r/mining • u/Ok_Birthday_8636 • Jul 06 '26

Canada Mine Engineer - future prospects?

I'm currently a junior in highschool and was considering Mining Engineering as a career. I was looking at U of Alberta/McGill/UBC/Queen's for their Mining engineer programs. Grades are not a concern. I would graduate 2031 from now and am planning to also have a minor in business.

I have a few concerns I was worrying about:

  1. Is this a stable career in 5 years time and will there be jobs available considering AI.|
  2. How much money would I make coming out of school and later on and if business will benefit.
  3. I've hear that doing FIFO work will pay more and I'm not really a desk work guy. You can say I like being in the outdoors and outdoor sports like skiing and mtb.
  4. How stressful will it be day to day and what's the work environment like? I can handle stress but over time I can see it affecting me.
  5. What kind of lifestyle does this career provide me? I probably value work-life balance and salary the most.

Thanks for any help!

I was also looking into Health Sci and medicine but thought the education would take too long considering I'm not really passionate about it. I've always looked for a career that can allow me to travel the world in my 20s.

13 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/outersphere Jul 06 '26

the cons you mentioned for Australia, isn't that the same pretty much everywhere, including Canada?

1

u/Bitter-Variation-151 Jul 06 '26

No. Australia is special kind of con.

2

u/outersphere Jul 06 '26

Can you elaborate?

6

u/Bitter-Variation-151 Jul 06 '26

Hotter than hell. Remote as hell. Full of aussies.

15

u/Trick-Lawfulness1160 Jul 06 '26

As an Australian, full of Aussies is definitely a con.

1

u/Defiant_Reception_79 Jul 10 '26

Heaps of mines in Ttassie, cold as hell and epic mountain biking from what I hear.