Job prospects Orthoptist in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (NOC 31303) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals in Quebec:

• Approximately 500 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 72%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 17%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 70% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 30% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 68% of physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals work all year, while 32% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 39% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 33% compared to 11% for all occupations

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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