Job prospects Physical Metallurgical Engineer in the Toronto Region

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Metallurgical and materials engineers" in the Toronto Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

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.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Metallurgical and materials engineers in the Toronto Region over the past few years (2022-2024) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

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Job outlook over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for metallurgical and materials engineers (NOC 21322) in the Toronto region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
  • Several positions will become available due to retirements.
  • There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about metallurgical and materials engineers in the Toronto region:

  • Approximately 390 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Metallurgical and materials engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 41%
    • Motor vehicle, body, trailer and parts manufacturing (NAICS 3361-3363): 16%
    • Utilities (NAICS 22): 6%
    • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 6%

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Metallurgical and materials engineers across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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