Trade Match Quiz: Which Skilled Trade Fits You?

Pick the answer that sounds most like you. There are no wrong answers.

Answer 12 quick questions about how you like to work — indoors or outdoors, heights, numbers, tools, people, and how long you want to train — and the quiz suggests three of six Ontario trades (electrician, plumber, HVAC technician, carpenter, roofer, horticultural technician) with the reasons for each. Your answers stay in your browser; nothing is saved or sent.

Facts checked November 8, 2026 against the official sources listed at the bottom of this page. Rules and fees change — confirm with the organization before you rely on them.

Question 1 of 12

Where would you rather spend your workday?

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How the quiz works

Each answer adds points to the trades it fits — choosing “mostly outdoors” adds to roofer and horticultural technician, for example. The three trades with the most points are your matches, and the answers that counted most are shown as the reasons. The same answers always give the same result.

Two questions use official facts: how long each apprenticeship takes (electrician about 5 years, plumber about 5 years, HVAC technician about 5 years, carpenter about 4 years, roofer about 2 years, horticultural technician about 3 years) and whether the trade is compulsory or voluntary in Ontario.

The six trades

Each page covers the work, the apprenticeship, the pay, where to train and what to do first.

All of Skilled Trades Careers

Facts checked November 8, 2026

Every number on this page comes from one of these official pages, read on that date. Where two official sources disagree, we show both. Where nothing official is published, we say so instead of estimating. ProScore is not affiliated with these organizations.

The 6 official sources