Job prospects Nurse Practitioner in the Calgary Region

Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a labour shortage for Allied primary health practitioners in the Calgary Region. There were more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Assessment Methodology

The employment outlook will be very good for Nurse practitioners (NOC 31302) in the Calgary region for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Increasing Albertans’ access to nurse practitioners and midwives is a key objective under the Alberta Ministry of Health’s 2020 – 2023 business plan. To help meet the objective, there is $243M of primary care network funding, including $3M allocated to increase the number of nurse practitioners working in primary care networks.

Here are some key facts about Nurse practitioners in the Calgary region:

• Approximately 180 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Nurse practitioners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 94%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities and social assistance (NAICS 623-624): 6%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology