A paid parliamentary work and learning opportunity where selected students support the House of Commons while completing their first year of university.
Eligibility: Canadian high-school students who meet the current graduation, language, academic, and post-secondary conditions; read the official brochure before applying.
◷Winter/spring student recruitment cycle · Next cycle
◇Varies · In person
Seasonal student jobs across national parks, historic sites, and marine conservation areas, with roles in ecology, visitor services, heritage, and operations.
Eligibility: Canadian high-school and post-secondary students who meet the current student-status, age, and work authorization requirements for each posting.
◷Spring application for summer placement · Next cycle
◇Varies · In person
An eight-week summer internship that places a Grade 11 student in a cancer research environment in Victoria.
Eligibility: Grade 11 students who meet the current application, science-interest, and local participation requirements; read the annual posting carefully.
◷Connect with a school board or apprenticeship office · Rolling
◇Varies · In person
A school-to-trades pathway that lets Ontario students earn co-op credits, explore a skilled trade, and begin apprenticeship training.
Eligibility: Ontario students who have completed the required Grade 10 credits; students can participate during Grades 10–12 under the current school-board process.
A summer employment and business-experience program that helps New Brunswick students build workplace skills and explore local careers.
Eligibility: New Brunswick students who meet the current age, school, residency, and employer eligibility rules; placements can last up to the program’s stated term.
A summer work-experience program connecting Yukon secondary students with employers while they build career skills and return-to-school experience.
Eligibility: Students over 15 who are attending secondary or post-secondary school during the academic year; current application forms set the details.
A provincial summer employment program that gives Newfoundland and Labrador students supervised work experience with approved employers.
Eligibility: Students in Newfoundland and Labrador high-school levels I–III, including students moving from Grade 9 into Level I, who can legally work.
A government summer-student application pathway with roles spanning biology, engineering, health, technology, business, parks, and public service.
Eligibility: Students who meet the current Saskatchewan Public Service student and return-to-school requirements; individual postings set education conditions.
◷Recruitment and student postings update throughout the year · Rolling
◇Varies · In person
Year-round and seasonal paid student work pathways at the CRA for Indigenous secondary and post-secondary students across fields such as administration, finance, technology, and policy.
Eligibility: Indigenous students who meet the CRA student-employment, age, school-status, and work-authorization requirements; individual postings set the final criteria.
◷Seasonal placements · check local community and sponsor postings · Next cycle
◇Varies · In person
Paid summer placements of at least 80 hours that help First Nations and Inuit youth build work skills, income, and awareness of post-secondary pathways.
Eligibility: First Nations and Inuit secondary or post-secondary students age 15–30 who meet the residency, work authorization, and full-time student requirements; local sponsors provide the placements.
Federal public-safety workplaces and virtual recruitment
#Grades 11
◷FSWEP specialized posting usually opens in mid-January · Next cycle
◇Varies · In person
A paid one-week July experience connected to FSWEP where Grade 11 students explore public safety, security, forensic science, research, and policy careers.
Eligibility: Young women in Grade 11 or Quebec Secondary 4 who meet FSWEP criteria, are interested in safety and security, and can participate in the annual five-day program.
◷Applications typically open February with an April deadline · Next cycle
◇Varies · In person
A seven-week paid summer work experience for Alberta high-school students in forestry, wildfire operations, wildlife biology, ecology, conservation, and stewardship.
Eligibility: Full-time Alberta high-school students ages 16–18 who meet the physical, availability, student-status, and interest requirements; graduating students may still apply.
◷School-year co-op timelines vary · check SickKids and your school · Next cycle
◇Varies · In person
An academic-credit co-op pathway for Grades 11–12 students to explore hospital operations, patient-facing work, health care, or research at SickKids.
Eligibility: Grade 11 or 12 students from Ontario semester schools whose school can arrange the required co-op credit and who meet SickKids placement and onboarding requirements.
◷Applications depend on observership availability and hospital requirements · Rolling
◇Varies · In person
A structured, hands-off clinical observership that lets secondary students and CEGEP learners explore health-care roles and hospital environments.
Eligibility: Secondary IV/V and CEGEP students who meet MUHC observership requirements, confidentiality rules, and placement availability; observation is not clinical employment.
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