A method for manufacturing a steel sheet for a container, wherein the steel sheet comprises: a plated layer containing an adhesion amount of 300 to 1000 mg/m 2 of nickel, provided on at least one surface of a steel sheet as a metal Ni; and a chemical conversion treatment film formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein a metal Zr adhesion amount of the chemical conversion treatment film is 1.0 to 50 mg/m 2, an amount of 0.5 to 25 mg/m 2 of a phosphate compound is contained in terms of P amount, and an F-atom number density measured by XPS analysis of a plane of 2 nm and a plane of 4 nm in a depth direction obtained by a sputtering treatment is equal to or less than 2 at%, the method comprising: applying a plated layer containing an adhesion amount of 300 to 1000 mg/m 2 of nickel as metal Ni to at least one surface of a steel sheet; forming a chemical conversion treatment film on the plated steel sheet by performing a cathodic electrolytic treatment with a solution containing a zirconium compound which is ammonium hexafluorozirconate, F ions, phosphate ions, and nitrate ions and having a pH in a range of 3 to 4, and thereafter performing a washing treatment with warm water at 40°C or higher for 0.5 or more seconds, wherein the temperature of the solution for the cathodic electrolytic treatment is in the range of 10°C to 50°C; and wherein in the solution for the cathodic electrolytic treatment the concentration of zirconium compound is 100 to 3000 ppm as zirconium metal element, the concentration of HF is 50 to 400 ppm, the concentration of phosphate ions is 50 to 2000 ppm and the concentration of nitrate ions is equal to or higher than 3000 ppm, wherein the electrolysis current density of the cathodic electrolytic treatment is 0.05 to 50 A/dm 2 and the current application time of the cathodic electrolytic treatment is 0.01 to 5s. a plated layer containing an adhesion amount of 300 to 1000 mg/m 2 of nickel, provided on at least one surface of a steel sheet as a metal Ni; and a chemical conversion treatment film formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein a metal Zr adhesion amount of the chemical conversion treatment film is 1.0 to 50 mg/m 2, an amount of 0.5 to 25 mg/m 2 of a phosphate compound is contained in terms of P amount, and an F-atom number density measured by XPS analysis of a plane of 2 nm and a plane of 4 nm in a depth direction obtained by a sputtering treatment is equal to or less than 2 at%, applying a plated layer containing an adhesion amount of 300 to 1000 mg/m 2 of nickel as metal Ni to at least one surface of a steel sheet; forming a chemical conversion treatment film on the plated steel sheet by performing a cathodic electrolytic treatment with a solution containing a zirconium compound which is ammonium hexafluorozirconate, F ions, phosphate ions, and nitrate ions and having a pH in a range of 3 to 4, and thereafter performing a washing treatment with warm water at 40°C or higher for 0.5 or more seconds, wherein the temperature of the solution for the cathodic electrolytic treatment is in the range of 10°C to 50°C; and wherein in the solution for the cathodic electrolytic treatment the concentration of zirconium compound is 100 to 3000 ppm as zirconium metal element, the concentration of HF is 50 to 400 ppm, the concentration of phosphate ions is 50 to 2000 ppm and the concentration of nitrate ions is equal to or higher than 3000 ppm, wherein the electrolysis current density of the cathodic electrolytic treatment is 0.05 to 50 A/dm 2 and the current application time of the cathodic electrolytic treatment is 0.01 to 5s.