Air Canada Is One Of The Country's Top Employers For 2024 & They're Hiring For So Many Roles
Some positions pay nearly $30 per hour and come with sweet travel benefits.
The wing of an Air Canada plane. Right: A ramp agent guides a plane.
Looking for a new career in 2024? Where better to look than a top Canadian employer?
Air Canada has been named among Canada's top employers of 2024 by Forbes in its ranking of the country's best places to work.
If working for one of the country's best employers sounds good to you, the airline is hiring for multiple roles across the country, including flight attendants, with some pretty sweet travel perks on offer.
Forbes says its annual ranking, which was created with market research firm Statista, is based on a survey of more than 40,000 people working for Canadian companies with at least 500 workers.
Respondents were asked to rate their employer based on criteria including salary, gender pay equity, work flexibility, promotion opportunities and on-the-job training. Participants were also asked if they would recommend their employer to others.
Each employer was then given a score, with the top 300 companies making the final list.
Air Canada was ranked 185 on the list of Canada's top employers, ranking ahead of other airlines including Porter, WestJet and Transat.
The airline was also named one of the top employers for young people in Canada in 2024 by Mediacorp.
Air Canada jobs
Those looking to work for a top Canadian employer can start getting their resumes ready, as Air Canada is currently hiring for tons of positions across the country.
The airline has both full and part-time positions available and is hiring for roles like ramp agents, customer experience specialists, concierges, customer service agents, and more.
If you've always dreamt of travelling the world, the airline is also hiring flight attendants to work from its bases in Toronto and Vancouver, with starting salaries of $29.43 per hour.
In terms of perks, Air Canada says it offers "one of the most generous employee travel programs in the airline industry," with staff being able to take advantage of special rates on airfare for them and their immediate family members.
Air Canada employees can also get discounts on car rentals, hotels, vacation packages and more through the airline's partners.
In addition to tons of travel benefits, the airline also offers a "wide variety of benefit plans," with health and dental care, and also has a well-being platform to help employees "live [their] best life."
The airline says employees "may also benefit from a retirement plan specific to their employee group and designed to provide them with greater financial security."
Jobs are available across the country in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and more. The full list of available Air Canada jobs can be viewed on the airline's website.
Canada's best employers
Several other companies in the banking, retail, food and drink, education, health care, IT, government services, telecommunications, utilities and construction industries were also named as some of the top employers in Canada in 2024.
The list also includes well-known Canadian brands like Lululemon and government agencies like Health Canada, which are also hiring.