Job prospects Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.) near Charlottetown (PE)

Over the past few years (2020-2022), there was a major labour shortage for Licensed practical nurses near Charlottetown (PE). There were far 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 Licensed practical nurses (NOC 32101) in Prince Edward Island for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

The prospect for employment in this occupation is very good as there continues to be a shortage of workers and a considerable number of vacancies throughout the province. The demand for nurses will remain strong over the forecast period as there will be a need to replace workers who retire. An incentive for resident graduates from the Licensed Practical Nursing program is that their tuition may be fully subsidized by the province subject to completing a work term in P.E.I.. New entrants to nursing should not have too much trouble finding work.

The demand for workers in this occupation will depend on growing health care needs driven by the aging population, growth in immigration, and government health care priorities. Demand for these workers could increase as efforts are made to increase the capacity of long-term care homes, and leverage retirement homes and supportive housing providers to reduce hospital stays. Nursing shortages have limited the ability of some long-term care facilities in the province to operate at full capacity, particularly in rural areas. Stronger demand may occur in nursing homes and within community health care centres that provide ongoing patient care.

Here are some key facts about Licensed practical nurses in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 550 people work in this occupation.
• Licensed practical nurses mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 64%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 28%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 70% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 30% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 65% of licensed practical nurses work all year, while 35% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of licensed practical nurses are self-employed compared to an average of 13% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 77% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology