00 – $98.90 | Very good |
| Manitoba | $55.29 | $37.39 – $68.81 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $72.12 | $51.28 – $95.77 | Good |
| Alberta | $50.48 | $35.94 – $96.15 | Good |
| British Columbia | $58.75 | $41.77 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $52.59 | $38.13 – $89.70 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | $71.04 | $53.25 – $96.50 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 50 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 | $71.89 | $42.69 – $103.16 | Undetermined |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $57.00 | $42.95 – $86.43 | Undetermined |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $61.43 | $43.13 – $94.25 | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $62.07 | $44.58 – $97.34 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $60.54 | $41.74 – $87.97 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $67.83 | $47.11 – $110.36 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $62.09 | $42.94 – $94.93 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $63.89 | $45.19 – $91.13 | Undetermined |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $64.55 | $45.51 – $91.74 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $66.78 | $52.83 – $97.14 | Undetermined |
| Estrie | Quebec | $55.40 | $37.01 – $75.72 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $64.94 | $45.27 – $96.88 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $62.32 | $41.92 – $91.92 | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | $64.61 | $45.40 – $95.64 | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $65.00 | $46.01 – $92.93 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $61.28 | $41.33 – $88.12 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $63.13 | $45.55 – $92.02 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $66.64 | $49.97 – $97.37 | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $62.18 | $45.34 – $88.78 | Good |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $65.00 | $43.31 – $97.23 | Very good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $65.68 | $43.59 – $102.26 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $67.26 | $45.18 – $104.23 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $63.46 | $45.00 – $98.90 | Very good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $62.08 | $40.72 – $95.88 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $62.50 | $48.00 – $78.57 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $66.88 | $45.31 – $99.24 | Very good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $68.43 | $46.30 – $103.49 | Very good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $76.02 | $51.12 – $120.45 | Very good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $66.24 | $44.99 – $98.16 | Very good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $56.62 | $39.42 – $98.00 | Very good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $58.31 | $40.40 – $90.92 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $54.20 | $38.26 – $64.82 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $60.34 | $43.12 – $93.16 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $72.12 | $60.10 – $95.77 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $63.62 | $42.86 – $91.95 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $64.14 | $42.20 – $91.25 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $67.47 | $48.19 – $98.89 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $50.48 | $35.94 – $96.15 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $49.23 | $32.00 – $96.15 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $71.33 | $38.46 – $90.65 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $58.75 | $41.77 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $62.09 | $48.08 – $82.05 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $58.75 | $41.77 – $76.92 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $58.75 | $41.77 – $76.92 | 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.