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Teaching students about faith and ethics, in a Catholic school classroom or as a leader teaching within a faith community.
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Religion Teacher salary in Ontario: Job Bank reports one figure for the whole group of secondary school teachers, not for religion teacher alone. For that group the median pay is $48.08 an hour (reference period 2023-2024). The group's three-year outlook in Ontario is moderate. The job usually needs a university degree.
Source: Job Bank wages (updated 19 November 2025) and job prospects (updated 10 December 2025), NOC 41220. Pay varies by region and experience.
The work
A Tuesday
Not a good day or a bad one. The ordinary version, which is what you would actually be living.
Honestly
The second list is the useful one. Nearly every careers page leaves it out, which is why nearly every careers page reads like an advert.
The route in
Decide which path you mean
For schools: earn a degree and teacher education
For Catholic schools: get Religious Education qualifications
Local boards
Where this comes from: Job Bank: Secondary school teachers in Ontario · Job Bank: Religious leaders in Ontario (faith community roles) · Ontario College of Teachers: Become a teacher · Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association: AQ courses · St. Clair Catholic District School Board
The money
Job Bank's own figures, quoted rather than summarised, with the period they describe — so you can tell how old they are and go and check them.
Ontario, NOC 41220. Reference period 2023-2024, last updated by Job Bank on 19 November 2025. Wages vary a lot by region inside Ontario and by how long you have been doing it — the low figure is roughly where you start, not what the job is worth.
Where it is heading
Job Bank publishes a three-year outlook for every job in every province. It is the closest thing to an honest forecast, and it moves, so read it as a weather report rather than a verdict.
Moderate3 out of 5 stars
What that rating means: how many openings Job Bank expects in Ontario for this kind of work against how many people are likely to be looking — not whether it is a good job. A “limited” rating means more competition for each opening; it does not close the door, and it can change before you are ready to walk through it.
What is changing in this work
Who hires for it
Source: Job Bank — Secondary school teachers job prospects in Ontario (NOC 41220). Outlook updated by Job Bank on 10 December 2025; read by us on 5 October 2026.
Before you leave school
Test it
Reading about a job tells you almost nothing. This is designed to be done alone, this week, for free.
Teach one idea to a younger student for 20 minutes
About 60 minutesWhat it tells you. If you liked watching a younger person's thinking change and wanted to try it again, teaching is a strong fit. If the preparation felt like a chore or you got frustrated when they did not follow, think carefully about classroom life, and look at the Teacher page for the full picture.
Better than any article
Most people say yes to a teenager who asks good questions. These are the ones that get real answers rather than encouragement.
Could you own one of these?
Not in the usual sense. School teaching is salaried. Religious leaders sometimes found or lead their own community organizations, and teachers sometimes tutor privately.
Quick answers
Job Bank reports one figure for the whole group of secondary school teachers, not for a religion Teacher alone. For that group the median pay is $48.08 an hour (reference period 2023-2024, updated 19 November 2025). The range Job Bank publishes runs from $29.33 to $61.54 an hour. Pay varies by region, employer and experience.
Job Bank rates the employment outlook for this work in Ontario as moderate for 2025-2027 (updated 10 December 2025). Employment growth will lead to a few new positions. A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements. There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation. A lower rating means more competition for each opening, not that no one is hiring.
Job Bank says this work usually needs a university degree. The usual route in Ontario, in order: Decide which path you mean; For schools: earn a degree and teacher education; For Catholic schools: get Religious Education qualifications.
Nearly all employed in secondary schools. (Job Bank.)
Job Bank counts about 36,700 people working in this job in Ontario. 60% of them are women, compared with 48% across all jobs. That describes who does the work today, not who can.
Where people come from
In the 2021 Census, this job is one of the 12 most common for graduates of these programs. Each page shows what else they do, and which of those jobs have openings.
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