Job prospects Fish Plant Worker in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Fish and seafood plant workers (NOC 9463) in Ontario for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about Fish and seafood plant workers in Ontario:

• Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
• Fish and seafood plant workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 61%
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 15%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 11%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 75% compared to 79% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 25% compared to 21% for all occupations
• 48% of fish and seafood plant workers work all year, while 52% 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 29 weeks compared to 31 weeks for all occupations.
• 5% of fish and seafood plant workers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 51% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 49% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 39% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 35% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 6% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 14% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations

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