Job prospects Gas Fitter in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "gas fitter" in Ontario or Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Gas fitters (NOC 7253) in Ontario for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about Gas fitters in Ontario:

• Approximately 3,300 people work in this occupation.
• Gas fitters mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 64%
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 15%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 79% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 21% for all occupations
• 67% of gas fitters work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 35 weeks compared to 31 weeks for all occupations.
• 22% of gas fitters are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 44% compared to 6% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 40% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology