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Summary

Elections Canada jobs in offices are available and you can earn up to $44 an hour

You'll work to prepare the election, register voters and more.

elections canada sign on door of office in ontario

Elections Canada office in Ontario.

Senior Writer

Elections Canada is hiring for office jobs that pay up to $44 an hour.

Positions are open now that the federal election has been called for Monday, April 28, 2025.

The non-partisan agency is looking to staff positions at local Elections Canada offices during the election.

These office jobs are available in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Returning officers at Elections Canada hire office staff only when an election is happening.

Office workers handle preparations for the election and offer registration and special ballot voting services.

Elections Canada jobs you can get in an office right now include:

  • receptionist
  • service agent
  • office messenger
  • office coordinator
  • office manager
  • service point supervisor
  • assistant service point supervisor
  • community relations officer
  • recruitment supervisor
  • recruitment officer
  • automation coordinator
  • assistant automation coordinator
  • training officer
  • election material coordinator
  • support officer
  • poll operations manager
  • financial officer
  • assistant returning officer

The Elections Canada salary for these positions is between $17.40 and $44.77 an hour.

Here's how much you can get paid if you get hired to work the office jobs:

  • $44.77 an hour — assistant returning officers
  • $33.08 an hour — service point supervisors, recruitment supervisors, automation coordinators, training officers, poll operations managers, and financial officers
  • $26.46 an hour — assistant service point supervisors
  • $23.01 an hour — service agents, office coordinators, community relations officers, recruitment officers, assistant automation coordinators, and election material coordinators
  • $20.01 an hour — receptionists
  • $17.40 an hour — office messengers and support officers

You must be able to read and write, be impartial, use good judgment, serve voters with disabilities, perform repetitive tasks, and follow directions and standards.

Also, you need to have interpersonal skills and basic math and analytical skills.

There are no education requirements for Elections Canada jobs.

But if you want to get hired as an assistant returning officer, assistant service point supervisor, service agent, or service centre support officer, you must have Canadian citizenship.

Elections Canada office staff

Salary: $17.40 to $44.77 an hour

Location: B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario

Company: Elections Canada

Who Should Apply: You need to be able to read and write, be impartial, use good judgment, serve voters with disabilities, perform repetitive tasks, and follow directions and standards.

Also, you must have interpersonal skills and basic math and analytical skills.

For the assistant returning officer, assistant service point supervisor, service agent, or service centre support officer positions, you need Canadian citizenship.

Apply On Elections Canada

  • Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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