Job prospects Rehabilitation Teacher in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Instructors of persons with disabilities (NOC 42203) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Instructors of persons with disabilities in Ontario:

• Approximately 1,600 people work in this occupation.
• Instructors of persons with disabilities mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): 33%
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 26%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 18%
  • Other schools and instruction (NAICS 6115-6117): 7%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 81% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 19% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 51% of instructors of persons with disabilities work all year, while 49% 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 41 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of instructors of persons with disabilities are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 12% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 88% 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: 10% 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: 33% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 36% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 18% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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