51110 Editors
No. NOC 51110 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 1
TEER 0 to 3 work still counts for Canadian experience work-length points.
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Example job titles
- advertising editor
- associate editor
- contributing editor
- copy editor
- editor
- editorial consultant
- literary editor
- manuscript editor
- medical editor
- news editor
- news service editor
- sports editor
- technical editor
Main duties
- Evaluate suitability of manuscripts, articles, news copy and wire service dispatches for publication, broadcast or electronic media and recommend or make changes in content, style and organization
- Read and edit copy to be published or broadcast to detect and correct errors in spelling, grammar and syntax, and shorten or lengthen copy as space or time requires
- Confer with authors, staff writers, reporters and others regarding revisions to copy
- Plan and implement layout or format of copy according to space or time allocations and significance of copy
- Plan and coordinate activities of staff and assure production deadlines are met
- Plan coverage of upcoming events and assign work accordingly
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.
Other occupations
51100Librarians Level 2: at least 1.5× median wage51101Conservators and curators Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51102Archivists Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51111Authors and writers (except technical) Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51112Technical writers Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51113Journalists51114Translators, terminologists and interpreters51120Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51121Conductors, composers and arrangers51122Musicians and singers