Job prospects Passenger Service Attendant - Railway in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services (NOC 65210) in Ontario 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.

Here are some key facts about Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services in Ontario:

• Approximately 900 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Accommodation services (NAICS 721): 24%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 19%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 16%
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 7%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 70% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 30% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 27% of support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services work all year, while 73% 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 26 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 80% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 20% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 18% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 42% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 21% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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