Job prospects Patcher Operator - Wood Processing in the Montréal Region

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Other wood processing machine operators" in the Montréal Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Other wood processing machine operators in the Montréal Region over the past few years (2023-2025) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for other wood processing machine operators (NOC 94129) in the census metropolitan area of Montréal for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about other wood processing machine operators in the census metropolitan area of Montréal:

  • Approximately 40 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Other wood processing machine operators across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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