Job prospects Restaurant Manager near Whitehorse (YT)

The employment outlook will be moderate for Restaurant and food service managers (NOC 60030) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

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.
• Looking beyond the forecast period, The Conference Board of Canada (2024) predicts that this occupation will be in the top fifty in terms of openings of all occupations in the Yukon from 2024 to 2045.

Here are some key facts about Restaurant and food service managers in Yukon:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Restaurant and food service managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 54% of restaurant and food service managers work all year, while 46% 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 44 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 38% of restaurant and food service managers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 52% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 48% 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: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology