Job prospects Primary Care Paramedic in Québec

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "primary care paramedic" in Québec or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Québec

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 paramedical occupations (NOC 32102) in Quebec for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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.

Employment in this occupation depends primarily on demand and public funding for ambulance transport.

To improve response times and provide better working conditions, standby shifts (on call) are being replaced by hourly shifts in many regions.

In addition, the role of emergency medical attendants is changing with the development of community paramedicine and regulatory paramedicine. These practices aim to assess patients on site in collaboration with nurses to prioritize ambulance transport for urgent cases and reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments.

To enter this occupation in Québec, you must have a college diploma in pre-hospital emergency care and a Class 4A driver's licence (emergency vehicles). In addition, you must be registered with the Registre national de la main-d'œuvre des techniciens ambulanciers du Québec and complete the Programme national d'intégration clinique.

Here are some key facts about paramedical occupations in Quebec:

• Approximately 6,400 people work in this occupation.
• Paramedical occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 79%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 10%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 95% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 5% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 79% of paramedical occupations work all year, while 21% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of paramedical occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 65% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 35% compared to 48% 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: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 21% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 66% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% 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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