Canadian Companies Hiring: Job Opportunities Available Right Now In Canada

If you’ve always wanted to find a way to combine tech with artistic flair, working for a gaming company may be the solution. Game publisher Activision has around 80 jobs in Canada at the moment, including animator, environment artist, technical artist, character artist, vehicle artist, art director and UX designer: one of the jobs with the best work/life balance. There are also more straightforward tech jobs, like software engineer and systems engineer. The available jobs are based mainly in Quebec City and Vancouver.

Building materials manufacturer CRH has around 150 job openings in Canada right now. These include opportunities for different classes of drivers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, soil engineers, surveyors, warehouse workers, machine operators, different kinds of coordinators, customer service representatives and general labourers. The available jobs are based in locations across Canada.

Luxury menswear retailer Harry Rosen has around 40 jobs available in Canada right now. These include opportunities for clothing advisors, customer services representatives, brand specialists, shipper/receivers, made to measure specialists, business analysts and graphic designers. There are also several opportunities for interns in various fields. The available jobs are based in various large Canadian cities.

One of Canada’s largest investment management firms, Mackenzie Investments currently has around three dozen job openings. These include opportunities for trust accountants, software developers, payroll managers, marketing associates, administrative assistants, sales representatives and business architecture leads. There are some intern opportunities too. Most of the available positions are based in Toronto but there are also some opportunities in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.

Would you love a job where you have the wind in your hair? McKeil Marine Limited’s vessels ply the shipping routes across the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence Seaway, past some of the most beautiful places in Ontario, and then along the eastern seaboard all the way to the Arctic. Right now, the company has around two dozen jobs available, mainly for crew on vessels ranging from tugs to tankers. There are opportunities for engineers, deckhands, mates, cooks and captains, among others. The company is based in Burlington, Ont., but depending on the job, you’ll spend most of your time on board.

Driving is one of the most important skills to have in the age of the side hustle: many people have survived losing their regular income during the pandemic by becoming Uber drivers and/or delivering Uber Eats. You don’t have to be a driver to work for Uber, however. The company has around 60 corporate job openings in Canada at the moment, including team leads, operations managers, product designers, software engineers and account managers. The available jobs are based in Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, Montreal and Calgary.

Canadian insurance and financial services provider Manulife currently has nearly 200 job openings. These include opportunities for experts on the financial side — financial analysts, private bankers, property accountants, auditors and the like — as well as positions in sales, marketing, customer services and tech. The available positions are based in various locations across Canada.

Guillevin International, which distributes products and equipment for the construction industry, currently has around 130 job openings in Canada. Most of these are for salespeople and warehouse clerks but there are also some retail jobs that won’t make you pull your hair out, like purchasing coordinator, project quotations specialist, delivery driver and hydraulic cylinder mechanic. The company also has management training programs for new graduates and accelerated management training programs. The available jobs are based in locations across Canada.

One of the things you may not know about Winnipeg is that it’s home to one of the most fascinating museums in the country. Moreover, there are some job openings at this museum right now. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is looking for a pay and benefits administrator and has a twelve-week contract job for an Indigenous conservation technician to work on the Witness Blanket project. If neither of these jobs suits you but the museum is your dream place to work, you can also send in a general application in case a suitable opportunity comes up in future.

BMO has more than 1,200 jobs available in Canada right now. These include a wide variety in areas such as data analytics, tech, legal, HR, marketing, finance and accounting, business management, real estate and of course, retail banking. The banking giant is also one of the best companies for Canadian student internships. The available positions are based in locations across Canada.

If you, like so many other people during lockdown, have discovered a talent and a passion for baking, why not make it a career? Weston Foods, the company that George Weston founded in Toronto over a century ago to become the country’s largest baking-goods company and making his family one of Canada’s richest, has more than 120 job openings available at the moment. These include bakery jobs like labourers, packers, maintenance staff and shipper/receivers as well as corporate jobs such as financial analyst, sales coordinator, demand planner, distribution manager and product developer. In addition, there are some opportunities for students. Some of the jobs are part-time. The available jobs are based in locations across Canada.

Sinai Health currently has several dozen job openings. These include opportunities for registered nurses, clinical coordinators, respiratory therapists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, technologists, mental health clinicians and sonographers as well as non-clinical positions in areas like housekeeping, food service, human resources and information services. Most of these positions are based at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. However, the company’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, also in Toronto, has some openings too, including for research assistants and an animal care attendant.

Just because international travel isn’t really an option at the moment (but fingers crossed that that changes soon!), doesn’t mean that there aren’t any those great-perks-included jobs in the travel industry. Small travel agencies are hiring again and so are the big ones. Flight Centre, for instance, has around two dozen job openings at present. These are mainly tech jobs such as data engineer, front end engineer, back end engineer, full stack engineer, cloud engineer and mobile engineer. There are also opportunities for, among others, a visual product designer, a product support specialist and a talent acquisition specialist. The available jobs are based in different locations in Canada and some are remote.

Birchwood Automotive Group consistently makes it onto the lists of the best companies to work for in Canada and right now they have more than two dozen job openings. These include opportunities for an AP & AR advisor, a customer service representative, a junior application developer, parts consultants, sales consultants, technicians and service detailers. The available positions are based in Winnipeg.

The Montreal-based engineering company SNC-Lavalin has around 350 job opportunities in Canada at the moment. These include jobs for field technicians, industrial IT specialists, bridge construction superintendents, hydrogeologists, paramedics and various technicians, technologists and engineers, including those specializing in the fields of clean power and environmental sciences. The available jobs are based in locations across Canada.

Homegrown conglomerate J.D. Irving has stakes in many industries, including forestry, agriculture, food processing and even shipbuilding. The company currently has nearly 700 job opportunities in Canada, covering a wide range of job titles. Among these are customer service representative, general farm labourer, store manager, technical publications specialist, truck driver, helicopter pilot and just about any trade you can think of. The shipbuilding division offers some of the highest-paying jobs if you love the water. The available jobs are based all across Canada, in big cities and small towns.

Pharmaceutical and medical device company Johnson & Johnson has about two dozen jobs available in Canada at the moment. These include opportunities for scientific advisors, medical directors, clinical research associates, clinical trial leaders, bilingual customer logistics representatives and brand managers. There are also several opportunities for interns and co-ops. The available jobs are based mainly in Guelph, Ontario, Markham, Ontario and Toronto.

If you’d love to work for one of Canada’s most successful brands, McCain Foods has around 120 job openings right now. These include opportunities for candidates as diverse as dock supervisors and dock lead hands, accounts managers, data analysts, industrial mechanics, agricultural field representatives, information security analysts and human resources managers. The available jobs are based in locations across Canada.

Online grocery delivery company SPUD.ca specializes in local and organic produce and currently has about three dozen job openings. These include opportunities for art directors, creative directors, purchasing managers, fullstack developers, DevOps engineers, business intelligence analysts, warehouse workers, delivery drivers, baristas, customer service representatives and project managers. There are full-time and part-time positions. The available jobs are based in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.