Job prospects Elementary School Teacher's Aide in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "elementary school teacher's aide" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

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 Limited for elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Most employees within these occupations work at one of the Northwest Territories' 49 schools within its ten education bodies, including the Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest and Yellowknife Catholic Schools.
• The federal government's Jordan's Principle funding cuts led to teacher assistant layoffs in the Northwest Territories in 2025, reducing employment prospects for this occupation.
• The Government of Northwest Territories' $14M Support Assistants Initiative, announced in August 2025, offers partial relief, allowing some schools to rehire teacher assistants for the 2025-2026 school year. However, without long-term federal funding, prospects will remain diminished (CBC News, May 29, 2025 and Government of Northwest Territories, August 28, 2025).

Here are some key facts about elementary and secondary school teacher assistants in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 61% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants work all year, while 39% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 19% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 81% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 37% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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