NOC 44101: Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
What home support workers, caregivers and related occupations do
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations, provide personal care and companionship for seniors, persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. They provide care in the client's residence, where they may also reside. They are employed by home care and support agencies, private households, or they may be self-employed.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation, convalescence or family disruption
- Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing and undressing
- Plan and prepare meals and special diets, and feed or assist in feeding clients
- May perform routine health-related duties such as changing non-sterile dressings, assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
- May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds.
Job titles under NOC 44101
27 job titles are classified here, including attendant for persons with disabilities - home care, family caregiver, home support worker.
- attendant for persons with a visual impairment - home care
- attendant for persons with disabilities - home care
- client care attendant - home care
- companion
- domestic helper
- doula
- family caregiver
- family worker - home care
- home health care worker
- home helper
- home support attendant
- home support worker
- home-care worker
- homemaker
- live-in caregiver
- live-in caregiver - persons with disabilities
- live-in caregiver - seniors
- personal aide - home support
- personal assistant - home care
- personal care aide - home care
- personal care attendant - home care
- personal care provider - home care
- personal support aide - home aide
- personal support worker - home support
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- Home management experience may be required.
- College or other courses in home support may be required.
- First aid certification may be required.
- Completion of a training program in care of the elderly, care of persons with disabilities, convalescent care or in a related field may be required.
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations 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 | $16.00/hr | $20.50/hr | $27.00/hr |
Toronto ON | $17.60/hr | $21.00/hr | $27.00/hr |
Montréal QC | $16.10/hr | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $18.25/hr | $24.50/hr | $30.00/hr |
Calgary AB | $17.00/hr | $20.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Edmonton AB | $15.00/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.25/hr |
Ottawa ON | $18.50/hr | $22.50/hr | $27.00/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $16.00/hr | $16.95/hr | $22.50/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $16.10/hr | $21.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $19.00/hr | $22.00/hr | $28.00/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $18.00/hr | $22.60/hr | $28.00/hr |
London ON | $17.60/hr | $22.00/hr | $27.88/hr |
Halifax NS | $16.61/hr | $21.30/hr | $24.83/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $21.00/hr | $24.65/hr | $30.00/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $17.00/hr | $20.00/hr | $28.85/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $15.35/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.35/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $16.00/hr | $17.05/hr | $18.00/hr |
Nova Scotia | $16.50/hr | $22.00/hr | $25.00/hr |
New Brunswick | $16.00/hr | $20.00/hr | $21.00/hr |
Quebec | $16.10/hr | $21.00/hr | $26.00/hr |
Ontario | $17.60/hr | $22.00/hr | $28.00/hr |
Manitoba | $16.00/hr | $17.75/hr | $23.00/hr |
Saskatchewan | $15.35/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr |
Alberta | $15.50/hr | $20.00/hr | $25.25/hr |
British Columbia | $18.25/hr | $24.50/hr | $30.00/hr |
Using NOC 44101 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 27 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Home child care providers (NOC 44100)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for home support workers, caregivers and related occupations?
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations are NOC 2021 unit group 44101. Example job titles in this group include attendant for persons with disabilities - home care, family caregiver, home support worker, live-in caregiver.
What TEER is NOC 44101?
NOC 44101 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 support workers, caregivers and related occupations earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $20.50/hr, about $40,000 a year full-time, with a range of $16.00/hr to $27.00/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.