Job prospects Natural Sciences Professor - University in Saskatchewan

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "natural sciences professor - university" in Saskatchewan or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

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 university professors and lecturers (NOC 41200) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

• Restrictive immigration policy changes at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada are expected to reduce international student enrolments between 2025 and 2027. This decline is leading to revenue shortfalls, budget constraints, and job cuts including an estimated 12,000 job losses across Canada's postsecondary education sector.
• Increased university research funding including several large-scale, interdisciplinary research grants from provincial and federal funding agencies and industry partners will help soften the impact of the federal international student cap on employment in this occupation.
• Workers in this occupation are concentrated in the Saskatoon region.

Here are some key facts about university professors and lecturers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 2,200 people work in this occupation.
• University professors and lecturers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 90% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 80% of university professors and lecturers work all year, while 20% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 56% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 44% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 7% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 93% compared to 7% 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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