Job prospects Pizza Cook in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "pizza cook" 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.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for cooks (NOC 63200) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

• Cooks are a designated trade in the Yukon.
• In the Yukon, this occupation can be employed to support the workforce in industrial settings, such as at mining camps.
• Local training is available. Yukon University offers a one-year culinary arts certificate program to meet the need for qualified cooks in the hospitality industry.
• The Government of Yukon expects 18 additional vacancies for cooks, butchers, and bakers in 2025 or 2026 (Government of Yukon, 2025).

Here are some key facts about cooks in Yukon:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Cooks mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): 47%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 16%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 15%
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 42% of cooks work all year, while 57% 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 37 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of cooks are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 48% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 52% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 18% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 14% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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