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Posted on December 14 2022

Canada Job trends - Health Care Aide, 2023-24

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By  Editor
Updated February 24 2024

Why work in Canada as a Health Care Aide?

  • Canada has more than 1 million job vacancies
  • Average salary for a Health Care Aide in Canada is CAD 40,320 per year
  • Yukon gives the highest pay of CAD 59,520 for a Health Care Aide
  • Québec, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario, and Manitoba have the highest number of openings
  • Health Care Aide can migrate to Canada through 11 different pathways

 

*Check your eligibility to migrate to Canada through the Y-Axis Canada Immigration Points Calculator.

 

About Canada

As Canadian citizens are on the verge of age of retirement, the country is in need of foreign workers. Immigrants will get a lot of career opportunities as almost every sector that are facing the challenge of shortage of workers. Preference will be given to overseas skilled workers especially those who have obtained a degree from a university, college, or other educational institutions. Canada is the most educated country according to the World Population Review. Candidates can apply for a work visa through the Express Entry or Provincial Nominee Program.

 

Canada has planned to invite 500,000 immigrants till 2025. A new Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025 has been devised. The plan consists of the number of immigrants to be invited in this period and details can be found in the table below:

 

Immigration Class

2023 2024 2025

Economic

266,210 281,135 301,250

Family

106,500 114,000 118,000

Refugee

76,305 76,115

72,750

Humanitarian 15,985 13,750

8000

Total 465,000 485,000

500,000

 

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Job trends in Canada, 2023

The unemployment rate in Canada has gone down to 5.1 percent while wages are increasing. Canada has more than one million job vacancies and “We’re hiring!" sign can be seen in all the sectors. Job vacancies in some of the sectors can be found in the following table:

 

Sector

Job Vacancies

Healthcare and social assistance

143,400

Accommodation and food services

161,000
Retail trade

99,200

Manufacturing

86,800

Construction

84,600

Transportation and warehousing

51,100

 

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Health Care Aide, TEER code

The TEER code for a Health Care Aide is 33102. Healthcare Aides help the physicians and other hospital staff to take care of patients. The Health Care Aide can get employment in hospitals, assisted care facilities, nursing homes, and other establishments. Medical care attendants can get a job in private ambulance services, urgent care centers, and other health facilities.

 

The job duties done by a Health Care Aide are as follows:

  • Answering call signals
  • Supplying and emptying bedpans
  • Grooming, bathing, and dressing patients
  • Assisting patients with meal selection
  • Measuring pulse rate, blood pressure, and temperature
  • Taking patients from one place to another on a wheel chair
  • Transferring messages and reports between different departments
  • Maintaining inventory supply

 

Prevailing wages of Health Care Aide in Canada

The average salary that a Health Care Aide earns in Canada is CAD 40,320. The table below displays the details of salaries that a Health Care Aide gets in different provinces of Canada:

 

Community/Area

Median salary per year (CAD)

Canada

40,320
Alberta

42,240

British Columbia

46,080
Manitoba

37,056

New Brunswick

32,640
Newfoundland and Labrador

33,254.4

Northwest Territories

72,268.8
Nova Scotia

35,884.8

Ontario

40,320

Prince Edward Island

39,840

Quebec

40,185.6

Saskatchewan

44,160

Yukon Territory

59,520

 

Eligibility criteria for Health Care Aide

  • Secondary education along with on-the-job training program or a nursing aide or healthcare aide college program or a college nursing orderly program along with practical training is needed to work as a Health Care Aide in Canada
  • Specialized courses are needed for some healthcare facilities which include first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR, food handling, etc.

Health Care Aide - Number of vacancies in Canada

The number of jobs available for a Health Care Aide is 811. The number of job vacancies in different provinces can be found in the table below:

Location

Available jobs

Canada

811
Québec

289

Saskatchewan

130

British Columbia

121

Ontario

101
Manitoba

51

Alberta

48

Nova Scotia

43

New Brunswick

12
Newfoundland and Labrador

11

Prince Edward Island

5

 

*Note: The number of job vacancies may differ. This is given as per the information on October 2022.

 

Job prospects for Health Care Aide in Canada

Job prospects in the next three years for Health Care Aide can be found in the table below:

Location

Job prospects

Alberta

Good
British Columbia

Good

Manitoba

Very good

New Brunswick

Good

Newfoundland and Labrador

Good
Northwest Territories

Very good

Nova Scotia

Very good

Nunavut

Good

Ontario

Good
Prince Edward Island

Very good

Quebec

Good
Saskatchewan

Very good

Yukon Territory

Good

How can a Health Care Aide to Canada?

There are 11 pathways which a Health Care Aide can use to migrate to Canada. These pathways are listed below:

How can Y-Axis helps a Health Care Aide to immigrate to Canada?

A Health Care Aide can avail of the below services to migrate to Canada:

 

Willing to migrate to Canada? Talk to Y-Axis, the world’s no. 1 overseas immigration consultant.

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