Jobs in Canada for non-canadians
National Occupation List
Code | A |
0632 | Accommodation Service Managers |
5135 | Actors and Comedians |
1221 | Administrative Officers |
0114 | Administrative Services Managers (other) |
0312 | Administrators – Post-Secondary Education and Vocational |
2146 | Aerospace Engineers |
2222 | Agricultural and Fish Products Inspectors |
8252 | Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers |
2123 | Agricultural Representatives, Consultants and Specialists |
2271 | Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors |
2272 | Air Traffic Control and Related Occupations |
2244 | Aircraft Instrument, Electrical and Avionics Mechanics, Technicians and Inspectors |
7315 | Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Inspectors |
3234 | Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations |
5231 | Announcers and Other Broadcasters |
8257 | Aquaculture Operators and Managers |
2151 | Architects |
2251 | Architectural Technologists and Technicians |
0212 | Architecture and Science Managers |
5113 | Archivists |
5244 | Artisans and Craftpersons |
1235 | Assessors, Valuators and Appraisers |
5251 | Athletes |
5225 | Audio and Video Recording Technicians |
3141 | Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists |
5121 | Authors and Writers |
7321 | Automotive Service Technicians, Truck Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers |
Code | B |
6252 | Bakers |
0122 | Banking, Credit and Other Investment Managers |
2221 | Biological Technologists and Technicians |
2121 | Biologists and Related Scientists |
7266 | Blacksmiths and Die Setters |
7262 | Boilermakers |
1231 | Bookkeepers |
7281 | Bricklayers |
5224 | Broadcast Technicians |
4163 | Business Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants |
0123 | Business Services Managers (other) |
6251 | Butchers and Meat Cutters – Retail and Wholesale |
Code | C |
7272 | Cabinetmakers |
7247 | Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians |
3217 | Cardiology Technologists |
7271 | Carpenters |
9231 | Central Control and Process Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing |
6241 | Chefs |
2134 | Chemical Engineers |
2211 | Chemical Technologists and Technicians |
2112 | Chemists |
3122 | Chiropractors |
2231 | Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
2131 | Civil Engineers |
6215 | Cleaning Supervisors |
5252 | Coaches |
4131 | College and Other Vocational Instructors |
7382 | Commercial Divers |
0643 | Commissioned Officers, Armed Forces |
0641 | Commissioned Police Officers |
4212 | Community and Social Service Workers |
0213 | Computer and Information Systems Managers |
2281 | Computer and Network Operators and Web Technicians |
2147 | Computer Engineers (Except Software Engineers) |
2174 | Computer Programmers and Interactive Media Developers |
7282 | Concrete Finishers |
5132 | Conductors, Composers and Arrangers |
1226 | Conference and Event Planners |
2224 | Conservation and Fishery Officers |
5112 | Conservators and Curators |
2234 | Construction Estimators |
2264 | Construction Inspectors |
0711 | Construction Managers |
7311 | Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile) |
7215 | Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades |
7212 | Contractors and Supervisors, Electrical Trades and Telecommunications |
7217 | Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews |
7216 | Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades |
7214 | Contractors and Supervisors, Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades |
7219 | Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Trades, Installers, Repairers |
7213 | Contractors and Supervisors, Pipefitting Trades |
6242 | Cooks |
1227 | Court Officers and Justices of the Peace |
1244 | Court Recorders and Medical Transcriptionists |
7371 | Crane Operators |
1236 | Customs, Ship and Other Brokers |
Code | D |
5134 | Dancers |
2172 | Database Analysts and Data Administrators |
2273 | Deck Officers, Water Transport |
3222 | Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists |
3223 | Dental Technologists, Technicians and Laboratory |
3113 | Dentists |
3221 | Denturists |
3132 | Dietitians and Nutritionists |
2253 | Drafting Technologists and Technicians |
7372 | Drillers and Blasters D Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction |
6214 | Dry Cleaning and Laundry Supervisors |
Code | E |
