Job prospects Tour Guide in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Tour and travel guides (NOC 64320) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about Tour and travel guides in Ontario:

• Approximately 500 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Tour and travel guides mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 36%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 21%
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 13%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 6%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 34% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 66% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 11% of tour and travel guides work all year, while 89% 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 22 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 27% of tour and travel guides are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 50% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 50% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 26% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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