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Travel counsellor careers in Ontario and Québec

Start with the agency relationship and the provincial qualification route. Ontario certification and Québec certificates follow different rules; the statistics below retain their real units, dates and limits.

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Ontario · TICO →

Prepare for travel-counsellor work on behalf of a TICO-registered Ontario agency. Understand the 2026 combined certification program, agency relationship, official costs and dated employment evidence before you enrol.

Employee gross hourly median
CAD 25.00
NOC 64310 · Travel counsellors; not a TICO/OPC-only cohort.
2023–2024 LFS reference · annual release 19 Nov 2025 · later minimum-wage adjustments may apply.
Official certificate population
Not reported
Current individual certificate-holder total not stated in the reviewed report · 2025/26 annual report; no individual stock date available
Employment outlook
Moderate
2025–2027 · published 10 Dec 2025 · NOC 64310, not a certificate-holder-only forecast.
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TICO reports 8,200 exam sittings in 2025/26 and 119,801 exams since July 2009, not a current total of unique certified people. Its 1,870 registrations at 31 March 2026 are travel-retail/wholesale business registrations. None of these figures can substitute for current individual certificate holders or jobs.

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Québec · OPC →

Follow Québec’s counsellor route in the right order: create the OPC file, pass the ITHQ exam, link to a permitted agency and complete certificate issuance. Distinguish exam fees, certificate fees and annual renewal.

Employee gross hourly median
CAD 21.63
NOC 64310 · Travel counsellors; not a TICO/OPC-only cohort.
2023–2024 LFS reference · annual release 19 Nov 2025 · later minimum-wage adjustments may apply.
Official certificate population
12,234
valid counsellor AND agency-manager certificates, combined · 31 March 2025 · 2024–2025 annual report
Employment outlook
Limited
2025–2027 · published 10 Dec 2025 · NOC 64310, not a certificate-holder-only forecast.
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OPC’s report lists 12,234 valid certificates in the combined “travel counsellor and agency manager” category at 31 March 2025. It is not a counsellor-only headcount, a 2026 live total or a count of current jobs. The report listing checked for this guide linked the 2024–2025 report.

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Choose the role before the course

An employee, an outside representative, an agency manager and an agency owner do not follow identical requirements. Identify who holds the agency’s registration or permit, who supervises the work and whose name appears on client documents.

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Use wages as an employee benchmark

NOC 64310 covers travel counsellors, not only TICO or OPC certificate holders. The LFS employee-wage estimate is not a home-based contractor’s business revenue or profit. Ask for written terms on salary, commissions, paid hours, cancellations and business expenses.

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Keep official qualification and free revision separate

Our original questions, explanations and missed-question review stay free. Follow the named regulator and provider for enrolment, official assessments and certification. We do not reproduce a confidential exam bank or predict a passing result.

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Questions before you apply

What salary does this guide show?

The provincial gross hourly medians are for employees in travel counsellor occupation NOC 64310, with a 2023–2024 reference period. They are not entry offers, net pay or self-employed revenue. LFS wages include commissions, tips and bonuses.

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Can free practice provide certification or a job?

No. These original exercises are independent, unofficial and not licensed-reviewed. They help revision but do not replace official learning, examinations, regulatory approval or an employer’s hiring process.

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Definitions, dates and limits

  • Regulatory population and employment are separate. No current individual-holder stock was found in the reviewed TICO 2025/26 report; its exam sittings and registered businesses are different measures. OPC’s 12,234 valid certificates at 31 March 2025 combine counsellors and agency managers. None is a live vacancy count.
  • Wages cover NOC 64310 travel counsellor employees across the occupation, not only TICO/OPC holders. Both provincial estimates use the 2023–2024 Labour Force Survey reference period and were released on 19 November 2025. Minimum-wage adjustments may affect published figures.
  • Amounts are gross CAD per hour. LFS wages include commissions, tips and bonuses and exclude self-employment. They are not base pay excluding commissions, take-home pay or the sales revenue/profit of a home-based travel business.
  • Outlooks cover 2025–2027 and were released on 10 December 2025. A later update to recent labour-market trends or the website is not a new three-year forecast. Moderate, Limited and Undetermined are occupation/region assessments, not individual hiring probabilities.
  • Official program, exam, certificate and business fees have different scopes. Confirm eligibility, agency arrangements, taxes and current charges directly before paying. Our bilingual editorial content does not establish eligibility for official English-language service in Québec.

Source availability: the provincial Job Bank wage and outlook profiles were directly readable during the final 25 October 2026 check. Several TICO and ITHQ pages blocked scripted access but opened normally in a browser; the cited program, fees and conditions were verified there. Figures retain their stated reference periods and are not a live data feed.

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Official references

The reference period describes the data; the checked date describes our editorial review. A page update is not a new statistical observation.