Job prospects Early Childhood Supervisor in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "early childhood supervisor" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

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 early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202) in Yukon 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.

• The Government of Yukon's 2024-25 fiscal budget included $42.5M in funding for early learning and childcare programs and aimed to create 110 new child care spaces in the territory by 2026. This initiative is expected to increase demand for this occupation.
• The federal government announced in March 2025 that Yukon will receive $74M in new child care funding to support the expansion of $10-a-day spaces through 2031. The funding includes annual 3% base increases starting in 2027–28 to help maintain affordability and address rising operational costs.
• The Early Learning and Child Care Act (2025) officially recognizes early childhood educators in Yukon as professionals, establishing certification standards and mandating fair wages through regulated pay structures (Government of Yukon, May 1, 2025). This legislative shift is expected to enhance job stability and create more opportunities for child care workers in the growing sector.
• Local training is available.
• Early childhood educators and assistants can complete early learning coursework at Yukon University or elsewhere. They can apply for certification through the Government of Yukon.

Here are some key facts about early childhood educators and assistants in Yukon:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 79%
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 15%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 49% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 51% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 41 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of early childhood educators and assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 10% compared to 11% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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