Job prospects Carpenter in Nunavut

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "carpenter" in Nunavut or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Nunavut

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 carpenters (NOC 72310) in Nunavut for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.

• This occupation will benefit from major public and private construction projects scheduled in Nunavut over the forecast period.
• For example, the planned construction of a new air terminal in Rankin Inlet by 2026 and the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Iqaluit in 2027 are expected to generate employment in this occupation.
• The Government of Nunavut's proposed $3.3 billion project to connect Manitoba Hydro's power grid to five western Nunavut communities and a gold mine, if built, would also lead to new construction jobs in the territory.
• Nunavut has a shortage of skilled tradespeople to complete major public and private construction projects, leading to contractors routinely bringing in workers from southern Canada.
• Local training for this occupation is available at Nunavut Arctic College.

Here are some key facts about carpenters in Nunavut:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Carpenters mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 73%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 8%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 7%
• 56% of carpenters work all year, while 43% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 6% of carpenters are self-employed compared to an average of less than 5% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 47% compared to 37% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 28% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 12% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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