4214 | Early Childhood Educators and Assistants |
4162 | Economists and Economic Policy Researchers and Analysts |
5122 | Editors |
4166 | Education Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers |
4143 | Educational Counsellors |
7332 | Electric Appliance Servicers and Repairers |
2241 | Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
2133 | Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
7333 | Electrical Mechanics |
7244 | Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers |
7241 | Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System) |
3218 | Electroencephalographic and Other Diagnostic Technologists, n.e.c. |
2242 | Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business |
7318 | Elevator Constructors and Mechanics |
4213 | Employment Counsellors |
2274 | Engineer Officers, Water Transport |
2262 | Engineering Inspectors and Regulatory Officers |
0211 | Engineering Managers |
1222 | Executive Assistants |
6213 | Executive Housekeepers |
Code | F |
0721 | Facility Operation and Maintenance Managers |
4153 | Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors |
8253 | Farm Supervisors and Specialized Livestock Workers |
8251 | Farmers and Farm Managers |
5222 | Film and Video Camera Operators |
1112 | Financial and Investment Analysts |
1111 | Financial Auditors and Accountants |
0111 | Financial Managers |
1114 | Financial Officers (other) |
0642 | Fire Chiefs and Senior Firefighting Officers |
6262 | Firefighters |
8261 | Fishing Masters and Officers |
8262 | Fishing Vessel Skippers and Fishermen/women |
7295 | Floor Covering Installers |
6212 | Food Service Supervisors |
2122 | Forestry Professionals |
2223 | Forestry Technologists and Technicians |
6272 | Funeral Directors and Embalmers |
Code | G |
7253 | Gas Fitters |
2212 | Geological and Mineral Technologists and Technicians |
2144 | Geological Engineers |
2113 | Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists |
7292 | Glaziers |
0412 | Government Managers – Economic Analysis, Policy Development |
0413 | Government Managers – Education Policy Development and Program Administration |
0411 | Government Managers – Health and Social Policy Development and Program Administration |
6234 | Grain Elevator Operators |
5223 | Graphic Arts Technicians |
5241 | Graphic Designers and Illustrators |
Code | H |
6271 | Hairstylists and Barbers |
3151 | Head Nurses and Supervisors |
3123 | Health Diagnosing and Treating (Other Professional Occupations) |
4165 | Health Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers |
7312 | Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics |
0112 | Human Resources Managers |
Code | I |
1228 | Immigration, Employment Insurance and Revenue Officers |
2141 | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers |
2252 | Industrial Designers |
7242 | Industrial Electricians |
2233 | Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists and Technicians |
2243 | Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics |
2171 | Information Systems Analysts and Consultants |
2263 | Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety |
4216 | Instructors (other) |
4215 | Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities |
7293 | Insulators |
1233 | Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners |
6231 | Insurance Agents and Brokers |
1234 | Insurance Underwriters |
0121 | Insurance, Real Estate and Financial Brokerage Managers |
5242 | Interior Designers |
7264 | Ironworkers |
Code | J |
7344 | Jewellers, Watch Repairers and Related Occupations |
5123 | Journalists |
4111 | Judges |
1227 | Justices of the Peace |
Code | L |
2254 | Land Survey Technologists and Technicians |
2154 | Land Surveyors |
2225 | Landscape and Horticultural Technicians and Specialists |
2152 | Landscape Architects |
8255 | Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers |
4112 | Lawyers and Quebec Notaries |
1242 | Legal Secretaries |
0011 | Legislators |
5111 | Librarians |
5211 | Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants |
0511 | Library, Archive, Museum and Art Gallery Managers |
3233 | Licensed Practical Nurses |
1232 | Loan Officers |
8241 | Logging Machinery Operators |
Code | M |
7316 | Machine Fitters |
7231 | Machinists and Machining and Tooling Inspectors |
0512 | Managers – Publishing, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and Performing Arts |
0311 | Managers in Health Care |
