Job prospects Carpenter in Québec

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "carpenter" 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 Limited for carpenters (NOC 72310) in Quebec 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.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this occupation essentially depends on activity in the construction industry.

After experiencing a significant decline in recent years, residential construction gradually recovered in 2024. In the short term, the increase in housing starts will primarily come from rental properties, considering the sustained demand in this segment and the measures implemented by public authorities to fast track project delivery. However, the pace of recovery could be hampered by the climate of uncertainty surrounding the effects of the trade war with the United States.

In the institutional sector, several projects are planned or underway thanks to public investments in infrastructure, but budgetary constraints could slow the start of some of them. Meanwhile, the commercial sector continues to be disadvantaged by high vacancy rates in office buildings and changes in household consumption patterns.

Here are some key facts about carpenters in Quebec:

• Approximately 44,500 people work in this occupation.
• Carpenters mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 90%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 39% of carpenters work all year, while 61% 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 41 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 17% of carpenters are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 10% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 65% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 9% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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