Trends and career tools

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Explore a career

Find career paths that match your goals. Compare detailed job profiles that include:

  • 3-year outlook
  • number of people employed and where they work in Ontario
  • education and training requirements
  • average annual income
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Take a career quiz

Take this simple quiz to identify your strengths and get in a list of 10 jobs that may be a good fit for you. This quiz takes about 10 minutes. You can consider the results of this quiz in combination with other resources as you make career-related decisions.

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View labour market reports

Monthly labour market reports outline overall job trends in the province. Using Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey, these reports include things like:

  • provincial unemployment rate
  • cities with highest and lowest unemployment rates
  • job change by occupation
  • trends by sector, region, employment type and wages

February 2026 snapshot

8.2

million are employed

83%

in full-time jobs

7.6%

are unemployed

Get into a career

Find education and training

Visit My Career Journey to learn about education options that can lead to rewarding careers.

Find a job

Visit the Job Bank to see active postings in your area.

Get free support from a counsellor

Get 1-on-1 support from an Employment Ontario counsellor.

Where we get our labour market information

Our information comes from a variety of sources, including:

About the National Occupational Classification (NOC)

The National Occupational Classification assigns codes to and groups jobs by:

  • main duties or tasks
  • example titles for jobs within an occupational group
  • specific education or training requirements
  • experience needed

Frequency of job profile updates

Data is refreshed each year in late winter/early spring. Design and usability improvements are made on an ongoing, ad hoc basis.

Read labour market reports

Current labour market reports offer you another way to look at job trends in Ontario.

Using Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey, these products include things like:

  • provincial unemployment rate
  • cities with highest and lowest unemployment rates
  • job change by occupation
  • trends by sector, region, employment type and wages

Access federal and provincial labour market reports: