Canada’s most wanted jobs of 2015 (and those that employers had the hardest time filling)
What do most Canadians want to do? Get paid to travel the world looking after air passengers’ needs and safety. For the third year in a row, ‘Flight Attendant’ was the most popular job title for job seekers.
See also: Ten jobs that let you travel while making money
The team at Workopolis analysed applications to millions of online job postings. We compared the number of applications per job post to determine the most and least popular jobs. (Only job titles with at least 50 job ads during the year were considered to prevent very niche or obscure jobs from skewing the results.)
What didn’t we want to do this year? Drive a forklift or work on heavy-duty machinery underground.
Here are Canada’s most and least popular jobs of the year.
The most popular jobs for candidates were: [Measured by the greatest number of applications per job posting]
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- 1. Flight Attendant [
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- 2. Chemist [
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- 3. Counter Sales Agent [
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- 4. Courier Operations [
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- 5. Mail Clerk [
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- 6. Clerical Assistant [
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- 7. Warehouse Operator [
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- 8. Cad Technician [
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- 9. Quality Assurance Technician [
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- 10. Medical Administrative Assistant [
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The least popular / hardest to fill jobs for employers: [Measured by the lowest volume of applications per job opening]
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- 1. Walkie Operator [
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- 2. EMT Paramedic [
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- 3. Order Picker [
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- 4. General Labour Production Rotation [
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- 5. Heavy Duty Mechanic Underground [
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- 6. Tool Die Maker [
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- 7. Tax Manager [
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- 8. Cosmetic Manager [
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- 9. Pharmacist Manager [
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- 10. Warehouse Inside Sales [
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By sheer volume, these are the job titles that saw the most openings being advertised in Canada this year.
The top five job titles being advertised online in 2015: [Not just on Workopolis, but across all online job boards and government sites]
- Cashiers / Retail Clerks [View jobs]
- Caregiver / Nanny [View jobs]
- Sales Representative [View jobs]
- Cook / Kitchen Help / Food Preparers and Servers [View jobs]
- Drivers (Long Haul, Truck, and Delivery) [View jobs]
You can read the full research report Workopolis Labour Report: 2015 Year in Review in our research section.
