Posted on December 06 2022

Canada Job trends of Civil Engineer, 2023-24

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated February 21 2024

Why work in Canada as a Civil Engineer?

1 million job vacancies in Canada in 23 sectors
8% employment growth is expected till 2030
A Civil Engineer can earn up to CAD 86,500 per annum
4 provinces have a high demand for Civil Engineers
For the next 9 years, Canada has a huge requirement for Civil Engineers
12 pathways are available for civil engineers' immigration to Canada

About Canada

Canada updating its immigration targets based on the requirement of the workforce market. Canada has planned to invite many immigrants every year. According to the Canada 2023-2025 immigration plan, Canada aims to invite 1.5 million newcomers by 2025 as shown in the table below:

Year	Immigration Levels Plan
2023	465,000 permanent residents
2024	485,000 permanent residents
2025	500,000 permanent residents

Job trends in Canada, 2023

Canadian businesses are facing difficulties in finding employees for vacant jobs. Approximately 40% of businesses in Canada have shortages in the workforce. Due to this, the scope of employment is more. Employment is increased in September 2022 for both full-time and part-time. The unemployment rate in Canada declined by 0.2% and has reached its highest of 5.7%. As there are no Canadian citizens or Permanent residents to fill in these unoccupied jobs, Canada’s only choice is to get immigrants for these jobs. Many provinces of Canada have been reporting increased job vacancies in the second quarter of 2022. The following table shows the percentage of increased job vacancies and the name of the province.

Canadian Province	Increase in percentage of job vacancies
Ontario	6.6
Nova Scotia	6
British Columbia	5.6
Manitoba	5.2
Alberta	4.4
Quebec	2.4

The average hourly wages for almost all sectors maximized by 5.3% by the second quarter of 2021.

Civil Engineer, NOC Code (TEER code)

A civil engineer's job includes planning, designing, developing, and managing construction projects or repairing buildings, powerhouses, earth structures, roads, airports, railways, bridges, tunnels, dams, canals, ports, rapid transit facilities, and coastal installations & systems that are related to highway and transportation services, sanitation and water distribution. The civil engineer also specialized in foundation analysis, surveying, municipal planning, geomatics, and building and structural inspection. Civil engineers get employment in all levels of government, engineering consulting companies, construction firms, and many other industries, or even can be self-employed. The latest NOC 2021 code and TEER category for Civil engineers is 21300. The NOC 2016 code for a civil engineer is 2131 and its TEER category is 1.

Roles and responsibilities of Civil engineer

Must coordinate with members of an engineering team, and clients and manage clients to conduct research and determine and decide the project requirements.
Planning and designing major civil projects like roads, bridges, buildings, dams, structural steel fabrications, and water & waste management systems.
Have to develop specifications and procedures for construction. Filed services for civil services must be conducted actively.
Evaluate and suggest appropriate materials for building and construction.
Interpret, analyse and approve the surveys and civil designs work.
Must ensure construction plans that meet specifications and guidelines of the building codes and other regulations.
Set up and monitor construction-related work schedules.
Conduct feasibility studies, environmental impact studies, economic analyses, municipal and regional traffic studies, or other investigations.
Conduct analysis of survey technically and topographic developmental field data, soil, hydrological or other information, and prepare reports.
Must act as a project supervisor or the site supervisor for construction work or land survey.
Have to prepare contract-related documents, and review & assess the construction project for tenders.
Supervise, review and approve the cost estimations and calculations made by technologists, technicians, and other engineers.

Prevailing wages of Civil Engineers in Canada

Based on the latest trends and figures, civil engineers working in Calgary, Alberta earn higher wages than any civil engineer working in other provinces. The average hourly wages that a civil engineer get is 45.00 per hour. The next province that pays good wages to civil engineers is Saskatchewan (44.71 per hour) and then Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador pay an average wage of 43.49 per hour. Most of the provinces provide flexibility to work for civil engineers by paying high wages. The table mentioned below shows the average wages per annum along with the provinces or areas.

Province / Area	Average Wages per annum
Canada	79,104
Alberta	86,400
British Columbia	80,313.60
Manitoba	81,369.60
New Brunswick	71,884.80
Newfoundland and Labrador	83,692.80
Nova Scotia	72,000
Ontario	75,225.60
Prince Edward Island	61,036.80
Quebec	83,500.80
Saskatchewan	85,843.20

Eligibility criteria for Civil Engineer

Graduation or a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or any related discipline in engineering is required.
Doctorate or a Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline.
Licensed by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is needed to get the approval of engineering drawings and reports to practice as a P.Eng. (Professional Engineer).
Engineers are considered eligible for registration that follows graduation from an accredited educational program after 3 or 4 years of supervised work experience in an engineering field and after passing a professional practice examination.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is offered by the CGBC (Canada Green Building Council) as some employers ask for it.

Location	Job title	Regulation	Regulatory body
Alberta	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
British Columbia	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
Manitoba	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Engineers Geoscientists of Manitoba
New Brunswick	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
Nova Scotia	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia
Nunavut	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
Ontario	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Professional Engineers Ontario
Prince Edward Island	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island
Québec	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
Saskatchewan	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
Yukon	Civil Engineer	Regulated	Engineers of Yukon

Civil Engineer - Number of vacancies in Canada

Across all the provinces and territories of Canada has 231 vacancies for Civil Engineers. The table mentioned below shows the list of vacancies in detail for the provinces and territories.

Location	Available jobs
Alberta	17
British Columbia	42
Canada	231
Manitoba	2
New Brunswick	12
Newfoundland and Labrador	2
Nova Scotia	11
Ontario	30
Québec	108
Saskatchewan	5

*Note: The number of job vacancies may differ. This is given as per the information on October 2022. Civil Engineers have various prospects based on their work. Following is the list of titles that come under this occupation.

Bridge Engineer
Civil Engineer
Project Engineer, Construction
Environmental Engineer
Municipal Engineer
Structural Engineer
Surveying Engineer
Geodetic Engineer
Highway Engineer
Hydraulics Engineer
Sanitation Engineer
Public Works Engineer
Traffic Engineer
Transportation Engineer
Water Management Engineer
Construction Engineer
Geomatics Engineer

The Civil Engineers' opportunities for the next 3 years in the provinces and the territories are listed in the following table.

Location	Job prospects
Alberta	Good
British Columbia	Good
Manitoba	Good
New Brunswick	Good
Newfoundland and Labrador	Fair
Northwest Territories	Fair
Nova Scotia	Fair
Ontario	Fair
Prince Edward Island	Good
Quebec	Good
Saskatchewan	Good
Yukon Territory	Good

How can a Civil Engineer migrate to Canada? A civil engineer is an in-demand occupation in Canada across most of the provinces. To migrate as a civil engineer in Canada, a foreign worker can apply through FSTP, IMP, GSS, and TFWP

They can migrate to Canada through:

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How Y-Axis can helps a Civil Engineer to immigrate to Canada?

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