Job prospects Computer Graphics Technician in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "computer graphics technician" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Very limited for graphic arts technicians (NOC 52111) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Motion picture and video industries
• Computer systems design and related services
• Software publishers

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• Greater use of visuals by business operations to share information and expand market reach
• However, job prospects will be negatively impacted by budget cuts and layoffs in animation studios, film and television production, and the technology cluster, which includes the video game industry

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• In addition to other formal education, proficiency using design software such as Adobe Photoshop and Autodesk Maya are common requirements.

Here are some key facts about graphic arts technicians in Ontario:

• Approximately 2,700 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Graphic arts technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 35%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 24%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 9%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 6%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 64% of graphic arts technicians work all year, while 36% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 19% of graphic arts technicians are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 69% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 31% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 38% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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