Job prospects Natural Sciences Professor - University in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "natural sciences professor - university" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

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.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for university professors and lecturers (NOC 41200) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
Several 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 university professors and lecturers in Ontario:

Approximately 27,200 people work in this occupation.
University professors and lecturers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Universities (NAICS 6113): more than 95%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 88% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 12% compared to 19% for all occupations
78% of university professors and lecturers work all year, while 22% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% 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.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 56% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 44% compared to 48% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 13% for all occupations

Explore job prospects in Ontario by economic region.

Location	Job prospects
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula Region	Moderate
Kingston–Pembroke Region	Moderate
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie Region	Moderate
London Region	Moderate
Muskoka–Kawarthas Region	Moderate
Northeast Region	Moderate
Northwest Region	Moderate
Ottawa Region	Moderate
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula Region	Moderate
Toronto Region	Moderate
Windsor-Sarnia Region	Moderate