Parks Canada is hiring students for the summer and jobs pay up to $24 an hour
You can work at a national park, historic site, or conservation area! 🏞️
Parks Canada employees. Right: Parks Canada red chairs at a national park.
Parks Canada is hiring students across the country for the summer.
These jobs pay up to $24 an hour and positions are available at national parks, historic sites, and conservation areas.
For this Parks Canada summer jobs program, the federal agency is looking for students to help support park operations.
If you get hired, you'll also be working to preserve the environment and Canadian heritage.
Student salaries are based on the position you get hired for and your year of study. The pay can range from $16.84 to $24 an hour.
Even the lowest hourly pay is higher than the minimum wage in most provinces!
More than 3,000 students and temporary workers are hired each year to work Parks Canada jobs, including positions in these areas:
- cleaning
- computing and data management
- engineering
- environmental conservation, restoration, and management
- event planning
- finance and accounting
- fire team crew
- gate attendance and cashier services
- general administration and clerical
- general labour and maintenance
- heritage presentation and interpretation
- human resources
- Indigenous relations and history
- information management, library, and archives
- learn-to-camp
- lifeguarding
- lock and bridge operation
- marketing and communications
- multimedia creation
- portfolio, policy, and planning analysis
- research and analytics
- security and law enforcement
- site and campground services
- skilled trades
- supply chain
- trail crew
- web content and social media
When applying, you can choose up to 10 preferred work locations and up to 10 preferred job types.
The deadline for these government of Canada jobs with Parks Canada is Saturday, March 1, 2025.