paramedic

The employment outlook will be Good for paramedical occupations (NOC 32102) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is driven by the province's growing and aging population and provincial government spending on healthcare.
• The province has taken steps to train more paramedics, expand emergency patient transport, and introduce community paramedicine to target frequent users of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). 
• High stress, burnout, and high turnover are occupational challenges.
• Key trends include integration of technology for data management and security.

Here are some key facts about paramedical occupations in Manitoba:

• Approximately 2,000 people work in this occupation.
• Paramedical occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 50%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 22%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 22%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 81% of paramedical occupations work all year, while 19% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 59% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 41% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 30% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 46% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 14% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations