Job prospects Health Promotion Program Officer in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "health promotion program officer" in New Brunswick or across Canada.

Job opportunities in New Brunswick

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 28, 2026. 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 health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41404) in New Brunswick for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about health policy researchers, consultants and program officers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 500 people work in this occupation.
• Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 28%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 20%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 9%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 7%
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 76% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 24% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 16% of health policy researchers, consultants and program officers are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 21% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 79% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 10% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 31% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 40% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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