Immigrate to Canada as a Cook in 2023/2024

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.

According to the NOC Classification Schedule, the code for Cooks moving to Canada states “Hotel front desk clerks make room reservations, provide information and services to guests and receive payment for services. They are employed by hotels, motels and resorts.”.

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

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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 migrate 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.

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Point score requirement to migrate to Canada as a Cook

AGE	WITH A SPOUSE OR COMMON-LAW PARTNER	WITHOUT A SPOUSE OR COMMON-LAW PARTNER
	(Maximum 100 points)	(Maximum 110 points)
17 years of age or less	0	0
18 years of age	90	99
19 years of age	95	105
20 to 29 years of age	100	110
30 years of age	95	105
31 years of age	90	99
32 years of age	85	94
33 years of age	80	88
34 years of age	75	83
35 years of age	70	77
36 years of age	65	72
37 years of age	60	66
38 years of age	55	61
39 years of age	50	55
40 years of age	45	50
41 years of age	35	39
42 years of age	25	28
43 years of age	15	17
44 years of age	5	6
45 years of age or more	0	0
Migrate to Canada from Australia English Language Points
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
	(Maximum 128 points)	(Maximum 136 points)
Less than CLB 4	0	0
CLB 4 or 5	6	6
CLB 6	8	9
CLB 7	16	17
CLB 8	22	23
CLB 9	29	31
CLB 10 or more	32	34
Official languages proficiency – second official language
Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):
6 with a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 22 points)
6 without a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 24 points)
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
	(Maximum 22 points)	(Maximum 24 points)
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or more	6	6
Migrate to Canada from Australia Points for Education
Level of Education	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
	(Maximum 140 points)	(Maximum 150 points)
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	0
Secondary diploma (high school graduation)	28	30
One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	84	90
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	91	98
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	112	120
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	119	128
Master’s degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree,” the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.)	126	135
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	140	150

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

In order to successfully emigrate 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.

We need to create the very best Express Entry profile possible by hitting the required benchmarks laid down by Canadian Immigration which also gives us those all-important Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points.

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 – Migrate to Canada as a Cook Express Entry

Cooks who want to immigrate to Canada 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).

Once a person has an ITA they can apply for Permanent Residence (PR).

When I Migrate to Canada 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 – Migrate to Canada as a Cook

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 – Migrate to Canada as a Cook 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.

Move to Canada as a Cook with 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.

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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.

Migrate to Canada as a Cook with provincial nomination from Ontario

One of the most popular States for Cooks looking to Immigrate to Canada is Ontario, one of the strongest economies in Canada and a State which is currently offering Provincial Nomination to Cooks without the need for a formal Job offer.

Stage 5 – Migrate to Canada as a Cook: 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 !!!!

Stage 6 – Migrate to Canada as a Cook: Congratulations

Welcome to your new life in Canada. You have up to one year to formally activate your visas by arriving into Canada. Canada is waiting for you and your family.

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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%

Canada Wants You: Apply to Migrate to Canada as a Cook

We only take on cases where our experts are positive of securing a successful outcome for you and your loved ones. At the start of this life-changing journey you need to be armed with the facts, not have to listen to a long-winded sales pitch.

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