Job prospects Centralized Traffic Controller - Railway Traffic in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "centralized traffic controller - railway traffic" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

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 railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators (NOC 72604) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few 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.

Here are some key facts about railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators in Ontario:

• Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Transit and ground passenger transportation (NAICS 485): 43%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 41%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 7%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 5%
• 92% of railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators work all year, while 8% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 74% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 26% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 40% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 12% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 16% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% 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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