NOC 44100: Home child care providers
What home child care providers do
Home child care providers care for children on an ongoing or short-term basis. They care for the well-being and physical and social development of children, assist parents with child care and may assist with household duties. They provide care primarily in their own homes or in the children's homes, where they may also reside. They are employed by private households and child-care agencies, or they may be self-employed.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Home child care providers
- Supervise and care for children in employer's or own residence
- Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
- Prepare formulas and change diapers for infants
- Plan, prepare and serve meals for children and may perform other housekeeping duties
- Oversee children's activities, such as meals and rest periods, as instructed by employer
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
- Instruct children in personal hygiene
- Tend to the emotional well-being of children and support their social development
- Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
- Provide age-appropriate educational training through organized activities such as games, crafts, reading and outings
- Take children to and from school and appointments
- May be required to keep records of daily activities and health information regarding each child.
- Foster parents
- Care for foster children, usually on an emergency or temporary basis, as a primary guardian under general direction of foster parent agency
- Consult foster parent agency supervisors for advice and when problems arise
- Administer foster care programs for foster children, as directed by foster parent agency social workers.
Job titles under NOC 44100
21 job titles are classified here, including babysitter, child care live-in caregiver, child care provider - private home.
- au pair
- babysitter
- babysitter - fitness centre
- babysitter - shopping centre
- babysitting caregiver
- child care live-in caregiver
- child care provider - private home
- child caregiver - private home
- child minder
- children's guardian
- family child care provider
- foster father
- foster mother
- foster parent
- governess - child care
- home child care provider
- kinship care provider
- kinship caregiver
- live-in nanny
- nanny
- parent's helper
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- Home child care providers, parent's helpers and foster parents may require completion of a training program in child care or a related field.
- Child care or household management experience may be required.
- Demonstrated ability to perform work is usually required.
- First aid certification and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training may be required.
Home child care providers 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 | $15.00/hr | $19.00/hr | $28.00/hr |
Toronto ON | $17.60/hr | $20.85/hr | $27.50/hr |
Montréal QC | $16.10/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $17.85/hr | $20.00/hr | $28.00/hr |
Calgary AB | $16.24/hr | $21.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Edmonton AB | $16.00/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr |
Ottawa ON | $17.60/hr | $18.23/hr | $22.88/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $16.00/hr | $18.00/hr | $23.00/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $16.10/hr | $21.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $17.60/hr | $20.00/hr | $28.85/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $17.60/hr | $18.33/hr | $24.29/hr |
London ON | $17.60/hr | $19.82/hr | $23.26/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $18.06/hr | $20.13/hr | $23.19/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $15.35/hr | $18.12/hr | $26.50/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $15.35/hr | $17.03/hr | $22.66/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $16.00/hr | $18.00/hr | $25.00/hr |
Nova Scotia | $16.50/hr | $19.00/hr | $23.00/hr |
New Brunswick | $15.75/hr | $19.19/hr | $25.26/hr |
Quebec | $16.10/hr | $21.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Ontario | $17.60/hr | $19.00/hr | $30.00/hr |
Manitoba | $16.00/hr | $18.00/hr | $22.00/hr |
Saskatchewan | $15.35/hr | $18.00/hr | $29.81/hr |
Alberta | $16.00/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr |
British Columbia | $17.85/hr | $19.00/hr | $28.00/hr |
Using NOC 44100 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 21 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Child care worker - daycare (NOC 42202)
- Live-in caregiver - persons with disabilities (NOC 44101)
- Live-in caregiver - seniors (NOC 44101)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for home child care providers?
Home child care providers are NOC 2021 unit group 44100. Example job titles in this group include babysitter, child care live-in caregiver, child care provider - private home, nanny.
What TEER is NOC 44100?
NOC 44100 is TEER 4 (High school and on-the-job training). Usually requires completion of secondary school, or several weeks of on-the-job training. TEER 4 and 5 work does not count as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker or Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do home child care providers earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $19.00/hr, about $37,000 a year full-time, with a range of $15.00/hr to $28.00/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.