Job prospects Elementary School Teacher's Aide in Yukon

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

Job opportunities in Yukon

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.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Recent population growth in the Yukon has led to increased demand for teacher assistants in the territory.
Most employees within these occupations work at one of the Yukon's three school authorities: Yukon Education, the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon, and the First Nation School Board.
As part of the Yukon's $297.8M Education budget for 2025–26, the Yukon government is investing an additional $4.4M to expand educational support staff and wellness professionals in schools across the territory.

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

Approximately 250 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: 88% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 12% compared to 16% for all occupations
51% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants work all year, while 49% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 42 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 22% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 78% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 22% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 44% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 9% compared to 11% for all occupations

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