Job prospects Civil Environmental Engineer 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 Civil engineers (NOC 21300) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• 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 outlook for this occupational group is closely related to the construction industry, especially major infrastructure projects.

Governments, with their major infrastructure projects, such as the construction of seniors' homes, school renovations or public transit infrastructure work, including bridge, road and tunnel maintenance and repairs, should help this occupational group remain stable.

Various government initiatives, such as Canada's Housing Plan and the Federal Budget 2024, which are designed to address the housing shortage, will help maintain jobs in the rental and residential housing construction sector.

Here are some key facts about Civil engineers in Quebec:

• Approximately 14,500 people work in this occupation.
• Civil engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 45%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 21%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 6%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 5%
• 79% of civil engineers work all year, while 21% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of civil engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 78% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 22% 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: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 62% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 32% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology