Job prospects Pharmacy Technician in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "pharmacy technician" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

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.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Good for pharmacy technicians (NOC 32124) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Pharmacies and drug stores
• Hospitals

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• Greater need for medication management and overall health care services to support the growing and aging population in Ontario
• Investments in health care facilities and hospitals

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• Registration with the Ontario College of Pharmacists is required to practise

What Other Information Will I Find Helpful?

• Ability to work evenings and weekends to meet client needs may be required
• Generally, Bridging Programs are available to assist internationally trained professionals in various fields enter the labour market more quickly in the province.

Here are some key facts about pharmacy technicians in Ontario:

• Approximately 9,550 people work in this occupation.
• Pharmacy technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 63%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 30%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 80% of pharmacy technicians work all year, while 20% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of pharmacy technicians are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 15% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 85% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 53% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 19% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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