Job prospects Hotel Waiter/waitress - Formal Service in Northwest Territories

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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200) in Northwest Territories for the 2024-2026 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 several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

• Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 wildfires, the Northwest Territories' accommodation and food services sector has experienced labour shortages.
• One hundred and fifteen job openings are forecast for this occupation in the Northwest Territories from 2021-2040 (Government of the Northwest Territories, 2023).
• Infrastructure improvements may boost investment and tourism in the territory and lead to increased demand for food service occupations. For example, the federal government announced $25 million for the construction of an all-season road from Liard Highway 7 to the Prairie Creek mine. This road is expected to support investment and tourism in the area.

Here are some key facts about Food and beverage servers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Food and beverage servers 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: 44% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 56% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 44% of food and beverage servers 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 39 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 17% of food and beverage servers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 18% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 82% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 31% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 44% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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