What are the Summer Employment Opportunities?

Several thousand youth are hired annually in a variety of summer student positions across the Ontario Public Service (OPS), its related agencies and community groups.

Summer employment opportunities are full-time, temporary positions ranging from 7 – 16 weeks between May and Labour Day. The wage for these opportunities is either $10.25 or $11.10 per hour, depending on the job.

In 2011, Summer Employment Opportunities were available:

• a) in Offices, including: Office Administration, Research, Customer Service, Business and Finance, Project support, Communications, Human Resources, Policy development support, Program Delivery Support, Information Technology Support etc.
  
  
• b) Outdoors in supporting positions related to: Tourism, Geology, Agriculture Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Parks.
  
  
• c) Unique locations: laboratories and Travel Information Centres, for example.

In addition to student positions in Ontario Public Service ministries, there are also other positions available at related government sites:

• Ontario Place
• St. Lawrence Parks Commission
• Ontario Science Centre
• Ontario Travel Information Centre
• The Aboriginal Youth Work Exchange Program
• The First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program
• Also, The Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities has information on youth and student employment opportunities in Ontario (or call Employment Ontario: 1-800-387-5656).
• Summer Company
• Summer Jobs for Youth Program
• Summer Law Student Opportunity
• Ontario Rangers
• Ontario Stewardship Ranger Program

See Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Section B for more information