Job prospects Community Health Worker in the Toronto Region
Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Social and community service workers" in the Toronto Region or across Canada.
Current and future job prospects
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Recent trends from the past 3 years
Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a labour shortage for Social and community service workers in the Toronto Region. There were more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.
Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology
Job outlook over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in the Toronto region for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Social and community service workers in the Toronto region:
- Approximately 15,810 people work in this occupation.
- Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Nursing and residential care facilities and social assistance (NAICS 623-624): 52%
- Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 10%
- Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 9%
- Educational services (NAICS 61): 9%
- Other services (except public administration) (NAICS 81): 7%
Job prospects elsewhere in Canada
Find out what will be the job prospects for Social and community service workers across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.
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