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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Geological and mineral technologists and technicians" in the Ottawa Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

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.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Geological and mineral technologists and technicians in the Ottawa Region over the past few years (2022-2024) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

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Job outlook over the next 3 years

Limited

The employment outlook will be Limited for geological and mineral technologists and technicians (NOC 22101) in the Ottawa region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
  • Not many positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about geological and mineral technologists and technicians in the Ottawa region:

  • Approximately 140 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Geological and mineral technologists and technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 36%
    • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 35%
    • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 19%
    • Computer and electronic product manufacturing (NAICS 334): 10%

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Geological and mineral technologists and technicians across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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