Job prospects Maintenance Plumber in Northwest Territories

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "maintenance plumber" 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 Good for plumbers (NOC 72300) in Northwest Territories 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• This occupation will benefit from major public and private construction projects scheduled in Northwest Territories over the forecast period.
• For example, the planned construction of the $1.65 billion Mackenzie Valley Highway, connecting Wrigley to Norman Wells, is expected to generate employment in this occupation when construction begins in 2027 or 2028. Ongoing work at the $4 billion Giant Mine remediation site may also lead to construction employment.
• Local training for this occupation is available at Aurora College.

Here are some key facts about plumbers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Plumbers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 79%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 10%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 10%
• 67% of plumbers work all year, while 33% 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 45 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 18% of plumbers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 72% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a