Job prospects Child Welfare Social Worker in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "child welfare social worker" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

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.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for social workers (NOC 41300) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Most social workers in the Yukon require a degree in social work, counselling, psychology, or the social sciences.
The Yukon government is working toward regulating social workers by modernizing its Health Professions Act (Government of Yukon, June 1, 2025)
Despite social workers not formally being required to be registered by the territory until changes are made to the Health Professions Act, employers may require social workers in the Yukon to be registered as social workers or be eligible to be registered elsewhere in Canada.

Here are some key facts about social workers in Yukon:

Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Social workers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 59%
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 34%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 93% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 7% compared to 16% for all occupations
78% of social workers work all year, while 23% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 27% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 73% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: 74% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 24% compared to 11% for all occupations

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