0414 | Managers in Public Administration (other) |
0314 | Managers in Social, Community and Correctional Services |
0911 | Manufacturing Managers |
2255 | Mapping and Related Technologists and Technicians |
2161 | Mathematicians, Statisticians and Actuaries |
2232 | Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
2132 | Mechanical Engineers |
3212 | Medical Laboratory Technicians |
3211 | Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists’ Assistants |
3215 | Medical Radiation Technologists |
1243 | Medical Secretaries |
3216 | Medical Sonographers |
3219 | Medical Technologists and Technicians (other – except Dental Health) |
2142 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineers |
2213 | Meteorological Technicians |
2114 | Meteorologists |
3232 | Midwives and Practitioners of Natural Healing |
2143 | Mining Engineers |
4154 | Ministers of Religion |
5226 | Motion Pictures, Broadcasting (other Technical and Co-ordinating Occupations) |
7322 | Motor Vehicle Body Repairers |
7334 | Motorcycle and Other Related Mechanics |
5212 | Museums and Art Galleries (related Technical Occupations) |
5133 | Musicians and Singers |
Code | N |
4161 | Natural and Applied Science Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers |
2261 | Nondestructive Testers and Inspectors |
8254 | Nursery and Greenhouse Operators and Managers |
Code | O |
3143 | Occupational Therapists |
8232 | Oil and Gas Well Drillers, Servicers, Testers and Related Workers |
7331 | Oil and Solid Fuel Heating Mechanics |
3231 | Opticians |
3121 | Optometrists |
Code | P |
7294 | Painters and Decorators |
5136 | Painters, Sculptors and Other Visual Artists |
9234 | Papermaking and Coating Control Operators |
4211 | Paralegal and Related Occupations |
5245 | Patternmakers – Textile, Leather and Fur Products |
5232 | Performers (other) |
1223 | Personnel and Recruitment Officers |
2145 | Petroleum Engineers |
9232 | Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Process Operators |
3131 | Pharmacists |
5221 | Photographers |
2115 | Physical Sciences (Other Professional Occupations) |
3112 | Physicians – General Practitioners and Family Physicians |
3111 | Physicians – Specialist |
2111 | Physicists and Astronomers |
3142 | Physiotherapists |
7252 | Pipefitters |
7284 | Plasterers, Drywall Installers and Finishers and Lathers |
7251 | Plumbers |
6261 | Police Officers (Except Commissioned) |
0132 | Postal and Courier Services Managers |
4122 | Post-Secondary Teaching and Research Assistants |
7243 | Power System Electricians |
7352 | Power Systems and Power Station Operators |
0811 | Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture) |
7381 | Printing Press Operators |
4155 | Probation and Parole Officers and Related Occupations |
5131 | Producers, Directors, Choreographers and Related Occupations |
2148 | Professional Engineers, n.e.c. (other) |
1122 | Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management |
5124 | Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications |
4121 | Professors – University |
5254 | Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation and Sport |
4168 | Program Officers Unique to Government |
1224 | Property Administrators |
4151 | Psychologists |
9233 | Pulping Control Operators |
1225 | Purchasing Agents and Officers |
0113 | Purchasing Managers |
Code | R |
7361 | Railway and Yard Locomotive Engineers |
7314 | Railway Carmen/women |
7362 | Railway Conductors and Brakemen/women |
2275 | Railway Traffic Controllers and Marine Traffic Regulators |
6232 | Real Estate Agents and Salespersons |
0513 | Recreation and Sports Program and Service Directors |
4167 | Recreation, Sports and Fitness Program Supervisors Consultants |
7313 | Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics |
3152 | Registered Nurses |
4217 | Religious Occupations (other) |
0712 | Residential Home Builders and Renovators |
3214 | Respiratory Therapists, Clinical Perfusionists and Cardio-Pulmonary Technologists |
0631 | Restaurant and Food Service Managers |
6233 | Retail and Wholesale Buyers |
0621 | Retail Trade Managers |
6211 | Retail Trade Supervisors |
7291 | Roofers and Shinglers |
Code | S |
0611 | Sales, Marketing and Advertising Managers |
0313 | School Principals and Administrators of Elementary and Secondary |
1241 | Secretaries (Except Legal and Medical) |
1113 | Securities Agents, Investment Dealers and Brokers |
