Job prospects Geodetic Engineer in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

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 Good for civil engineers (NOC 21300) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• Employment for this occupation will be sustained by a steady growth in non-residential construction including engineering-construction and industrial, commercial, and institutional construction, supported by strong private sector investment into large scale projects in the resource extraction sector, and government's record $4.6 billion capital investment into public infrastructure projects. 
• Employment will be supported by investments in residential expansion, and land development and revitalization to meet the demands of recent record level population growth.
• Civil engineering jobs are concentrated in the Saskatoon area, which accounts for more than half of the province's employment for this occupation.

Here are some key facts about civil engineers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 1,600 people work in this occupation.
• Civil engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 56%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 10%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 8%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 7%
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 76% of civil engineers work all year, while 24% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of civil engineers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 79% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 21% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 65% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology