About us

Your first job
is a big deal.

We built a whole platform around that.
CanYouthHire - YouthBoard is Canada's job platform for young people. Built in Canada, by Canadians, for Canadians. Free for every jobseeker, forever. Every wage shown upfront, because you shouldn't have to apply to find out what you'll earn.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity isn't.

Youth unemployment is one of the most stubborn problems in Canada. And here is the thing: it was never about ability. Young Canadians don't struggle to find work because they lack drive. They struggle because they lack access: the right openings, the right connections, the right first chance. Especially in smaller cities. Especially in rural and remote communities. Especially for those who face barriers nobody should have to face.

We looked at that and made a decision. Not a smaller version of a grown-up job board. A different one entirely.

What we believe.

01

Youth first. Only youth.

Every job on this platform is relevant to a young Canadian: entry-level, part-time, seasonal, apprenticeship, first-career. If it isn't a real opportunity for a young person, it isn't here.

02

Free means free.

No fees. No subscriptions. No premium tier that holds the good jobs hostage. Any young Canadian can search, browse, and apply to anything, forever, at no cost. Reaching young people isn't the premium feature. It's the point.

03

Real employers, verified.

Small businesses, national companies, and everything between. Each one a verified Canadian employer genuinely ready to bring young talent onto the team.

04

Every province. Every territory.

Victoria to St. John's. Whitehorse to Windsor. Including the rural and remote communities other platforms forget exist.

05

Inclusive by design, not by disclaimer.

Indigenous youth. Newcomers. Youth with disabilities. Young people facing systemic barriers. This platform was shaped for them from day one, not adapted for them later.

06

No limits on ambition.

Apply to five jobs. Apply to fifty. Directly, through the platform, with no cap on how many chances you give yourself.

07

The wage is on the card.

Always. Upfront. Because asking someone to interview before telling them the pay is a habit the working world should have dropped long ago.

Then we built the tools.

Campus Atlas
Every school in Canada, mapped to work. 553 schools, colleges, polytechnics and universities, each connected to the live jobs in its city. Find your school. Your first job is probably three blocks from it.
553 institutions, coast to coast →
Resume Builder
Your first resume, built in minutes. Volunteering counts. The team you captained counts. The projects, the clubs, the shifts at the family store: they all count. Download it. It's yours. We never even see it.
Free, always →
Campus Direct
For employers, the shortest line ever drawn between a job and a campus. Pick a city, and every listed career desk in it gets your role: tracked, recorded, verifiable. Included with every package. No add-ons. No upsell.
Included with every package →

For employers.

Post once, reach everywhere young people actually are: the board, the campuses, the career desks. Verified postings, wages upfront, and candidates ready to start. You're not buying reach. You're earning trust, and we built the tools to prove where your role travelled.

1,100+
roles live now
553
campuses mapped
13
provinces & territories
$0
for jobseekers, forever

One question.

Every decision here, every job listed, every employer verified, every feature built, answers to a single question: does this genuinely help a young Canadian find work? If yes, we build it. If no, it doesn't ship. Youth employment isn't a niche. It's the future of every community, every economy, every workforce in this country. We take that personally.

Not a smaller version of a grown-up job board.
The one that should have existed all along.