{"id":13119,"date":"2026-04-21T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/13119\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:52:07","slug":"canada-summer-jobs-2026-ottawa-opens-hiring-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/13119\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Summer Jobs 2026: Ottawa opens hiring period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During this period, youth can search and apply for CSJ\u2011funded roles through the federal Job Bank website and mobile app, according to ESDC. Roles are available for young people aged 15 to 30 across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, employers looking to fill approved positions are encouraged to keep postings current and to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobbank.gc.ca\/youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Job Bank<\/a> as a central channel to reach candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/ca\/specialization\/recruitment\/canada-summer-jobs-employer-applications-officially-open\/555691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">employer application<\/a> period for the 2026 edition of the CSJ ran from Nov. 4, 2025 to Dec. 11, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.<\/p>\n<p>Full\u2011time roles<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">CSJ\u2011funded jobs are defined as full\u2011time positions of 30 to 40 hours per week, Employment and Social Development Canada said. Placements run between six and 16 weeks, with the average job lasting about eight weeks, giving employers enough time to assign substantive work and assess performance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Honourable Anna Gainey, Secretary of State (Children and Youth), said the initiative is aimed at strengthening labour\u2011market outcomes for youth. \u201cQuality summer jobs help youth gain the skills, confidence and experience they need to succeed in the workforce,\u201d she said. \u201cThis investment in Canada Summer Jobs will empower 100,000 young people to explore career interests, earn income over the summer, and take important first steps toward high-paying, long-term careers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During this period, youth can search and apply for CSJ\u2011funded roles through the federal Job Bank website and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,7149,7151,7150],"class_list":["post-13119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-canada-summer-jobs-2026","tag-employment-and-social-development-canada-esdc","tag-young-workers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}