Job prospects Shelf Stocker - Supermarket in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "shelf stocker - supermarket" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

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 Very good for store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers (NOC 65102) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several 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.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

• Most job opportunities in this occupation are in the Yellowknife area.
• Employers in Yellowknife have struggled to fill retail vacancies in 2025.
• Retail sales are expected to increase moderately by 2.8% to 4.3% annually over the forecast period (Conference Board of Canada, Territorial Outlook, March 25, 2025).
• From 2021-2040, 126 job openings are forecast for store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers in the Northwest Territories (Government of Northwest Territories, May 2023).

Here are some key facts about store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 94%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 50% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 50% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 52% of store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers work all year, while 48% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 38 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 59% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 41% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 43% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 42% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 6% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 6% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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