NOC 13111: Legal administrative assistants
What legal administrative assistants do
Legal administrative assistants perform a variety of secretarial and administrative duties in law offices, legal departments of large firms, real estate companies, land title offices, municipal, provincial and federal courts and government.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents, such as deeds, wills, affidavits and briefs, from handwritten copy, shorthand and machine dictation using computers
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Schedule appointments, meetings and conferences for employer
- Set up and maintain filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and coordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or organizations
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- May supervise and train other staff in procedures and in the use of current software
- May attend court, meetings or conferences to take notes, minutes and dictation
- May perform other general office work as required including preparing financial statements.
Job titles under NOC 13111
34 job titles are classified here, including administrative assistant - legal, corporate law legal assistant, legal assistant.
- administrative assistant - judicial
- administrative assistant - legal
- collection legal assistant
- commercial law administrative assistant
- commercial law legal assistant
- commercial law secretary
- corporate finance legal assistant
- corporate law administrative assistant
- corporate law legal assistant
- corporate law secretary
- corporate records legal assistant
- estate administrative assistant
- estate secretary
- family law legal assistant
- foreclosures legal assistant
- insurance legal assistant
- judicial assistant
- labour law legal assistant
- legal administrative assistant
- legal assistant
- legal assistant - criminal law
- legal secretary
- legal stenographer
- litigation administrative assistant
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a one- or two-year college or other program for secretaries or legal secretaries is usually required.
Legal 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 | $18.75/hr | $27.47/hr | $41.72/hr |
Toronto ON | $17.60/hr | $26.44/hr | $46.15/hr |
Montréal QC | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $38.46/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $20.00/hr | $30.00/hr | $43.95/hr |
Calgary AB | $22.24/hr | $31.58/hr | $45.91/hr |
Edmonton AB | $21.00/hr | $32.00/hr | $45.00/hr |
Ottawa ON | $18.46/hr | $25.00/hr | $39.42/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $18.72/hr | $26.00/hr | $36.63/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $38.46/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $17.60/hr | $25.00/hr | $35.00/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $17.60/hr | $26.44/hr | $42.03/hr |
London ON | $17.60/hr | $26.44/hr | $42.03/hr |
Halifax NS | $16.50/hr | $26.00/hr | $37.75/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $20.80/hr | $30.00/hr | $40.00/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $19.23/hr | $26.37/hr | $41.28/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $16.67/hr | $27.97/hr | $39.00/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $16.00/hr | $23.08/hr | $29.67/hr |
Nova Scotia | $16.50/hr | $26.00/hr | $37.75/hr |
New Brunswick | $18.00/hr | $23.00/hr | $32.05/hr |
Quebec | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $38.46/hr |
Ontario | $17.60/hr | $26.44/hr | $42.03/hr |
Manitoba | $18.27/hr | $26.00/hr | $33.85/hr |
Saskatchewan | $17.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $39.00/hr |
Alberta | $21.00/hr | $32.00/hr | $45.00/hr |
British Columbia | $20.00/hr | $30.00/hr | $41.96/hr |
Using NOC 13111 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 34 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- By-law clerk (NOC 14301)
- Court recorder (NOC 12110)
- Paralegal and related occupations (NOC 42200)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for legal administrative assistants?
Legal administrative assistants are NOC 2021 unit group 13111. Example job titles in this group include administrative assistant - legal, corporate law legal assistant, legal assistant, legal assistant - criminal law.
What TEER is NOC 13111?
NOC 13111 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 legal administrative assistants earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $27.47/hr, about $54,000 a year full-time, with a range of $18.75/hr to $41.72/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.