Employment Equity Regulations
Version of the schedule from 2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31:
SCHEDULE II(Subsection 1(2) and section 22)
Occupational Groups — Private Sector Employers or Portions of the Federal Public Administration Referred to in Paragraph 4(1)(c) of the Act
| Column I | Column II | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Employment Equity Occupational Groups | Unit Groups |
| 1 | Senior Managers | Legislators |
| Senior government managers and officials | ||
| Senior managers — financial, communications and other business services | ||
| Senior managers — health, education, social and community services and membership organizations | ||
| Senior managers — trade, broadcasting and other services, n.e.c. | ||
| Senior managers — construction, transportation, production and utilities | ||
| 2 | Middle and Other Managers | Financial managers |
| Human resources managers | ||
| Purchasing managers | ||
| Other administrative services managers | ||
| Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers | ||
| Banking, credit and other investment managers | ||
| Advertising, marketing and public relations managers | ||
| Other business services managers | ||
| Telecommunication carriers managers | ||
| Postal and courier services managers | ||
| Engineering managers | ||
| Architecture and science managers | ||
| Computer and information systems managers | ||
| Managers in health care | ||
| Government managers — health and social policy development and program administration | ||
| Government managers — economic analysis, policy development and program administration | ||
| Government managers — education policy development and program administration | ||
| Other managers in public administration | ||
| Administrators — post secondary education and vocational training | ||
| School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education | ||
| Managers in social, community and correctional services | ||
| Commissioned police officers | ||
| Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers | ||
| Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces | ||
| Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers | ||
| Managers — publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts | ||
| Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors | ||
| Corporate sales managers | ||
| Retail and wholesale trade managers | ||
| Restaurant and food service managers | ||
| Accommodation service managers | ||
| Managers in customer and personal services, n.e.c. | ||
| Construction managers | ||
| Home building and renovation managers | ||
| Facility operation and maintenance managers | ||
| Managers in transportation | ||
| Managers in natural resources production and fishing | ||
| Managers in agriculture | ||
| Managers in horticulture | ||
| Managers in aquaculture | ||
| Manufacturing managers | ||
| Utilities managers | ||
| 3 | Professionals | Financial auditors and accountants |
| Financial and investment analysts | ||
| Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers | ||
| Other financial officers | ||
| Human resources professionals | ||
| Professional occupations in business management consulting | ||
| Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations | ||
| Physicists and astronomers | ||
| Chemists | ||
| Geoscientists and oceanographers | ||
| Meteorologists and climatologists | ||
| Other professional occupations in physical sciences | ||
| Biologists and related scientists | ||
| Forestry professionals | ||
| Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists | ||
| Civil engineers | ||
| Mechanical engineers | ||
| Electrical and electronics engineers | ||
| Chemical engineers | ||
| Industrial and manufacturing engineers | ||
| Metallurgical and materials engineers | ||
| Mining engineers | ||
| Geological engineers | ||
| Petroleum engineers | ||
| Aerospace engineers | ||
| Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) | ||
| Other professional engineers, n.e.c. | ||
| Architects | ||
| Landscape architects | ||
| Urban and land use planners | ||
| Land surveyors | ||
| Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries | ||
| Information systems analysts and consultants | ||
| Database analysts and data administrators | ||
| Software engineers and designers | ||
| Computer programmers and interactive media developers | ||
| Web designers and developers | ||
| Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors | ||
| Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses | ||
| Specialist physicians | ||
| General practitioners and family physicians | ||
| Dentists | ||
| Veterinarians | ||
| Optometrists | ||
| Chiropractors | ||
| Allied primary health practitioners | ||
| Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating | ||
| Pharmacists | ||
| Dietitians and nutritionists | ||
| Audiologists and speech-language pathologists | ||
| Physiotherapists | ||
| Occupational therapists | ||
| Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment | ||
| University professors and lecturers | ||
| Post-secondary teaching and research assistants | ||
| College and other vocational instructors | ||
| Secondary school teachers | ||
| Elementary school and kindergarten teachers | ||
| Educational counsellors | ||
| Judges | ||
| Lawyers and Quebec notaries | ||
| Psychologists | ||
| Social workers | ||
| Family, marriage and other related counsellors | ||
| Professional occupations in religion | ||
| Probation and parole officers and related occupations | ||
| Employment counsellors | ||
| Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers | ||
| Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts | ||
| Business development officers and marketing researchers and consultants | ||
| Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers | ||
| Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers | ||
| Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers | ||
| Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers | ||
| Program officers unique to government | ||
| Other professional occupations in social science, n.e.c. | ||
| Librarians | ||
| Conservators and curators | ||
| Archivists | ||
| Authors and writers | ||
| Editors | ||
| Journalists | ||
| Translators, terminologists and interpreters | ||
| Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations | ||
| Conductors, composers and arrangers | ||
| Musicians and singers | ||
| Dancers | ||
| Actors and comedians | ||
| Painters, sculptors and other visual artists | ||
| 4 | Semi-Professionals and Technicians | Chemical technologists and technicians |
| Geological and mineral technologists and technicians | ||
| Biological technologists and technicians | ||
| Agricultural and fish products inspectors | ||
| Forestry technologists and technicians | ||
| Conservation and fishery officers | ||
| Landscape and horticultural technicians and specialists | ||
| Civil engineering technologists and technicians | ||
| Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians | ||
| Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians | ||
| Construction estimators | ||
| Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians | ||
| Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) | ||
| Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics | ||
| Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors | ||
| Architectural technologists and technicians | ||
| Industrial designers | ||
| Drafting technologists and technicians | ||
| Land survey technologists and technicians | ||
| Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology | ||
| Non-destructive testers and inspection technicians | ||
| Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers | ||
| Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety | ||
| Construction inspectors | ||
| Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors | ||
| Air traffic controllers and related occupations | ||
| Deck officers, water transport | ||
| Engineer officers, water transport | ||
| Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators | ||
| Computer network technicians | ||
| User support technicians | ||
| Information systems testing technicians | ||
| Medical laboratory technologists | ||
| Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists’ assistants | ||
| Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians | ||
| Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists | ||
| Medical radiation technologists | ||
| Medical sonographers | ||
| Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists, n.e.c. | ||
| Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health) | ||
| Denturists | ||
| Dental hygienists and dental therapists | ||
| Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants | ||
| Opticians | ||
| Practitioners of natural healing | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | ||
| Paramedical occupations | ||
| Massage therapists | ||
| Other Technical occupations in therapy and assessment | ||
| Paralegal and related occupations | ||
| Social and community service workers | ||
| Early childhood educators and assistants | ||
| Instructors of persons with disabilities | ||
| Other instructors | ||
| Other religious occupations | ||
| Police officers (except commissioned) | ||
| Firefighters | ||
| Non-commissioned ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces | ||
| Library and public archive technicians | ||
| Technical occupations related to museums and art galleries | ||
| Photographers | ||
| Film and video camera operators | ||
| Graphic arts technicians | ||
| Broadcast technicians | ||
| Audio and video recording technicians | ||
| Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts | ||
| Support occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and the performing arts | ||
| Announcers and other broadcasters | ||
| Other performers, n.e.c. | ||
| Graphic designers and illustrators | ||
| Interior designers and interior decorators | ||
| Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers | ||
| Artisans and craftspersons | ||
| Patternmakers — textile, leather and fur products | ||
| Athletes | ||
| Coaches | ||
| Sports officials and referees | ||
| Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness | ||
| 5 | Supervisors | Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers |
| Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers | ||
| Supervisors, library, correspondence and related information workers | ||
| Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations | ||
| Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations | ||
| Retail sales supervisors | ||
| Food service supervisors | ||
| Executive housekeepers | ||
| Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors | ||
| Customer and information services supervisors | ||
| Cleaning supervisors | ||
| Other services supervisors | ||
| 6 | Supervisors — Crafts and Trades | Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations |
| Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews | ||
| Supervisors, printing and related occupations | ||
| Supervisors, railway transport operations | ||
| Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators | ||
| Supervisors, logging and forestry | ||
| Supervisors, mining and quarrying | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services | ||
| Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers | ||
| Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services | ||
| Supervisors, mineral and metal processing | ||
| Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities | ||
| Supervisors, food and beverage processing | ||
| Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing | ||
| Supervisors, forest products processing | ||
| Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing | ||
| Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling | ||
| Supervisors, electronics manufacturing | ||
| Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing | ||
| Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing | ||
| Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing | ||
| Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly | ||
| 7 | Administrative and Senior Clerical Personnel | Administrative officers |
| Executive assistants | ||
| Human resources and recruitment officers | ||
| Property administrators | ||
| Purchasing agents and officers | ||
| Conference and event planners | ||
| Court officers and justices of the peace | ||
| Employment insurance, immigration, border services and revenue officers | ||
| Administrative assistants | ||
| Legal administrative assistants | ||
| Medical administrative assistants | ||
| Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations | ||
| Health information management occupations | ||
| Records management technicians | ||
| Statistical officers and related research support occupations | ||
| Accounting technicians and bookkeepers | ||
| Insurance adjusters and claims examiners | ||
| Insurance underwriters | ||
| Assessors, valuators and appraisers | ||
| Customs, ship and other brokers | ||
| 8 | Skilled Sales and Service Personnel | Technical sales specialists — wholesale trade |
| Retail and wholesale buyers | ||
| Insurance agents and brokers | ||
| Real estate agents and salespersons | ||
| Financial sales representatives | ||
| Chefs | ||
| Cooks | ||
| Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers — retail and wholesale | ||
| Bakers | ||
| Hairstylists and barbers | ||
| Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners | ||
| Shoe repairers and shoemakers | ||
| Jewellers, jewellery and watch repairers and related occupations | ||
| Upholsterers | ||
| Funeral directors and embalmers | ||
| 9 | Skilled Crafts and Trades Workers | Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors |
| Tool and die makers | ||
| Sheet metal workers | ||
| Boilermakers | ||
| Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters | ||
| Ironworkers | ||
| Welders and related machine operators | ||
| Electricians (except industrial and power system) | ||
| Industrial electricians | ||
| Power system electricians | ||
| Electrical power line and cable workers | ||
| Telecommunications line and cable workers | ||
| Telecommunications installation and repair workers | ||
| Cable television service and maintenance technicians | ||
| Plumbers | ||
| Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers | ||
| Gas fitters | ||
| Carpenters | ||
| Cabinetmakers | ||
| Bricklayers | ||
| Concrete finishers | ||
| Tilesetters | ||
| Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers | ||
| Roofers and shinglers | ||
| Glaziers | ||
| Insulators | ||
| Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) | ||
| Floor covering installers | ||
| Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics | ||
| Heavy-duty equipment mechanics | ||
| Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics | ||
| Railway carmen/women | ||
| Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors | ||
| Machine fitters | ||
| Elevator constructors and mechanics | ||
| Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers | ||
| Motor vehicle body repairers | ||
| Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics | ||
| Appliance servicers and repairers | ||
| Electrical mechanics | ||
| Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics | ||
| Other small engine and small equipment repairers | ||
| Railway and yard locomotive engineers | ||
| Railway conductors and brakemen/women | ||
| Crane operators | ||
| Drillers and blasters — surface mining, quarrying and construction | ||
| Water well drillers | ||
| Printing press operators | ||
| Other trades and related occupations, n.e.c. | ||
| Underground production and development miners | ||
| Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers | ||
| Logging machinery operators | ||
| Fishing masters and officers | ||
| Fishermen/women | ||
| Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing | ||
| Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing | ||
| Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators | ||
| Power engineers and power systems operators | ||
| Water and waste treatment plant operators | ||
| 10 | Clerical Personnel | General office support workers |
| Receptionists | ||
| Personnel clerks | ||
| Court clerks | ||
| Data entry clerks | ||
| Desktop publishing operators and related occupations | ||
| Accounting and related clerks | ||
| Payroll administrators | ||
| Banking, insurance and other financial clerks | ||
| Collectors | ||
| Library assistants and clerks | ||
| Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks | ||
| Survey interviewers and statistical clerks | ||
| Mail, postal and related workers | ||
| Letter carriers | ||
| Couriers, messengers and door-to-door distributors | ||
| Shippers and receivers | ||
| Storekeepers and partspersons | ||
| Production logistics co-ordinators | ||
| Purchasing and inventory control workers | ||
| Dispatchers | ||
| Transportation route and crew schedulers | ||
| 11 | Intermediate Sales and Service Personnel | Dental assistants |
| Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates | ||
| Other assisting occupations in support of health services | ||
| Home child care providers | ||
| Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations | ||
| Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants | ||
| Sheriffs and bailiffs | ||
| Correctional service officers | ||
| By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers, n.e.c. | ||
| Sales and account representatives — wholesale trade (non-technical) | ||
| Retail salespersons | ||
| Maîtres d’hôtel and hosts/hostesses | ||
| Bartenders | ||
| Food and beverage servers | ||
