Library assistants and clerks
Occupation · NOC 2021 14300 · Canada
- NOC 2021 code
- 14300
- TEER
- 4
- Positions on positive LMIAs, all lists
- 0
- Median wage, Canada
- C$23.17 per hour
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 239
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About this occupation
Library assistants and clerks issue and receive library materials, sort and shelve books and provide general library information to users. They also perform clerical functions. Library clerks are employed by libraries or other establishments with library services.
Example job titles
- circulation clerk - library
- interlibrary loan clerk
- library assistant
- library page
- periodicals clerk
- reference clerk
- shelving clerk - library
Main duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Issue and receive library books and other materials
- Sort and reshelve books and other library materials
- Perform clerical activities such as manual and electronic filing and record payments received
- Maintain journal subscriptions
- Assist library users in accessing library materials and online resources, and in making interlibrary loans.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Work permits
Work permit holders by year the permit took effect, mapped from NOC 2016 where the code has a single NOC 2021 successor (IRCC).
| Year | TFWP permits | IMP permits |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 | 5 |
All work permits by year
Data table
| 2015 | 5 |
Wages
Median wage by province and territory (2025 release). Hourly unless marked per year.
| Area | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | C$15.80 | C$23.17 | C$34.00 |
| Alberta | C$15.30 | C$23.00 | C$35.00 |
| British Columbia | C$20.00 | C$27.85 | C$33.90 |
| Manitoba | C$16.00 | C$19.75 | C$28.73 |
| New Brunswick | C$16.00 | C$22.24 | C$28.00 |
| Nova Scotia | C$16.50 | C$19.51 | C$26.00 |
| Ontario | C$17.60 | C$22.00 | C$34.62 |
| Quebec | C$16.10 | C$24.00 | C$29.86 |
| Saskatchewan | C$15.44 | C$21.15 | C$29.69 |
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 239
- Vacancies advertised
- 243
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$20.94
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