Parks Canada Is Looking To Hire Summer Workers & The Pay Is Up To $30 An Hour

Working at a national park seems pretty nice! ⛰️🍁

​Parks Canada student worker. Right: Red Parks Canada chairs facing a mountain in Waterton Lakes National Park.

Parks Canada student worker. Right: Red Parks Canada chairs facing a mountain in Waterton Lakes National Park.

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Parks Canada wants to hire people for summer positions across the country and you could make up to $30 an hour!

With these government of Canada jobs, the federal agency that manages national parks, marine conservation areas and historic sites is looking for students and temporary workers to support summer 2023 operations.

The hourly pay varies depending on the positions available through the Parks Canada Summer Entry Level Jobs Inventory.

For high school students, the salary starts at $16 an hour. Then, it's over $20 an hour for university students and up to $30 an hour for temporary workers.

These Parks Canada jobs include campground or gate attendants at national parks, heritage presenters or trail crew members at national historic sites, and resource conservation technicians at national marine conservation areas.

If you're not very outdoorsy, there are also office jobs like junior analysts, clerical assistants, and internet content and media officers.

You can apply to hundreds of job openings with this summer job inventory in less than 15 minutes online.

All you need to do is explain a bit about yourself (including your language proficiency and education), select up to 10 job types you're interested in, select up to five work locations and upload your resume.

Each year, Parks Canada hires more than 3,000 students and temporary workers for visitor services, marketing and communications, maintenance and facilities support, and office and administration support positions!

Parks Canada summer jobs

Salary: $16 to $30 an hour

Company: Parks Canada

Who Should Apply: Parks Canada is looking for high school and university students along with people looking for temporary work to work in visitor services, science and resources conservation, marketing and communications, maintenance and facilities support, and office and administration support.

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What government of Canada jobs are available?

There are so many more government of Canada jobs available all over the country including CSIS jobs for technology professionals, Health Canada admin jobs, CRA jobs for auditors and accountants, CBSA jobs in IT and more.

Parks Canada is also hiring for positions in Alberta and you could make up to $76,000 a year.

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

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    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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