Its been a while since I've been on this website but still not found any threads about chefs in Canada. Does anyone know of any chefs who have made the move, or even any chefs from Canada. Do they think its a better way of life.

We are still debating about a move to Canada and we are going to the Liverpool Emigrate show this weekend, dont know if that will answer any questions.

Still very daunted by the whole idea but excited aswell

Can't help you a lot I afraid.

Here is a site that give some figures:-

http://www.payscale.com/research/CA/...ef/Hourly_Rate

Sous Chef in Winnipeg is about $15 an Hour.

Prep-Chef about $12

Washer-up about $9

Split shifts are common, so overtime is rare.

I know a Head Chef in the City who is on $50,000 per year but works 60 hour weeks.

Health and Safety is inferior to the UK as are Holidays (4% of wages). No Sick Pay except through EI, No Pension schemes other than Government.

Hello
I have sent you a PM

Fellow who posted under the name Fredie_stax was hired by the Banff Springs Hotel his last post was in May of this year.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/searc...earchid=985558

Hi kaz19,

I've compiled a list for you, of the average wages ($/hour) for a Chef in Canada by region.

Alberta

Calgary / Banff / Drumheller and Area: 15.75
Edmonton and Area: 15.75
Ft. McMurray / Lloydminster / Cold Lake and Area: 18.46
Grande Prairie / Slave Lake / Jasper and Area: 17.54
Lethbridge / Medicine Hat / Crowsnest Pass Area: 16.23
Red Deer / Camrose / Wetaskiwin / Rocky / Olds and Area: 16.20

British Columbia

Northern British Columbia: 16.44
Thompson Okanagan Kootenay Area: 17.00
Vancouver and Lower Mainland Southwest: 15.44
Vancouver Island and Victoria: 15.42

Manitoba

Provincial: 17.55
Northern Manitoba: 22.04
Southern Manitoba: 22.00

New Brunswick

Fredericton/Woodstock/Grand Falls/Edmundston: 13.57
Moncton/Shediac/Sackville/Richibucto: 13.58

Nova Scotia

Annapolis Valley (Kings, Annapolis & West Hants): 17.50
Antigonish / Pictou / Guysborough: 17.00
Cape Breton Island: 17.00
Colchester / Cumberland: 17.00
Halifax and surrounding areas: 17.00
South Shore (Lunenburg & Queens Counties): 17.50
Southwest Nova Scotia: 17.50

Ontario

Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk: 14.22
Bruce, Grey, Simcoe, Muskoka District: 15.15
Cornwall/Hawkesbury Area: 14.40
Durham Region: 15.40
Halton, Peel: 15.10
Hamilton: 15.30
Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances and Surrounding Areas: 14.42
Kingston Area: 15.85
London-Woodstock Area: 13.88
Nipissing/Parry Sound/Timiskaming Area: 14.90
Ottawa: 13.55
Peterborough and Kawartha Area - Peterborough, Haliburton, Cobourg, City of Kawartha Lakes: 14.75
Quinte Area: 13.53
Sault Ste. Marie, Elliot Lake and Algoma District: 16.35
Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin Island: 13.75
Thunder Bay Area: 15.87
Toronto: 15.87
Waterloo Region, Huron, Perth, Wellington, Dufferin: 13.18
Windsor / Essex, Chatham-Kent, Sarnia / Lambton Region: 13.45
York Region: 15.87

Quebec

Bas-Saint-Laurent region: 15.73
Centre-du-Québec region: 17.92
Côte-Nord: 16.88
Montréal: 15.25
Outaouais region: 14.42

Source: www.labourmarketinformation.ca


I hope this will be useful for you in deciding which part of Canada will be best for your family. However, like I said, these are just average wages. My mother is working on a TWP as a Chef in Toronto and she is being compensated at $20/hour, so the wage that your OH will get as a chef may be higher than the above figures.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to send me a PM.