Job prospects Health Care Assistant in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "health care assistant" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

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.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates (NOC 33102) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• Ongoing staffing shortages in health care and an ageing population will keep demand high for health professionals over the forecast period.
• Staffing shortages continue to lead to periodic disruptions in health care services throughout the Northwest Territories, especially in rural areas.

Here are some key facts about nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 79%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 17%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 77% of nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates work all year, while 23% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 18% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 82% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 16% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 21% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 9% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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