Job prospects Physician Assistant - Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

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 physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (NOC 31303) in Alberta 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.

• Alberta's population and its proportion of residents aged 65+ are predicted to increase over the next decade, contributing to demand for this occupation.
•  In 2025, Alberta increased total health spending to $28 billion, marking a 5.4% rise from the previous year.
• Ongoing healthcare needs and retirements continue to support steady demand across the sector.

Here are some key facts about physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals in Alberta:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 65%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 22%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 7%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 64% of physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals work all year, while 36% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 9% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 91% compared to 47% 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: less than 5% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 20% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 54% compared to 9% for all occupations

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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