Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ)

A summer job – a stepping stone to a career

Canada Summer Jobs is a new initiative of the Summer Work Experience program. It provides wage subsidies to help Canadian employers of not-for-profit, public sector, and smaller private sector organizations with 50 or fewer employees create career-related summer jobs for students between the ages of 15 and 30 at the start of employment.

The initiative is specifically designed to help students having trouble finding summer jobs because of where they live and/or other barriers.

 Canada Summer Jobs is about:

• creating jobs that would not otherwise be created;
• helping students who need it the most because of where they live and/or other barriers;
• providing high-quality, career-related summer jobs.

Canada Summer Jobs is focused on encouraging not-for-profit, public sector, and smaller private sector employers with 50 or fewer employees to create jobs that not only meet their needs, but benefit young people who need jobs the most.

The application deadline for Canada Summer Jobs 2007 was March 30, 2007.

Priority was given to proposals that focused on:

• employing students living in communities with high youth unemployment rates; small urban, rural or remote areas; and/or high crime areas;
• employing students facing barriers to the labour market, such as those with disabilities, visible minorities and Aboriginal students;
• providing students with meaningful and career-related work experience as well as an important financial contribution towards their continued education and future;
• creating job opportunities for students to work in organizations with social, community, health or environmental mandates.

Canada Summer Jobs Applicant Guide

The Canada Summer Jobs Applicant Guide contains the following information for employers:

• Eligibility Criteria;
• Instructions for Completing the Canada Summer Jobs Application;
• Assessment Process;
• Approval Process.

Call 1 800 935-5555 (TTY: 1 800 926-9105)

Visit your local Service Canada Centre

Consult the Frequently Asked Questions

More information for employers and youth

• Applicant Guide for Skills Link and Career Focus programs
• Canada Student Loans Program
• Career Exploration Resources
• Essential Skills
• HRSD Youth Employment Strategy programs
• Other government YES programs
• Youth Awareness
• Youth Employment Information Products and Services
• Youth.gc.ca
• Youth Link

About the Youth Employment Strategy

Twelve Government of Canada departments and agencies work in partnership with business, labour, industry, not-for-profit and voluntary organizations, rural and remote communities and all levels of government to help young people get the information and develop the skills and work experience they need to prepare for and participate in the world of work. Read more about this initiative or call the Youth Info Line at 1 800 935-5555.