Public and environmental health and safety professionals in Outaouais

The employment outlook will be Limited for public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC 21120) in the Outaouais region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of a few positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about public and environmental health and safety professionals in the Outaouais region:

• Approximately 220 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 54%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 20%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 8%
  • Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 8%
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 5%