Job prospects Sushi Chef in Northwest Territories

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "sushi chef" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for chefs (NOC 62200) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.

• In the Northwest Territories, this occupation can be employed to support the workforce in industrial settings, such as at mining camps.
• Local training is not available.

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

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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