Deadline: 19-Dec-2024
The Canada Summer Jobs is a program under the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), which aims to provide quality summer employment opportunities for youth to develop skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition into the labour market.
The program provides wage subsidies to support employers from not-for-profit organizations and the public sector, as well as private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create quality summer work experiences for youth aged 15 to 30 years.
Objectives
- The CSJ program objectives align with YESS and are as follows:
- Provide quality work experiences for youth
- Provide opportunities for youth to develop and improve their skills
- Respond to national and local priorities to improve access to the labour market for youth who face unique barriers
- The Government of Canada aims to ensure that all CSJ-funded job opportunities take place in a safe, inclusive, and healthy work environment free from harassment and discrimination.
Duration
- The duration of the CSJ-funded portion of the job must be between 6 and 16 consecutive weeks.
Eligible Projects
- Provide full-time work experience in Canada between April 21, 2025 and August 30, 2025 for a minimum of 6 weeks and a maximum of 16 weeks and
- Provide a work experience in an inclusive non-discriminatory work environment that respects the rights of all Canadians
Eligibility Criteria
- What employers are eligible?
- An organization must be registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and have a business number to receive funding. The organization must have a CRA payroll deductions program account (RP) prior to hiring youth through the CSJ program.
- Not-for-profit employers
- Public sector employers
- Private sector employers
- An organization must be registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and have a business number to receive funding. The organization must have a CRA payroll deductions program account (RP) prior to hiring youth through the CSJ program.
- What youth participants are eligible?
- To be eligible, youth must:
- be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginning of the employment period
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment and
- have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
- To be eligible, youth must:
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
