Job prospects Hotel Manager near Whitehorse (YT)

The employment outlook will be good for Accommodation service managers (NOC 60031) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• Due to the seasonal nature of this occupation, employment opportunities tend to be more favourable during the summer months.

• 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.

Here are some key facts about Accommodation service managers in Yukon:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Accommodation service managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): 88%
• 67% of accommodation service managers work all year, while 33% 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 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 48% of accommodation service managers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 64% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 36% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 36% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 32% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology