Summer Experience Program

Please click on our 2009 Summer Experience Job Library to see the 47 different types of jobs we offered in 2009 (for reference only).

Please visit our web site early next spring if you are seeking employment for the summer of 2010.

About The Program:

You must be 15 to 24 (up to 29 for persons with a disability), an Ontario resident, and eligible to work in Canada.

• The program runs for seven weeks, but contract start dates vary.
• There are over 2,100 positions with the Ministry of Natural Resources throughout the province.  Over 1,500 of these are in Ontario Parks.
• The Student Experience Program wage rate for 2009 is $9.50 an hour.
• You are responsible for your own accommodations. Some provincial parks are able to offer accommodations -- click on this link for a list of Ontario Parks with staff houses.  
   

Links to Other Jobs

To find out about other summer job opportunities with the Government of Ontario, look for postings:

• In your local high school guidance office and in college/university career centres;
• In you local Youth Employment Office of Human Resources Development Canada;  
• On the Ontario Public Service Careers website (www.ontario.ca/careers), look for the "Youth and New Professionals" tab.