Working in Canada

This section gives you details about your Work Eligibility and Employment Opportunity in Canada.
•Work Eligibility
•Working While Studying

Work Eligibility
•           All international students may work on campus.
•           Graduate or research work completed at facilities associated with your institution (such as hospitals) also meets the definition of "on-campus".
•           In order to work off-campus, international students must obtain a work permit. This is granted if your employment is considered essential to your course of study.

Potential Policy Change:
Please note that the Canadian government is now looking at the possibility to allow, under certain conditions, full-time international students to work part-time off-campus during the school term and full-time during the holidays. Please contact us for more details. In addition, you may request a work permit if you finish your degree in Canada and wish to work for a year in your field of study.

Working While Studying
Full-time students registered in a degree or diploma-granting course are allowed to work on the campus of the institution at which they are registered without the need for an employment authorisation. This includes on-campus employment for graduate, teaching or research assistants.
Students whose intended employment forms an integral part of their course of study such as undergraduate co-op programs, some programs offered by career colleges or language schools and some high school programs.
You may be able to work while you are studying in Canada in certain situations. You must come to Canada with enough money to live and pay your bills while you are studying.
Do not work without being authorized to do so. If you do, you may be asked to leave Canada.

Working on Campus:
You may work on campus at the institution where you study without a Work Permit if:
You are engaged in full-time studies at a university, community college, CEGEP, publicly funded trade/technical school or at a private institution authorized by provincial statute to confer degrees; and You have a valid Study Permit.

Working Off-Campus:
If you are now a full-time student at certain public post-secondary institutions in Manitoba, New Brunswick or some regions of Quebec you may be eligible to apply for a work permit that allows you to work off-campus.
This will help you gain Canadian work experience.
The work permit will allow you to work a limited number of hours off-campus.
Each province has different conditions.
Contact Geebee Education more information about the program, the number of hours you can work and the application process.