Job prospects Specialist Chef - Sauces And Soup Bases in Northwest Territories

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "specialist chef - sauces and soup bases" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Chefs (NOC 62200) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of 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.

Much of the demand for the food services sector comes during the busy tourist season. It remains to be seen how the wildfire season of 2023 will affect tourism in the short term.

Here are some key facts about Chefs in Northwest Territories:

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: 88% compared to 88% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 13% compared to 12% for all occupations
44% of chefs work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 33 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
12% of chefs are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 69% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 31% compared to 48% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 21% compared to 17% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 11% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 32% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 26% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations