Jump Start Your Career

The OPS is a great place to jump start or revitalize your career. Whether you are deciding on a career, starting a career, changing careers or upgrading your career skills, the OPS has something to offer.

This employment experience will add to the depth and credibility of your resume and give you a chance to use and expand your skills and knowledge. It will give you an on-the-job sense of what working in the OPS is like, and may lead to a full-time career in the public service.

• Summer Employment Opportunities
• Internships and Co-ops

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Summer Employment

Summer Experience Program (OPS-wide)
This program provides a variety of six-to-eight week work assignments for 15 to 24 year-olds (up to age 29 years if you are a person with a disability) in a variety of summer positions throughout Ontario.

Ontario Government Regular Summer Student Hiring
Ontario government ministries and agencies provide a wide range of interesting summer jobs for students throughout Ontario. Jobs range from 6 to 16 weeks in length.

Ontario-Quebec Summer Student Job Exchange Program (OPS-wide)

Ontario Rangers
The eight-week Ontario Rangers program with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) allows 17-year olds the opportunity to work in wilderness camps, maintaining parks and helping with fish and wildlife projects.

Ontario Stewardship Rangers
17-year-old participants are recruited locally by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) to work on a wide variety of outdoor community-based projects in the field of natural resource management in various locations across Ontario.

Summer Law Student Opportunity (Ministry of the Attorney General)
Approximately 30 to 40 first-year and second-year law students have the opportunity to be an integral part of an expert legal team. Positions are available in almost every area of substantive law in positions throughout the province. (Fall and Spring application periods).

Aboriginal Youth Work Exchange Program
This summer employment pilot program is for Aboriginal youth ages 15-24 years old (up to 29 years of age for a person with a disability). Students are employed over three summers - two placements are with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) in resource management positions, while a third summer placement is with a First Nations community. Placements are located across Ontario and provide Aboriginal youth with training, job skills and experience to support potential future careers in natural resources.

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Internships and Co-ops

Ontario Internship Program
The Ontario Internship Program is a paid, two-year, entry-level employment opportunity that offers you career development in key professional fields across the Ontario Public Service.

MNR Internship Program
In up to 10-month internships for post-secondary students or recent graduates, Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) interns work as resource technicians, ecologists, biologists, systems officers, foresters and communications officers for key MNR projects.

OPS Internship Program for Internationally Trained Individuals (ITIs)
This program provides relevant Canadian work experience for eligible newcomers to Canada through six-month paid internships across the Ontario Public Service, as well as Ontario Government agencies, boards and commissions.

Ontario receives support for some skills training programs from the federal government.

First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program
This program with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is coordinated and administered in partnership with Confederation College and industry partners. This two-year program provides Aboriginal youth aged 17-24 (some exceptions may be negotiated through First Nations communities) from First Nations communities in Northern Ontario the opportunity to work on forestry projects, receive workplace training and take personal development workshops.

Transportation Technician Program
This three-year entry-level Ministry of Transportation (MTO) program for civil engineering graduates provides practical, multifunctional learning experiences through rotational assignments in many disciplines, including construction, highway design, program planning, and maintenance.

Transportation Engineering Development Program
A four-year development program with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) for recent civil or geotechnical engineering university graduates, provides practical, mentored multidisciplinary learning experiences through rotational assignments in regional and head office locations including construction and maintenance, highway design, program planning, structural, traffic and materials engineering.

Environment Engineer Internship Program
This four-year development program with the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) for recent university graduates in chemical, civil, environmental or mechanical engineering provides non-licensed individuals with the work experience required to obtain their P.Eng license.

Articling with Ministry of Attorney General
The Ministry hires approximately 100 articling students each year, providing opportunities across the province to specialize in almost every area of substantive law, including constitutional, criminal, health, environmental, family, tax, corporate, commercial, labour and employment law.

Ontario Legislature Internship Program (Ontario Legislative Assembly)
A 10-month internship for recent university graduates provides practical experience in the day-to-day work of the Legislature.

Co-operative Placements in the OPS
Co-operative post-secondary students receive practical paid experience while earning course credits in placements in the OPS. To participate, you must be:

• Enrolled in a co-operative education in a post-secondary school
• Canadian citizen or legally entitled to work in Canada
• 18 years of age or older for field positions.

Co-op placements in the Ontario Government are posted at various educational institutions across Ontario. Check for co-op job postings with your school’s career centre and respective co-op office.

OPS Learn and Work Program
The OPS Learn and Work (L&W) Program is a specialized co-operative education program that re-engages youth ages 16 to 19 from selected priority communities. The program provides students the opportunity to earn credits towards their high school diploma and paid work experience in the OPS and/or related agencies.