Job prospects Butcher Apprentice in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale (NOC 6331) in Ontario for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale in Ontario:

• Approximately 8,200 people work in this occupation.
• Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 81%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 7%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 80% compared to 79% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 20% compared to 21% for all occupations
• 64% of butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale work all year, while 36% 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 32 weeks compared to 31 weeks for all occupations.
• 7% of butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 88% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 12% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 27% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 44% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 10% compared to 6% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% 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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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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