Job prospects Primary Nurse in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "primary nurse" 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.

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 31301) 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.

Ongoing staffing shortages in health care and an ageing population will keep demand high for health professionals over the forecast period.
Staffing shortages created periodic disruptions in health care services throughout the Yukon in 2025, especially in rural areas.
The Government of Canada and the Government of Yukon reached an agreement in 2023 for a shared plan that will mean $380 million in federal funding over 10 years in the Yukon, including $73 million for a new bilateral agreement focusing on shared health priorities.
The Yukon and the Government of Canada announced a four-year funding agreement on Foreign Credential Recognition in 2024 to better support internationally trained health professionals to work within healthcare in the Yukon.
Nurses generally need to be registered with the Yukon Registered Nurses Association.

Here are some key facts about registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses in Yukon:

Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses mainly work in the following sectors:
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 81%
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 19%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 78% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 22% compared to 16% for all occupations
66% of registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses work all year, while 34% 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 45 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 9% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 91% 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: less than 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 35% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 54% compared to 19% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations

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