Job prospects Educational Assistant in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "educational assistant" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

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 elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• Demand for this occupation is driven by school budgets and the need to support teachers with large class sizes and diverse and complex student needs. Teaching assistants are increasingly supporting students with complex needs (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) in mainstream classrooms.
• Key trends for this occupation include a shift from administrative and preparation tasks to direct instruction and student support using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to develop individual plans and adapted materials and assisting students with social-emotional development.

Here are some key facts about elementary and secondary school teacher assistants in Manitoba:

• Approximately 9,550 people work in this occupation.
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 77% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 23% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 18% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants work all year, while 82% 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 37 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 15% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 85% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 39% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 18% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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