Graduates · Ontario
What can you do with your degree?
Not what a brochure says. What graduates in each field actually work as, from Statistics Canada, next to what Job Bank says about whether those jobs have openings.
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Where graduates really end up
- Psychology degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies (7.2% of graduates). 2 of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Sociology degreeIn Canada, the most common job is social and community service workers (5.3% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Canada data
- Political science degreeIn Canada, the most common job is professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations (4.1% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Canada data
- Business degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is financial auditors and accountants (9.6% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Biology degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is post-secondary teaching and research assistants (10.1% of graduates). 2 of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Communications degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations (19.6% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- English degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations (6.3% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Social work degreeIn Canada, the most common job is social workers (51.4% of graduates). 4 of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Canada data
- Education degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is elementary school and kindergarten teachers (49.1% of graduates). 1 of the 12 most common jobs has a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Engineering degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is software engineers and designers (7.8% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Computer science degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is software developers and programmers (15.7% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Health professions degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (29.3% of graduates). 9 of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Visual and performing arts degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is graphic designers and illustrators (10.9% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- History degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is elementary school and kindergarten teachers (6.7% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Mathematics and statistics degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries (7.9% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Physical sciences degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is post-secondary teaching and research assistants (14% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
- Legal studies degreeIn Ontario, the most common job is lawyers and Quebec notaries (50.6% of graduates). None of the 12 most common jobs have a good or very good Ontario outlook.Ontario data
How these pages are built
Two sources, side by side
The Census (Statistics Canada, 2021) says who works as what, by field of study. Job Bank (Employment and Social Development Canada) says whether each job is expected to have openings over the next three years, and what it pays. We join them by occupation code and change neither.
Statistics Canada publishes Ontario only for broad groups of fields, and the detailed fields (sociology, political science, social work) only for Canada. Every table says which it is, and Ontario and Canada figures are never blended.
Stuck after graduating? Read the 90-day plan, or see every job in Ontario sorted by outlook and pay.
The Census is from 2021, a 25% sample, with counts rounded to multiples of five. It describes what graduates do, not what they wanted to do.