Parks Canada is looking to hire for IT jobs and you can make almost $90,000 a year

You'll help solve tech issues and provide essential IT services. 💻

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There are Parks Canada jobs in IT that you can apply for right now.

With these positions, you can earn almost $90,000 a year!

Parks Canada is looking to staff current and future IT jobs across the country.

Service Centre workers provide technical support to Parks Canada users by solving tech issues, offering basic guidance, and administering essential IT services.

Also, workers provide "cutting-edge" tools and technology to help Parks Canada protect national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas, and enhance service for visitors.

With these IT jobs, the duties include:

  • ensuring network connectivity in some of the most remote regions of Canada
  • managing data to support scientific research
  • making parks and sites "smart"
  • developing applications and testing software
  • using geomatics tools to help with archaeology
  • designing new technology for park rangers

Positions could be located in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Cornwall, Gatineau, Quebec City, and Halifax.

The salary for these high-paying jobs is from $68,232 to $85,811 a year.

When you apply to this Parks Canada inventory, you're not applying to a specific job but for current and future job openings in IT.

So, you only apply once, but you can be considered for several jobs.

Anyone who has legal status to work in Canada can apply for these IT positions with Parks Canada.

You must have graduated from a two-year program at a post-secondary institution with a specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another area that's relevant to the position.

But you can also get hired with an acceptable combination of education, training or experience relevant to the job.

You need significant experience in:

  • installing, configuring, troubleshooting, or providing detailed support software or hardware
  • providing technical assistance, training and advice to clients

It's required that you have knowledge of:

  • computer troubleshooting principles and concepts
  • managing Microsoft services, including Intune, Entra ID (Azure AD), Exchange Online, and the Microsoft 365 suite
  • ITIL basic principles and best practices

You must have a valid driver's license and be able to receive a Reliability Status or Secret security clearance.

Also, you could be required to work during weekends and statutory holidays, travel, and work overtime occasionally.

The closing date for this IT job posting is September 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

IT jobs

Salary: $68,232 to $85,811

Company: Parks Canada

Who Should Apply: You must have graduated from a two-year program at a post-secondary institution with a specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another field that's relevant to the position.

But you can also get hired with an acceptable combination of education, training or experience relevant to the job.

You need significant experience in:

  • installing, configuring, troubleshooting, or providing detailed support software or hardware
  • providing technical assistance, training and advice to clients

It's required that you have knowledge of:

  • computer troubleshooting principles and concepts
  • managing Microsoft services, including Intune, Entra ID (Azure AD), Exchange Online, and Microsoft 365
  • ITIL basic principles and best practices

Also, you must have a valid driver's license.

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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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