NOC 42204: Religion workers

Religion workers include brothers, nuns, monks, religious education workers and others who provide support to ministers of religion or to a religious community and who perform certain functions associated with the practice of a religion. They may perform these duties in churches, synagogues, temples or other places of worship; in institutions such as schools, hospitals and prisons; or in industrial facilities, corporate enterprises; or they may work in private practice.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 2.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 2: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of 2 or more years, or supervisory duties. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 42204 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 42204

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Assist at services of public worship and religious rites
• Provide religious education, spiritual guidance and moral support to members of a religious community
• Conduct outreach activities and facilitate community involvement
• Administer programs providing food, clothing and shelter
• May plan, organize and lead worship services and church activities for a specific audience.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• brother/sister - religion
• Christian science practitioner
• deacon
• missionary
• monk
• nun
• pastoral animator
• religious education worker
• Salvation Army field worker

Employment requirements

• Completion of college, university or other program in religious studies may be required, depending on the particular occupation and religion.
• There may be other employment requirements depending on the particular occupation and religion.

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