Job prospects Home Child Care Provider in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "home child care provider" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

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.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a few 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.
High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

The Northwest Territories aims to create 300 net new childcare spaces by 2026, which should lead to job growth in this occupation.
The federal government announced in March 2025 that the Northwest Territories will receive $80M in extended child care funding to strengthen access to affordable early learning. The federal government is allocating the $80M over five years to support regulated childcare in the Northwest Territories, aiming to maintain the $10-a-day average. The funding accounts for inflation and increases the number of child care spots across the territory (Cabin Radio, March 6, 2025).
Local training is available.
The Government of Northwest Territories offers a free Early Childhood Essentials Course for early childhood educators working in licensed programs.
Diploma programs in Early Childhood Development are offered in the Northwest Territories at Aurora College and at Collège nordique francophone.
Early Learning and Child Care Scholarships are available from the Government of Northwest Territories for students enrolled in a diploma or degree program in early childhood development.
From 2021-2040, 87 job openings are forecast for home child care providers in the Northwest Territories (Government of Northwest Territories, 2023).

Here are some key facts about home child care providers in Northwest Territories:

Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Home child care providers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): more than 95%
60% of home child care providers work all year, while 40% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
63% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: less than 5% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: more than 95% compared to 48% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 10% compared to 17% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 43% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 10% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 14% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

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