Job prospects Counter Attendant, Cafeteria in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations (NOC 65201) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 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.

Future growth will mainly come from making up for the jobs lost during the health crisis, but this may not be enough to return to the pre-pandemic level.

A more difficult economic context and changes in consumer habits could undermine business profitability and limit the ability of companies to recruit staff. However, the anticipated decline in customers in restaurants with dining rooms in favour of fast food or take-out meals could benefit this occupation, as the majority of jobs are in these establishments.

After more than two years of travel restrictions, the recovery of leisure tourism will be beneficial to the occupation.

However, the continuation of remote work in companies and the slow recovery of business tourism could deprive restaurants of part of their clientele, especially in city centres.

Nonetheless, people with experience will easily find work. In addition, the scarcity of available labour will improve prospects for less experienced job seekers.

While the employment outlook is good for this occupation at the provincial level, it will be moderate in six regions.

Here are some key facts about Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations in Quebec:

• Approximately 68,950 people work in this occupation.
• Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 67%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 43% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 56% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 37% of food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations work all year, while 63% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 34 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 41% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 59% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 34% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 35% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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