The Quebec Government has determined that the occupations listed below are currently "in high demand" in the Province of Quebec and therefore represent above-average employment prospects for Skilled Worker/Professional applicants intending to reside in Montreal or another city in the Province of Quebec.
The following occupations are currently "in high demand":
- Aerospace engineers
- Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
- Bilingual technical writers (French and English)
- Chemical engineers
- Computer engineers
- Computer programmers
- Computer systems analysts
- Consulting agronomists, specialists in fertilization
- Dieticians and nutritionists
- Electrical and electronics engineering technologists, specializing in instrumentation and automation
- Electrical and electronics engineers
- Industrial and manufacturing engineers
- Industrial instruments technicians specializing in maintenance analysis
- Machine tool operators (computer-aided, numerically controlled tools
- Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
- Mechanical engineers
- Occupational therapists
- Science policy and program officers : Multimedia interface specialists
- Technical sales specialists, wholesale trade
- Tool and die makers
- Translators specializing in technical and scientific fields (French and English)
- Welder-fitters