| Travel counsellors | ||
| Pursers and flight attendants | ||
| Airline ticket and service agents | ||
| Ground and water transport ticket agents, cargo service representatives and related clerks | ||
| Hotel front desk clerks | ||
| Tour and travel guides | ||
| Outdoor sport and recreational guides | ||
| Casino workers | ||
| Security guards and related security service occupations | ||
| Customer services representatives — financial institutions | ||
| Other customer and information services representatives | ||
| Image, social and other personal consultants | ||
| Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations | ||
| Pet groomers and animal care workers | ||
| Other personal service occupations | ||
| 12 | Semi-Skilled Manual Workers | Residential and commercial installers and servicers |
| Waterworks and gas maintenance workers | ||
| Pest controllers and fumigators | ||
| Other repairers and servicers | ||
| Longshore workers | ||
| Material handlers | ||
| Transport truck drivers | ||
| Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators | ||
| Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs | ||
| Delivery and courier service drivers | ||
| Heavy equipment operators (except crane) | ||
| Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers | ||
| Railway yard and track maintenance workers | ||
| Water transport deck and engine room crew | ||
| Boat and cable ferry operators and related occupations | ||
| Air transport ramp attendants | ||
| Other automotive mechanical installers and servicers | ||
| Underground mine service and support workers | ||
| Oil and gas well drilling and related workers and services operators | ||
| Chain saw and skidder operators | ||
| Silviculture and forestry workers | ||
| General farm workers | ||
| Nursery and greenhouse workers | ||
| Fishing vessel deckhands | ||
| Trappers and hunters | ||
| Machine operators, mineral and metal processing | ||
| Foundry workers | ||
| Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters | ||
| Concrete, clay and stone forming operators | ||
| Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing | ||
| Metalworking and forging machine operators | ||
| Machining tool operators | ||
| Other metal products machine operators | ||
| Chemical plant machine operators | ||
| Plastics processing machine operators | ||
| Rubber processing machine operators and related workers | ||
| Sawmill machine operators | ||
| Pulp mill machine operators | ||
| Papermaking and finishing machine operators | ||
| Other wood processing machine operators | ||
| Paper converting machine operators | ||
| Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders | ||
| Woodworking machine operators | ||
| Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers | ||
| Weavers, knitters and other fabric making occupations | ||
| Fabric, fur and leather cutters | ||
| Industrial sewing machine operators | ||
| Inspectors and graders, textile, fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing | ||
| Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing | ||
| Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers | ||
| Fish and seafood plant workers | ||
| Testers and graders, food and beverage processing | ||
| Plateless printing equipment operators | ||
| Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations | ||
| Binding and finishing machine operators | ||
| Photographic and film processors | ||
| Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors | ||
| Motor vehicle assemblers, inspectors and testers | ||
| Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers | ||
| Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing | ||
| Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers | ||
| Mechanical assemblers and inspectors | ||
| Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing | ||
| Boat assemblers and inspectors | ||
| Furniture and fixture assemblers and inspectors | ||
| Other wood products assemblers and inspectors | ||
| Furniture finishers and refinishers | ||
| Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors | ||
| Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators | ||
| Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors | ||
| 13 | Other Sales and Service Personnel | Cashiers |
| Service station attendants | ||
| Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers | ||
| Other sales related occupations | ||
| Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations | ||
| Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services | ||
| Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport | ||
| Light duty cleaners | ||
| Specialized cleaners | ||
| Janitors, caretakers and building superintendents | ||
| Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations | ||
| Other service support occupations, n.e.c. | ||
| 14 | Other Manual Workers | Construction trades helpers and labourers |
| Other trades helpers and labourers | ||
| Public works and maintenance labourers | ||
| Railway and motor transport labourers | ||
| Harvesting labourers | ||
| Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers | ||
| Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers | ||
| Mine labourers | ||
| Oil and gas drilling, servicing and related labourers | ||
| Logging and forestry labourers | ||
| Labourers in mineral and metal processing | ||
| Labourers in metal fabrication | ||
| Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities | ||
| Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing | ||
| Labourers in Rubber and Plastic Products Manufacturing | ||
| Labourers in textile processing | ||
| Labourers in food and beverage processing | ||
| Labourers in fish and seafood processing | ||
| Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities |
*n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified
- SOR/2006-120, s. 7
- SOR/2020-236, s. 22
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