Job prospects Data Scientist in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "data scientist" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

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.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Limited for data scientists (NOC 21211) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.

Here are some key facts about data scientists in Ontario:

• Approximately 23,450 people work in this occupation.
• Data scientists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 27%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 20%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 7%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 7%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 6%
• 76% of data scientists work all year, while 24% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 6% of data scientists are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 70% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 30% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 56% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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