The first job is the hardest one to get.
Start here.
Youth Careers Canada is a job bank built for young people in Canada — students, apprentices, new grads, and anyone building a career in their twenties. Make a free profile, upload your resume once, and apply in one click.
Free for job seekers, always. Already have an account? Sign in.
- $0Job seekers never pay. Employers pay to post; you never do.
- One resumeUpload it once. Every application sends it for you.
- PrivateOnly the employer you applied to can open your resume.
- Your callWithdraw any application yourself while it still says Submitted.
Where are you starting?
Five ways into the same job bank. Pick the one that matches where you are and the search opens already filtered.
- Students Part-time work that fits around classes — shifts, weekends, campus jobs. 69 open now
- Internships & Co-ops Internships, co-ops and apprenticeships that turn what you are learning into paid experience. 1 open now
- Graduates Your first full-time role after school. Many of these are marked “No experience (will train)”. 509 open now
- Early Career Junior and entry-level roles for when you have a few months or a couple of years behind you. 1139 open now
- Skilled Careers Technical, trade and experienced roles that pay for the skills you have already built. 82 open now
One profile, then it works for you.
Setting up takes about five minutes. After that, matching jobs come to you instead of you refreshing a search every night.
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Make your profile
Email, a headline, and your resume as a PDF, DOC or DOCX. That is the whole sign-up.
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Say what you want
Pick job categories, the provinces you will work in, keywords and skills. That becomes your match list and your alerts.
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Apply in one click
Your saved resume attaches itself. Add a short note if you want, or attach a different resume for a particular job.
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Track every application
Submitted, viewed, shortlisted — each one stays on your applications page, and you can withdraw while it still says Submitted.
Find your lane.
Five broad directions, and the career areas inside each one. Pick the work you want to do and the search is already filtered.
- You are here
- Technology 6
- Healthcare 82
- Business 48
- Skilled Trades 593
- Services 1130
Complete, transparent postings you can trust
Real street address, unit, postal code — never just a city — so you know the commute before you ever hit apply. The brand name leads every posting, legal entity noted beneath it.
Know what you're applying for
Example posting
Employer
Flying Pig Co.
Registered as 1234567 Ontario Inc.
Retail Associate
- Seasonal
- Part-time
- On-site
- No experience needed
- Work location
- 148 Queen Street West, Unit 2
Toronto, ON M5H 2A5 - Pay
- $17.50 to $19.00 / hour
- Hours
- 20 to 24 hrs / week
- Requirements
- High school diploma. 0 to 6 months experience
- Industry
- Retail Trade
Every field above is required on a real posting. This one is an example, not a live vacancy.
Free for job seekers. Always.
No sign-up fee, no fee to apply, no paid tier holding anything back.
Job Seeker
$0
forever, for every job seeker
No GST, because there is nothing to charge.
Create job seeker account- Sign-up fee
- None, ever
- Profile
- Headline, skills, preferences
- Resume
- Uploaded once (PDF, DOC or DOCX)
- Applying
- One click, status tracked
- Alerts
- Email or in-app, instant or daily
- Visibility
- Resume never listed publicly
So who pays?
Employers pay $19.95 + GST per posting per month; third party consultants pay $14.95 + GST per posting per month. That is what keeps the job bank free for you. There is no pay-to-apply and no featured-candidate upsell.
All prices are in Canadian dollars.
Need to know.
What you need to know before you start your job search.
Not answered here? Contact us. Our support team replies within one business day.
Getting started 2 questions
Does it actually cost anything to job hunt here?
Nothing. Creating a profile, uploading your resume, applying to jobs and getting alerts are all free, and always will be. Employers pay a flat fee per posting. You never do.
I'm new to Canada with no Canadian experience — can I still apply?
Yes. Youth Careers Canada is built for young people at every career stage, including those exploring Canadian opportunities for the first time. Filter by career stage — internships, graduate roles, early-career, skilled — to find postings that match where you actually are.
Jobs & applications 1 question
Changed your mind after applying?
While an application is still marked "Submitted" you can withdraw it yourself from your Applications page.
Resume & alerts 2 questions
Do I need to upload a resume for every job?
Just once. Upload it (PDF, DOC or DOCX, up to 5 MB) and every application uses it automatically — or swap in a different one for a specific role whenever you want.
How do I hear about matching jobs first?
Your alerts run off your profile: the categories you choose, the provinces you'll work in, your keywords and your skills. A match goes live and you get an in-app notification, plus an email if you want one — instantly or as a daily digest.
Privacy & accessibility 1 question
Who gets to see my resume?
Only the employer or consultant behind a job you applied to, and only the copy you sent them. It's never publicly listed, never searchable, and only reaches signed-in owners of that posting.
Ready when you are.
Free forever for job seekers. Create a profile now and the next matching job finds you.