Parks Canada Agency

Jobs @ Parks Canada

Student Employment

• Parks Canada Student Employment Program : A great place for all levels of students to gain a meaningful work experience
• Young Canada Works : A unique summer employment program designed for secondary and post-secondary students in specific National Parks and National Historic Sites across Canada.
• Co-operative Programs : considering a work term with Parks Canada?
• Other job resources available for youth

Parks Canada Student Employment Program

Jasper National Park © Parks Canada, 2001

Parks Canada offers full-time secondary school, CÉGEP, college, technical institute and university students access to over 1,000 student jobs across Canada every year. Jobs normally run from May to September in areas such as the warden service, visitor services, assistance on the waterways, interpretive activities, systems work or office support. Students have an opportunity to learn about the Parks Canada and the federal government, and gain valuable work experience while developing and improving their employability skills.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be

• a full-time secondary or post-secondary student in an accredited institution
• currently recognized as having full-time student status by the academic institution in which you are presently enrolled
• returning to full-time studies in the next academic term
• minimum age to work in the province where the job exists.

Note: Students who are in their last year of study are eligible to work part-time until the completion of their last academic term. You may be asked to provide proof that you meet these requirements.

Re-employment

La Mauricie National Park © Parks Canada / M. Greer, 2000

Students who worked for Parks Canada as a student during the previous summer may be re-hired by the same park or site. The manager will contact the student directly to check interest/availability in returning to the Agency for student work.

To be considered for re-employment by Parks Canada, you must continue to meet the student program eligibility criteria and have worked in a student job with Parks Canada within the past year.

Pay

Your pay will be based on rates set by Parks Canada in line with federal government student programs. If you're asked to travel, you'll also get your travel and accommodation expenses paid.

How to Apply

Parks Canada uses the following recruitment venue to hire students :

Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP).Canada's National Parks and National Historic Sites hire students through the Public Service Commission of Canada's Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP). The core of the program is a computerized national inventory of students seeking a student job with the federal government. This inventory is administered by the Public Service Commission of Canada for approximately 90,000 names every year across Canada. There is no deadline for applying to the general inventory. However, certain locations hire students earlier than others.

To apply, fill out the FSWEP application form on-line. Schools, public libraries, campus career centres, Human Resource Centres of Canada, the offices the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Canada and cyber-cafés are excellent venues for students to access the Internet. If access to the Internet is inconvenient or unavailable, you may obtain the FSWEP application form by contacting the Human Resource Centre of Canada or PSC office nearest you, or the Government of Canada's toll-free youth information line at 1-800-935-5555. The addresses are listed in the blue pages of your telephone directory, under Government of Canada. Send your application to the PSC after completion.

For information on the Parks Canada locations recruiting students who live in the general area of the establishment, visit their web sites:

Alberta

Banff National Park of Canada
Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada
Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site of Canada
Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada

British Columbia

Glacier National Park of Canada
Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada
Fort Anne National Historic Site of Canada
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Kejimkujik National Park of Canada
Port-Royal National Historic Site of Canada

Ontario

Bellevue House National Historic Site of Canada
Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada
Fathom Five National Park of Canada
Fort George National Historic Site of Canada
Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada
Fort Wellington National Historic Site of Canada
Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada
Laurier House National Historic Site of Canada
Point Pelee National Park of Canada
Queenston Heights National Historic Site of Canada
Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada
St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada
Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada
Woodside National Historic Site of Canada

Quebec

Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada
Saguenay-St.Lawrence Marine Park of Canada

To apply, submit a resume for the specific job of interest to you, and attach an application form (available at HRC, PSC and local Parks Canada offices). Be sure to identify the name of school and year of the program. On the application, clearly indicate that you meet the job requirements, and submit before the deadline.

Want to know more ?

• consult the FSWEP website
• get in touch with one of the regional Public Service Commission offices