Supporting Students: Serving Communities
Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of the Summer Work Experience program. It provides funding for not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create summer job opportunities for students between the ages of 15 and 30.
Canada Summer Jobs is about:
- providing work experience for students;
- supporting organizations, including those that provide important community services; and
- recognizing that local circumstances, community needs, and priorities vary widely.
Criteria to assess the proposals will focus on:
- service to local communities;
- jobs that support local priorities* (*see below) (categories of local priorities are special events (e.g., sporting, cultural, or other events of local, provincial, territorial, national, or international scale), location (e.g., rural, remote, or high-unemployment areas), and sector (e.g., not-for-profit, tourism, or agricultural sectors);
- jobs that provide career-related experience or early work experience;
- a salary that contributes to the student's income;
- an employer who provides supervision and mentoring;
- project activities that are directed toward members of, and support the vitality of, an official-language minority community; and
- an employer who intends to hire priority students (students with disabilities, Aboriginal students, and students who are members of visible minority groups).
How to apply for Canada Summer Jobs
Employers can apply online or print an application form from the Web site to fill out by hand. They can also get an application form by calling the Youth Info Line at 1 800-935-5555, or by visiting any Service Canada Centre (SCC). People with a speech or hearing impairment who use a teletypewriter (TTY) can call 1-800-926-9105.
Before filling out an application, employers should consult the Applicant Guide.
Applicant Guide
The Applicant Guide is available on the Internet , by calling the Youth Info Line at 1-800-935-5555, or by visiting any Service Canada Centre (SCC). It contains the following information for employers:
eligibility criteria;
instructions for completing the Canada Summer Jobs application;
the assessment process; and
the approval process.
Apply online
The online application process makes applying quick and easy. For every online application submitted, Service Canada will issue a confirmation number. Employers must keep this number for future reference.
Download an application form
Employers can download a printable form. Completed applications may be submitted in person, by mail, or by fax.
Application deadline
The deadline for applications is February 29, 2008.
If employers are applying:
- online, they must submit their applications by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time;
- in person,* they must submit their applications at any Service Canada Centre before closing time on February 29, 2008;
- by mail,* their applications must be postmarked on or before February 29, 2008; or
- by fax, their applications must be received at any Service Canada Centre by 11:59 p.m. local time.
- *If employers who are submitting an application in person or by mail would like to confirm that Service Canada has received the application, they need to fill out an acknowledgment card and submit it with their application. This card is included with the instructions for completing the Canada Summer Jobs application form in the Applicant Guide.
Applications received or postmarked after the closing date of February 29, 2008, will not be assessed.
Public notice for employers
Hire a Student!
Through various programs and services, our summer employment officers will help employers get great visibility for their job postings. This pamphlet outlines the services that the Service Canada Centres for Youth (SCCYs) offer to employers.
For more information:
Call 1-800-935-5555 (TTY: 1-800-926-9105)
Visit any Service Canada Centre
Canada Summer Jobs - Local Priorities for Simcoe North
The Canada Summer Jobs Assessment Criteria provide for the identification of local priorities within the assessment process.
- Special events
- Heritage and the arts festivals
- Community and Regional Anniversaries
- Agricultural Fairs
Note: If there are other special events identified in the course of assessment they will be recognized in the assessment.
Location
Jobs placements in areas where transportation access is not a barrier to employment
Sector
Skilled trades – construction trades
Tourism – agri-tourism, water based tourism, marinas and water based outfitters
Small business – seasonal retail and services that market in the downtown areas which are typically independently owned and operated
Not for Profit organisations focusing on community heritage and language services – francophone services, museums and Seniors outreach services
Eco-tourism
Note: Local priorities may be added to ensure responsiveness to unforeseen circumstances or events.
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