Need a Summer Job?

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Supporting Students, Serving Communities

Do you need help looking for a job or planning your career?
Service Canada Centres for Youth can help!

About Service Canada Centres for Youth

Service Canada Centres for Youth (SCCYs) provide free services to help employers advertise summer work opportunities, and to help youth find jobs in their communities. More than 300 SCCYs are open
during the summer months across Canada to help young people with their career-related needs.

Our proud history

SCCYs have a long and proud tradition of connecting young people with employers. For more than 40 years, they have been a recognized and stable presence in communities across Canada. Throughout the years, the philosophy behind SCCYs has remained the same: students helping students find jobs.

What we offer

Services for youth:

• Job postings in the SCCY and on the Internet at jobbank.gc.ca
• Help with résumés and cover letters
• Preparation for interviews
• Information on Government of Canada programs and services, wage rates, workplace health and safety, employment standards and funding options for post-secondary education
• Free access to computers, Internet, fax and phone

Services for employers:

• Job-posting services in the SCCY and on the Internet at jobbank.gc.ca
• Access to hundreds of youth looking for employment
• Flexible staffing options to suit individual business requirements, including casual labour and short- and long-term employment
• Information on Government of Canada programs and services, workplace health and safety, wage rates, employment standards, labour laws and the local labour market

How to contact us

• Click: servicecanada.gc.ca
• Call: 1 800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232) (TTY: 1-800-926-9105)
• Visit a Service Canada Centre for Youth

More youth publications

The following youth publications are also available:

• Are You in Danger?
• Looking for a Job?

Additional publications can also be found at servicecanada.gc.ca.

Fast facts about SCCYs

We hire almost 700 Youth Services Officers (YSOs) nationally each year to help students find summer jobs.

During the summer of 2008, the YSOs:

• posted 129,595 job vacancies online
• posted 13,562 job vacancies in SCCYs
• filled over 80% of all job vacancies posted by SCCYs
• provided one-on-one assistance to more than 88,000 youth across Canada
• conducted 3,546 workplace health and safety workshops for 67,343 youth across Canada
• provided workplace health and safety information to more than 13,000 young people in each Service Canada region who participated in the casual labour program
• hosted 5,725 workshops with 132,242 participants across Canada

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