Job prospects Pastry Chef in Yukon
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Job opportunities in Yukon
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Chefs (NOC 62200) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
- Due to the seasonal nature of this occupation, employment opportunities tend to be more favourable during the summer months.
- Forecast growth in the Yukon's tourism industry may create higher demand for jobs in the accommodation and food services sector.
- Overnight tourism visits to the Yukon are expected to grow by 11.6% in 2025 and 6.1% annually from 2026 to 2028 (Conference Board of Canada, 2024).
- High vacancy rates persist for occupations in tourism industries, including jobs in the accommodation and food services sector.
- For employees and prospective employees in these occupations in the tourism industry, The Yukon Tourism Training Fund provides grants for short term training.
- In the Yukon, this occupation can be employed to support workforce in industrial settings, such as mining camps.
Here are some key facts about Chefs in Yukon:
- Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Chefs mainly work in the following sectors:
- Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): 70%
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 13%
- Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33): 9%
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 9%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 82% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 18% compared to 16% for all occupations
- 45% of chefs work all year, while 55% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 39 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
- 23% of chefs are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 67% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 33% compared to 51% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 50% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
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