Canada Summer Jobs Program

Who can apply

Employers/ applicants must be:

1. not-for-profit employers, including:

a) Community, charitable or voluntary organizations, including faith-based organizations (for example, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques);

b) Associations of workers or employers as well as professional and industrial organizations;

c) Indigenous not-for-profit organizations;

d) Non-governmental organizations;

e) Unions;

f) Sector councils; and,

g) Not-for-profit Band Councils.

2. public sector employers, including: public health and public educational institutions, municipal governments and other organizations under public ownership, including:

a) public community colleges and vocational schools;

b) public health, including: public hospitals, nursing homes, senior citizen homes, rehabilitation homes, and public libraries;

c) public degree-granting universities and colleges;

d) municipal governments and agencies, including regional legislative bodies and departments;

e) school boards and elementary and secondary institutions; and,

f) territorial governments.

3. private sector employers that have 50 or fewer full-time employees across Canada. Private sector entities are established in order to generate a profit or to provide an economic advantage to their proprietors, members or shareholders. This category includes:

a) bodies, incorporated or unincorporated, including partnerships and sole proprietorships;

b) financial Institutions;

c) business, incorporated or unincorporated bodies, which include i) federal Crown corporations operating in a competitive environment and not ordinarily dependent on appropriations for operating purposes as indicated in Schedule III, Part II of the Financial Administration Act; ii) provincial and territorial Crown corporations recognized as operating in a competitive environment and not ordinarily dependent on appropriations for operating purposes; iii) private health and educational institutions; and, iiii) independent owners of franchises (franchise operators are eligible if there are 50 or fewer full-time employees working full-time in the franchise owner’s operations across Canada, regardless of the number of business numbers involved);

d) Indian Band corporations;

e) Private Band Councils; and,

f) private universities or colleges.

Ineligible employers:

1. Members of the House of Commons and the Senate;
2. Federal Government Departments and Agencies;
3. Provincial Departments and Agencies; and,
4. Organizations that engage in partisan political activities.

Youth applicants must:

1. be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
2. be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or persons to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment; and,
3. have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.