Job prospects Chemical Engineer in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region
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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Chemical engineers" in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

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.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Chemical engineers in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region over the past few years (2022-2024) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

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Job outlook over the next 3 years

Limited

The employment outlook will be Limited for chemical engineers (NOC 21320) in the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment decline will lead to the loss of some 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 chemical engineers in the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean region:

  • Approximately 80 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Chemical engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Primary metal manufacturing (NAICS 331): 77%
    • Paper manufacturing (NAICS 322): 23%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Chemical engineers across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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