Job prospects Learning Support Teacher - Elementary School in Québec

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "learning support teacher - elementary school" in Québec or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Québec

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 Moderate for elementary school and kindergarten teachers (NOC 41221) in Quebec for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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.

Employment in this occupation varies according to government funding and changes in the number of students who are attending preschool and elementary school.

The ministère de l'Éducation anticipated that school enrolment would drop in the medium term. However, new kindergarten classes for four-year-olds, which were not included in the projections, could mitigate the decrease at the preschool level, despite a significantly slower roll out. In addition, the impact of recent migration flows, which were also missing from the projections, could curb the decline or even reverse the trend, especially at the elementary level and even more so in major urban centres.

Despite targeted reinvestments and the removal of hiring caps, school service centres must deal with significant funding reductions, which results in various cuts depending on the region, while there are still high needs.

In addition, the teacher shortage remains a major concern in the school network. Despite salary adjustments and announced measures to recognize prior learning, support recruitment, retention and the return of retirees, these efforts are still insufficient to meet all needs.

Here are some key facts about elementary school and kindergarten teachers in Quebec:

• Approximately 46,400 people work in this occupation.
• Elementary school and kindergarten teachers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 87% of elementary school and kindergarten teachers work all year, while 13% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 6% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 76% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 16% compared to 11% for all occupations

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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