Job prospects Assistant, Clinic - Medical in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "assistant, clinic - medical" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

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 Limited for other assisting occupations in support of health services (NOC 33109) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about other assisting occupations in support of health services in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Other assisting occupations in support of health services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 73%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 18%
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 40% of other assisting occupations in support of health services work all year, while 60% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 35 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 40% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 60% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 33% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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