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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators" near Ottawa (ON) or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

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.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators near Ottawa (ON) over the past few years (2022-2024) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

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Job outlook over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators (NOC 72411) in the Ottawa region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
  • A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators in the Ottawa region:

  • Approximately 830 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Other services (except public administration) (NAICS 81): 72%
    • Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45): 12%
    • Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): 11%

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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