0012 | Senior Government Managers and Officials |
0013 | Senior Managers – Financial, Communications and Other Business |
0016 | Senior Managers – Goods Production, Utilities, Transportation and Construction |
0014 | Senior Managers – Health, Education, Social and Community |
0015 | Senior Managers – Trade, Broadcasting and Other Services, n.e.c. |
6216 | Service Supervisors (other) |
0651 | Services Managers (other) |
7261 | Sheet Metal Workers |
7343 | Shoe Repairers and Shoemakers |
7335 | Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics (other) |
4164 | Social Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers |
4169 | Social Science, n.e.c. (Other Professional Occupations) |
4152 | Social Workers |
2173 | Software Engineers |
1121 | Specialists in Human Resources |
5253 | Sports Officials and Referees |
7252 | Sprinkler System Installers |
7351 | Stationary Engineers and Auxiliary Equipment Operators |
7252 | Steamfitters, Pipefitters and Sprinkler System Installers |
7263 | Structural Metal and Platework Fabricators and Fitters |
9223 | Supervisors, Electrical Products Manufacturing |
9222 | Supervisors, Electronics Manufacturing |
9225 | Supervisors, Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing |
1212 | Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks |
9213 | Supervisors, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing |
9215 | Supervisors, Forest Products Processing |
9224 | Supervisors, Furniture and Fixtures Manufacturing |
1211 | Supervisors, General Office and Administrative Support Clerks |
8256 | Supervisors, Landscape and Horticulture |
1213 | Supervisors, Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks |
8211 | Supervisors, Logging and Forestry |
7211 | Supervisors, Machinists and Related Occupations |
1214 | Supervisors, Mail and Message Distribution Occupations |
9211 | Supervisors, Mineral and Metal Processing |
8221 | Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying |
7222 | Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators |
9221 | Supervisors, Motor Vehicle Assembling |
8222 | Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service |
9226 | Supervisors, Other Mechanical and Metal Products Manufacturing |
9227 | Supervisors, Other Products Manufacturing and Assembly |
9212 | Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities |
9214 | Supervisors, Plastic and Rubber Products Manufacturing |
7218 | Supervisors, Printing and Related Occupations |
7221 | Supervisors, Railway Transport Operations |
1215 | Supervisors, Recording, Distributing and Scheduling Occupations |
9216 | Supervisors, Textile Processing |
5227 | Support Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts |
2283 | Systems Testing Technicians |
Code | T |
7342 | Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Milliners |
4142 | Teachers – Elementary School and Kindergarten |
4141 | Teachers – Secondary School |
6221 | Technical Sales Specialists – Wholesale Trade |
0131 | Telecommunication Carriers Managers |
7246 | Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers |
7245 | Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers |
7317 | Textile Machinery Mechanics and Repairers |
5243 | Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers |
3144 | Therapy and Assessment (Other Professional Occupations) |
3235 | Therapy and Assessment (other Technical Occupations) |
7283 | Tilesetters |
7232 | Tool and Die Makers |
7383 | Trades and Related Occupations (other) |
5125 | Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters |
0713 | Transportation Managers |
Code | U |
8231 | Underground Production and Development Miners |
7341 | Upholsterers |
2153 | Urban and Land Use Planners |
2282 | User Support Technicians |
0912 | Utilities Managers |
Code | V |
3114 | Veterinarians |
3213 | Veterinary and Animal Health Technologists and |
Code | W |
7373 | Water Well Drillers |
2175 | Web Designers and Developers |
7265 | Welders and Related Machine Operators |
Restricted Occupations List
To protect the Canadian labour market, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has to make sure that Canada does not have too many people with the same skills.
If your occupation is listed below, you cannot use this work experience:
- to meet the minimum work experience requirement; or
- to earn points under Factor 3: Experience.
There are no restricted occupations at this time.