Job prospects Administrative Assistant in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "administrative assistant" 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.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for administrative assistants (NOC 13110) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
Several positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Administrative assistants are employed across all industries in the Northwest Territories.
Key employers include public administration, healthcare, and educational institutions.
Changes in technology, including the availability of online services, artificial intelligence, and the automation of back-office processes, may slow down job growth and change some job roles.
From 2021-2040, 341 job openings are forecast for administrative assistants in the Northwest Territories (Government of Northwest Territories, 2023).

Here are some key facts about administrative assistants in Northwest Territories:

Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Administrative assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 61%
- Educational services (NAICS 61): 15%
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 11%
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
75% of administrative assistants work all year, while 25% 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 45 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: less than 5% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: more than 95% compared to 48% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 12% compared to 17% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 40% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

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