Job prospects English Teacher - Elementary School in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Elementary school and kindergarten teachers (NOC 41221) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this occupation is modulated by changes in the number of preschool and elementary school age children and government funding. According to the Ministère de l'Éducation's forecasts, an overall drop in the number of students is anticipated in the medium term.

The roll-out of kindergarten classes for children aged four, which was not included in the projection above, would however offset the anticipated drop in preschool enrolment.

The teacher shortage continues to be a major issue in the school system. Major investments in education are planned to promote hiring, recognition of prior learning and staff retention. Nevertheless, there are numerous vacancies, forcing school service centres to resort more and more to hiring teachers who do not have a bachelor's degree and certificate in education.

The record rise in immigration should boost demand for preschool and primary school reception classes, particularly in the Greater Montréal area.

The integration of digital pedagogy should continue to develop, which will change the qualifications required of the staff in terms of technical and pedagogical skills.

While the employment outlook is good for this occupation at the provincial level, it will be moderate or very good in six regions.

Here are some key facts about Elementary school and kindergarten teachers in Quebec:

• Approximately 77,050 people work in this occupation.
• Elementary school and kindergarten teachers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 87% of elementary school and kindergarten teachers work all year, while 13% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 6% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 76% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 16% compared to 11% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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