Job prospects Personal Care Provider - Home Care in Yukon

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "personal care provider - home care" in Yukon or Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

Note: These outlooks were updated on November 29^th, 2023. Learn more about our methodology.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Good

The employment outlook will be good for Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101) in Yukon for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Several positions will become available due to retirements.
There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations in Yukon:

Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 68%
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 28%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 71% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 28% compared to 16% for all occupations
67% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
Less than 5% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 13% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 87% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 9% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 24% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 30% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations