Job prospects Immigration Agent - Government Services in British Columbia

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "immigration agent - government services" in British Columbia or across Canada.

Job opportunities in British Columbia

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 border services, customs, and immigration officers (NOC 43203) in British Columbia for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

The union representing Canadian Border Services Agency workers ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in 2024. 

The new agreement will expire in 2026. 

The Government of Canada has proposed in its 2025 Budget to hire 1,000 new Canada Border Services Agency officers in a move to crack down on organized crime and trafficking.

Here are some key facts about border services, customs, and immigration officers in British Columbia:

• Approximately 2,850 people work in this occupation.
• Border services, customs, and immigration officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 93%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 80% of border services, customs, and immigration officers work all year, while 20% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 56% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 43% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 27% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 46% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 12% 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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