Fastest ways to immigrate to Canada as a cook in 2024/2025.

And Yes, You Can! Cooks are on the Canadian NOC List under the code of 6322 and are eligible to move to Canada. Despite many Cooks migrating to Canada over the past few years, Cooks are still in high demand across Canada from both a National and Provincial basis.

Every occupation on the Canadian NOC List is assigned a code and the code for those looking to migrate to Canada as a Cook is 6322. This is also known as the NOC Code for Cooks Immigrating to Canada.

Cooks are employed under many job titles and positions.  So, to qualify under the code of Cook, you can be employed or work as any of these job titles or position descriptions

• Apprentice cook
• Assistant cook
• Banquet cook
• Breakfast cook
• Broiler cook
• Cafeteria cook
• Camp cook
• Caterer cook
• Construction camp cook
• Cook
• Diet kitchen cook
• Dietary cook
• Domestic cook
• Ethnic food cook
• First cook
• Fishing and merchant vessel cook
• Grill cook
• Hospital cook
• Institutional cook
• Journeyman/woman cook
• Kosher foods cook
• Licensed cook
• Line cook
• Logging camp cook
• Mess cook
• Pastry cook
• Pizza cook
• Railway cook
• Restaurant cook
• Second cook
• Ship’s cook
• Short order cook
• Small establishment cook
• Special diet cook
• Special order cook – hospital
• Therapeutic diet cook
• Third cook

Immigrate to Canada as a cook; Expected tasks, duties and responsibilities

• Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods
• Prepare and cook special meals for patients as instructed by dietitian or chef
• Schedule and supervise kitchen helpers
• Oversee kitchen operations
• Maintain inventory and records of food supplies and equipment
• May set up and oversee buffets
• May clean kitchen and work area
• May plan menus determine size of food portions estimate food requirements and costs and monitor and order supplies
• May hire and train kitchen staff.
• Cooks may specialize in preparing and cooking ethnic cuisine or special dishes.

Qualifications required to immigrate to Canada as a Cook

The exact documents and requirements needed for this process change, however they will be related to the considered educational requirements listed under the Canadian Government NOC list.  For a Cook these are:

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program for cooks or completion of college or other program in cooking or food safety or several years of commercial cooking experience may be required.
• Trade certification is available but voluntary in all provinces and territories.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified cooks upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Stage 1 – Migrate to Canada as a Cook : Getting Started

In order to successfully immigrate to Canada as a Cook we’re first going to create an Express Entry profile. However, creating an express entry profile alone is of no use. Express Entry is where the work really begins in earnest, it’s the start of your immigration journey and not the end.

Emigrate Canada doesn’t use any fancy one size fits all computer programs when it comes to assessing your eligibility to migrate to Canada as a Cook. Every assessment is hand reviewed by an industry specialist with significant experience in Canadian migration. Check your eligibility and immigration options today, for free and with no obligation.

Stage 2 – Express Entry

People who want to immigrate to Canada as a cook to live and work on a permanent basis must first register in the Express Entry pool and wait for an Invitation-to-Apply (ITA) from Immigration and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

When I Migrate as a Cook on Permanent Residency what does it mean for me and my family?

Canadian Permanent Residents can:

• Live and work in Canada
• Enter and leave without restriction
• Study in Canada
• Access Canadian Healthcare
• Access social benefits
• Apply for Citizenship and Dual Nationality after four years
• Enjoy protection under Canadian law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The CIC draws the top candidates from the Express Entry pool and issues them an Invitation To Apply based on how many Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points they have obtained.

A perfect Comprehensive Ranking Score is 1200. An offer of arranged employment in Canada or a provincial nomination certificate is worth an amazing 600 points.

Stage 3 – with your express entry profile

With your Express Entry profile live and active it’s time to really make it count. As we’ve already said, just having an Express Entry profile for Canada without any of the key paperwork in place is unlikely to achieve any meaningful success.

Stage 4 – with Provincial Nomination

With your emigrate Canada designated ICCRC Consultant having now arranged your Express Entry profile, completed and evidenced with your educational credentials and put your language certificate in place we will actively prepare your application for Provincial Nomination.

Securing Provincial Nomination

Securing provincial Nomination as part of your Canadian Immigration boosts your CRS score by 600, effectively ensuring your successful Invitation to Apply for Canadian Permanent Residency. Some Provinces require a Job Offer (more on that later) although crucially some do not.

With any Canadian Provincial Nominee Program, you’ll be a Canadian Permanent Resident right from the start although you’ll be expected to live and work in the nominating province for a period of two years. After those two years you’ll be free to live and work anywhere in Canada.

As part of your overall application your designated Emigrate Canada ICCRC consultant will make an application to all available Canadian states and provinces in support of your permanent residency application. It’s important to be at this stage as soon as realistically possible to capitalize on the fluid nature of Canadian Immigration.

Provincial Immigration programs open and close regularly, and occupation in demand lists are constantly updated. We need to be ‘submission ready’ for when circumstances align in our favor. Should we wait until the perfect circumstances manifest, by the time an application is progressed through the various stages there’s a good chance the opportunity will be missed.

Stage 5 – Invitation to Apply

The penultimate stage of your Immigration to Canada is receiving your Invitation to Apply via the Express Entry program. You’ll be receiving this Invitation based on your Express Entry Case which will either have been strong enough to have been selected directly on a federal basis, been selected via Provincial Nomination described above or selected based on you securing a formal Job Offer in Canada.

Regardless of how you’ve arrived at this milestone it’s a huge achievement and your dedicated Emigrate Canada ICCRC Consultant will have worked tirelessly to secure this stage for you and your family. It truly is this stage that makes all our efforts worthwhile, yet the hard work still isn’t over.

We still need to navigate the red tape and bureaucracy inherent in any Government Immigration program although rest assured, the path is well trodden and we have migrated thousands of applicants to Canada over the years.  As a final step you’ll need to clear background checks and medicals prior to your Permanent Residency Visas being formally granted.  Then it’s time to Celebrate !!!!

Jobs in Canada for Cooks Immigrating

The Job market in Canada for Cooks remains strong and is expected to do so for the next five years. Unemployment for qualified Cooks in Canada is well below average. Canada Wants Your Skills!

An entry-level Cook with less than 5 years of experience can expect to earn an average Salary of around $73500 whilst a Cook with mid-level experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $99600.

An experienced Cook with 10 to 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $166877 and a Cook with late-career experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $340787.

Obviously, these averages do vary between sectors so should be used purely as an indicative guide. Additionally, certain geographic anomalies occur in terms of fluctuations above these averages:

• Saskatoon + 30%
• Calgary + 29%
• Toronto + 24%
• Montréal + 18%
• Vancouver + 8%
• Victoria + 8%
• Lethbridge + 5%
• Edmonton + 2%