What can you do with a kinesiology and recreation degree?

Routes that need more than the degree

1. 01

   Register as a kinesiologist

   The College of Kinesiologists of Ontario says registration requires a four-year degree in kinesiology or a similar field such as physical education or human kinetics, a criminal record check, and passing the College's entry-to-practice exam. It says only registrants may practise kinesiology or use the titles Registered Kinesiologist, Kinesiologist and R.Kin. College of Kinesiologists of Ontario: frequently asked questions
2. 02

   Become an Ontario certified teacher

   The Ontario College of Teachers describes a consecutive program as a four-semester program leading to a Bachelor of Education, open to students who have completed an undergraduate degree. Its becoming-a-teacher page lists a postsecondary degree of at least three years plus a four-semester teacher education program, then an application to the College for certification. Ontario College of Teachers: teacher education program providers
3. 03

   Add a college graduate certificate

   Ontario Colleges states that graduate certificates require a university degree or a college certificate or diploma for admission, and build on knowledge and experience from earlier postsecondary study. Check each program on ontariocolleges.ca for its own entry requirements. Ontario Colleges: program types

• The Census is from 2021. Jobs and hiring have moved since. Job Bank's outlook is current to 2025 to 2027.
• It counts employed people and what they do, not whether they wanted that job or use their degree in it. A graduate working as a retail supervisor is counted in the data exactly like one working in their field.
• It is a 25% sample, and Statistics Canada rounds every count to a multiple of five. Small groups are noisy.
• For Ontario the Census publishes bachelor's degree or higher together, so those tables include master's and doctoral graduates.
• Each person is counted once, by their highest credential. A person who finished a diploma and then a degree appears under the degree, not the diploma.
• The 12 jobs shown are the most common, not all of them. The rest of the graduates are spread across hundreds of other jobs.

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, tables 98-10-0447-01 and 98-10-0403-01; Job Bank (Employment and Social Development Canada) Ontario outlooks and wages, linked on each job. We join them by occupation code and change neither.