Job prospects Administrative Nutritionist in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "administrative nutritionist" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

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.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for dietitians and nutritionists (NOC 31121) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Hospitals
• Offices of health practitioners, which include dietician and nutritionist services
• Nursing and residential care facilities

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• Federal budget commitments to nutrition and healthy communities
• Provincial investments to expand primary care teams

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• To work in Ontario, dietitians must be registered with the College of Dietitians of Ontario 
• Nutritionists are not regulated in Ontario.

Here are some key facts about dietitians and nutritionists in Ontario:

• Approximately 6,250 people work in this occupation.
• Dietitians and nutritionists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 38%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 27%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 12%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 70% of dietitians and nutritionists work all year, while 30% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 22% of dietitians and nutritionists are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 10% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 51% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 35% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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