Job prospects Daycare Teacher in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Good

The employment outlook will be good for Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 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.
  • Through a federal-provincial agreement in 2023, Manitoba began offering $10/day child care at regulated, non-profit child care centres. The deal includes a goal of 23,000 new child care spaces by 2026, as well as the recruitment of 2,000 additional early childhood educators and 1,000 child care assistants over the same period. 
  • As of 2024, the sector was short nearly 1,000 early childhood educators, with fewer working currently than in 2017. Manitoba increased its starting wage for early childhood educators by about 18% in 2023, and a further 2.75% in 2024 to help address recruitment and retention challenges.  
  • In 2023, the governments of Canada and Manitoba earmarked $24 million to expand training opportunities for early childhood educators, adding 998 seats over three years at five post-secondary institutions.


Here are some key facts about Early childhood educators and assistants in Manitoba:

  • Approximately 8,550 people work in this occupation.
  • Early childhood educators and assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 89%
    • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): 6%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 76% compared to 81% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 24% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • 44% of early childhood educators and assistants work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • 10% of early childhood educators and assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 6% compared to 53% for all occupations
    • Women: 94% compared to 47% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 30% compared to 31% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 32% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 8% for all occupations

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