National Occupational Classification, 2021
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Released: 2021-09-21
The National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 is jointly released by Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada. This version represents the ten-year structured revision to the classification framework.
Version 1.0 of the NOC 2021 overhauls the "skill level" structure by introducing a new categorization representing the degree of training, education, experience and responsibilities required for an occupation. This version also introduces a new five-digit hierarchical structure, compared with a four-digit hierarchical structure in the previous versions of the classification. This revision is extensive, and the last structural revision was NOC 2011.
The correspondence files NOC 2016 V1.3 and NOC 2021 V1.0 are also available for ease of use.
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The National Occupational Classification (NOC), 2021 (12-583-X), is now available.
Contact information
For more information, we invite you to contact the NOC team at the following links: statcan.csds-standards-occupations-cnsd-normes-professions.statcan@canada.ca or
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