NOC 13110: Administrative assistants
What administrative assistants do
Administrative assistants perform a variety of administrative duties in support of managerial and professional employers. They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Prepare, key in, edit and proofread correspondence, invoices, presentations, brochures, publications, reports and related material from machine dictation and handwritten copy
- Open and distribute incoming regular and electronic mail and other material and coordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments and organizations
- Schedule and confirm appointments and meetings of employer
- Order office supplies and maintain inventory
- Answer telephone and electronic enquiries and relay telephone calls and messages
- Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems
- Determine and establish office procedures
- Greet visitors, ascertain nature of business and direct visitors to employer or appropriate person
- Record and prepare minutes of meetings
- Arrange travel schedules and make reservations
- May compile data, statistics and other information to support research activities
- May supervise and train office staff in procedures and in use of current software
- May organize conferences.
Job titles under NOC 13110
22 job titles are classified here, including administrative assistant, executive secretary (except legal and medical), office administrative assistant.
- administrative assistant
- administrative assistant - office
- administrative secretary
- appointment secretary
- church secretary
- contracts secretary
- executive secretary (except legal and medical)
- finance secretary
- human resources administrator
- human resources administrator - Canadian Armed Forces
- human resources secretary
- loans and grants administrative assistant
- office administrative assistant
- personal secretary
- private secretary
- recording secretary
- sales secretary
- school secretary
- secretary (except legal and medical)
- secretary-clerk
- taxation service secretary
- technical secretary
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a one- or two-year college or other program for administrative assistants or secretaries or Previous clerical experience is required.
Administrative assistants wages in Canada
Low, median and high hourly wages from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data. Annual figures assume full-time work (1,950 hours a year).
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $19.23/hr | $26.44/hr | $36.88/hr |
Toronto ON | $19.00/hr | $26.50/hr | $38.46/hr |
Montréal QC | $18.97/hr | $26.42/hr | $36.99/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $20.00/hr | $28.85/hr | $36.06/hr |
Calgary AB | $19.78/hr | $26.43/hr | $37.00/hr |
Edmonton AB | $19.23/hr | $26.74/hr | $35.00/hr |
Ottawa ON | $20.00/hr | $28.85/hr | $41.03/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $18.00/hr | $25.00/hr | $36.92/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $36.06/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $20.00/hr | $25.83/hr | $35.74/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $19.23/hr | $25.71/hr | $34.62/hr |
London ON | $18.00/hr | $25.95/hr | $34.62/hr |
Halifax NS | $18.25/hr | $25.33/hr | $35.58/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $20.00/hr | $28.00/hr | $36.69/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $18.50/hr | $25.77/hr | $33.92/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $18.20/hr | $25.00/hr | $35.79/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $19.57/hr | $26.37/hr | $34.66/hr |
Nova Scotia | $18.30/hr | $25.00/hr | $35.58/hr |
New Brunswick | $17.79/hr | $25.00/hr | $35.44/hr |
Quebec | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $36.06/hr |
Ontario | $19.00/hr | $26.67/hr | $37.95/hr |
Manitoba | $17.00/hr | $24.32/hr | $34.66/hr |
Saskatchewan | $18.20/hr | $25.00/hr | $34.80/hr |
Alberta | $19.78/hr | $26.43/hr | $37.00/hr |
British Columbia | $20.00/hr | $28.50/hr | $36.54/hr |
Using NOC 13110 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 22 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations (NOC 12110)
- Executive assistants (NOC 12100)
- Legal administrative assistants (NOC 13111)
- Medical administrative assistants (NOC 13112)
- Office manager (NOC 13100)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for administrative assistants?
Administrative assistants are NOC 2021 unit group 13110. Example job titles in this group include administrative assistant, executive secretary (except legal and medical), office administrative assistant, private secretary.
What TEER is NOC 13110?
NOC 13110 is TEER 3 (College or apprenticeship (under 2 years)). Usually requires a college program or apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than six months of on-the-job training. TEER 0, 1, 2 and 3 work counts as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do administrative assistants earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $26.44/hr, about $52,000 a year full-time, with a range of $19.23/hr to $36.88/hr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.