Job prospects Operations Manager, Restaurant in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "Operations manager, restaurant" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

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.

Limited

The employment outlook will be Limited for restaurant and food service managers (NOC 60030) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Most job opportunities in this occupation are in the Whitehorse area.
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 at mining camps.

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