Canadian Companies Hiring: Job Opportunities Available Right Now In Canada

Scotiabank offers more than just some of the best credit cards in Canada at the moment. They also have hundreds of jobs up for grabs. Many are based in Ontario but there are opportunities in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba too. Positions include financial advisors, data engineers and digital marketing experts. The bank also has several positions for First Nations, Inuit and Métis customer care advisors in different locations.

Year after year, Allstate Insurance is rated as one of Canada’s best companies to work for. The insurance giant currently has more than 100 job openings listed on their website. These include positions for claims advisors, customer service representatives and business development agents. The jobs are based mainly in cities in Ontario but there are also some opportunities in Quebec and Nova Scotia.

With the demand for online shopping still strong, there are plenty of jobs for package handlers, warehouse workers and drivers. These are some of the nearly 200 jobs United Parcel Service – or UPS – currently has listed on their website, with positions in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. There are even positions for ramp agents, which could lead to airport jobs that pay well.

Ontario-based Trillium Health Partners currently has dozens of jobs posted, mainly for their Mississauga hospitals. These are mostly for registered nurses and other healthcare jobs but also for support services like food services.

Canada’s big banks are hiring and CIBC currently has nearly 300 job openings listed. These are for opportunities in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Prince Edward Island. The positions range from client and financial services representatives and financial and mortgage advisors to tech positions like web developers.

If you’ve had to dip into your retirement savings to survive the past few months, you’ll be glad to know that the Desjardins group not only has plenty of jobs available but also has one of the best pension plans in Canada. Whether you want a career in customer service, IT, law, as a business analyst or as a financial advisor, you’ll find something suitable among the hundreds of Desjardins jobs currently open. While many positions are based in Quebec, you’ll also find plenty in Toronto and Ottawa.

Whenever you buy something online, somebody needs to get your purchase to you and in many cases, that someone is Canada Post. There are more than 300 jobs at Canada Post currently listed. These range from post office assistants and postmasters to delivery agents and there are permanent as well as temporary positions available. Most jobs are in major centres but there are positions as far afield as Iqaluit too.

Online course platform Thinkificis a great resource if you want to design and sell your own easy courses. However, you can also work for the company itself. There are dozens of Thinkific jobs open right now, including tech support, customer service and product design jobs. While most of these positions are based in British Columbia, there are also some in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia and you have the option to work remotely.

Communications providers like Bell are helping us stay in touch when we’re working from home. This requires the know-how of a wide variety of experts, from analysts to technicians and software developers to sales associates. The company currently has nearly 300 jobs listed and these are based in locations across Canada.

FedEx was one of Canada’s best companies to work for in 2019, and its FedEx Express Canada division currently has more than 60 jobs listed their website. These are mainly for customer service specialists, drivers and material or ramp handlers and there are jobs in various locations in Ontario, Alberta and Quebec.

As demand for household goods surged in the past few months, large chains like Walmart have been thriving and one of the world’s richest families is just becoming richer. This also means that the company has had to employ extra people to do the actual work on the frontlines.Walmart Canada has roughly 1,200 openings right now, especially for stockers, cashiers and people greeters all across the country.

Dialogue combines tech and healthcare to provide consultations with healthcare specialists by phone. This means that the company, one of the fastest growing in Canada, has opportunities for several of the world’s highest paying jobs. Dialogue currently has several dozen jobs open, including registered nurse, psychologist and software engineer positions.

If you want to work with people while still maintaining social distancing, customer service representative jobs are ideal. Nordia Inc. currently advertises a number of customer service representative jobs at its call centres in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Some of these jobs are for English speakers, some are for French speakers and some require you to be bilingual.

With more and more people turning to online shopping, cybersecurity has become more important than ever. Cybersecurity developer Fortinet currently has more than 150 jobs posted. These are mainly tech jobs such as software developer, web developer and hardware developer but there are also jobs for project managers, account managers and technical writers, among others. The company is specifically looking for new graduates as well.

With growing and harvesting seasons in full swing to produce the foods that will keep you thriving, there are plenty of agricultural jobs in Canada at the moment. For example, agricultural giant Cargill currently has dozens of positions open. These include the gamut of jobs in the industry, such as general labourers, mechanics and maintenance technicians and sales representatives. You can even choose between the big cities and smaller rural towns across Canada.

Large retailers have been doing brisk business and most of them have tons of jobs available. Loblaw currently has over 1,000 postings for permanent jobs and nearly 3,000 for part-time jobs on Indeed. These jobs run the gamut from cashiers to the kind of retail jobs that won’t make you pull your hair out, like retail department managers. A new Loblaw job born in the time of coronavirus is social distancing ambassador.

The demand for health workers is huge at the moment as those currently working need a break from the long hours, while some health workers also need to take time off for being in quarantine. Alberta Health Services currently has hundreds jobs listed. These include support jobs like admin, maintenance, food services and IT.

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Being stuck at home, people have turned to their game consoles in droves. Game design company Ubisoft currently has nearly 300 positions posted, mainly based in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City, which is one of the candidates to become Canada’s next tech hub. The positions vary from voice designers to user experience researchers and financial analysts and for some you may want to brush up on your French.

Quebec-based engineering company FNX-INNOV provides engineering services in various disciplines. The company currently has 120 positions open. These include various types of engineers and technicians, site supervisors and recruitment advisors. Because most of these jobs are based in Quebec, French is a must.

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Whether you’re in the market for new shoes, bags or the best summer hats, let’s face it: clothes shopping can be especially daunting if you’ve spent the past few months lazing on the couch with a bag of chips. Montreal-based online clothing retailer SSENSE currently has more than 50 jobs posted, including personal stylists, software developers and even translators.