Job prospects Wildlife Biologist in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

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 Limited for biologists and related scientists (NOC 21110) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of a few positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is driven by federal and provincial investments in life sciences (health, agri-food, and clean biotech), clinical trial improvement, and domestic vaccine and biomanufacturing capacity.
• Key trends for this occupation include using IT to analyze biological data (bioinformatics), artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to analyze research data and develop new drugs, and genetic and cellular technologies, like gene editing and gene and cell therapy, for disease treatment and in agriculture applications.
• Jobs are concentrated in the Winnipeg region.

Here are some key facts about biologists and related scientists in Manitoba:

• Approximately 1,250 people work in this occupation.
• Biologists and related scientists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 22%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 18%
  • Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325): 12%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 10%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 81% of biologists and related scientists work all year, while 19% 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 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of biologists and related scientists are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 41% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 59% 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: less than 5% compared to 31% 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: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 42% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 52% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology