Job prospects Executive Assistant in the Cape Breton Region
Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Executive assistants" in the Cape Breton Region or across Canada.
Current and future job prospects
The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 28, 2026. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.
Recent trends from the past 3 years
We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Executive assistants in the Cape Breton Region over the past few years (2023-2025) because of low employment levels in this occupation.
Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology
Job outlook over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be Moderate for executive assistants (NOC 12100) in the Cape Breton region for the 2025-2027 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
- Several positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Additional information is available at the provincial level.
Here are some key facts about executive assistants in the Cape Breton region:
- Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Executive assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
- Other services (except public administration) (NAICS 81): 46%
- Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 42%
- Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 13%
Labour market conditions over the next 10 years
Find out what will be the job prospects for Executive assistants across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.
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