Employers
The Languages at Work program provides wage subsidy for employers who want to offer employment opportunities to young people looking to work in their second language.
There are two types of funding:
- For employers near an establishment offering the Explore program;
- For educational establishments offering the Explore program.
6-8 weeks Employers
Languages at Work enables young people who have taken part in the Explore immersion program to work in their second language after their immersion.
In addition to being submitted by an eligible employer, the job must offer housing options for employees (on-site housing, residence provided by the university, or short-term housing options near the workplace). If the employer provides housing, the costs incurred by the employer may be reimbursed. If the employee has to pay for their accommodation, the program would offer a wage increase of $2.35/hour to be paid by the employer in addition to the hourly wage, reimbursed at 100% by Languages and Work.
Program specifications
- Wage subsidy of up to 65%;
- Jobs lasting 6 to 8 weeks;
- Jobs must begin after the spring session (and summer for Chicoutimi and Yellowknife) of the Explore program located near your city;
- Minimum hourly wage for the province or territory +$2;
- Full-time 30 to 40 hours/week;
- Possibility of funding multiple positions.
Eligibility
Explore program list for 2026
- Charlottetown (PEI) - EN: start date of employment from June 27.
- Chicoutimi (QC) - FR: start date of employment from June 11 or July 3.
- Medicine Hat (AB) - EN: start date of employment from June 19.
- Moncton (NB) - FR: start date of employment from June 26.
- Montréal (QC) - FR: start date of employment from June 18.
- Québec (QC) - FR: start date of employment from June 13.
- Saskatoon (SK) - FR: start date of employment from June 5.
- Toronto (ON) - EN/FR: start date of employment from June 2.
- Trois-Rivières (QC) - FR: start date of employment from June 26.
- Vancouver (BC) - EN: start date of employment from June 18.
- Victoria (BC) - EN: start date of employment from June 19.
- Winnipeg (MB) - EN: start date of employment from June 26.
- Yellowknife (NWT) - EN: start date of employment from July 17.
Submit a funding application
- Create your profile on the Young Canada Works website.
- Once you have completed your profile, you will be able to create and submit a funding application.
- If your application is accepted, you will be able to search for an employee from the participant database on the website.
Any questions? Check out our FAQs.
3 weeks employers
For employers located near Pointe-de-l’Église (NS), positions will last for three weeks. The timeline for these employers is slightly different and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If you are interested in participating in Languages at Work near Pointe-de-l’Église, please contact us directly.
Educational establishments (Explore programs)
The Languages at Work program offers former Explore participants the opportunity to work for educational establishments offering the program. Subsidized jobs are therefore linked to the Explore program.
Program specifications
- Salary subsidized up to 65%;
- Jobs lasting 6 to 16 weeks;
- Minimum hourly wage for the province or territory +$2;
- Full-time work, 30 to 40 hours per week;
- Employee transportation subsidized up to $500, upon presentation of receipts;
- Reimbursement for accommodation if provided by the establishment;
- $2.35/hour if the employee must find their own accommodation, to be paid by the employer in addition to the hourly wage, reimbursed at 100% by the program;
- Possibility of funding multiple positions.
Eligibility
- Be an establishment offering the Explore program;
- Offer a rewarding work experience in connection with the Explore program;
- Hire a former Explore participant within the last two years;
- Offer an employment opportunity in the same language path followed by the employee during their participation in Explore;
- Offer appropriate guidance and support;
- Be in a position to pay the participant’s salary and salary top-up before the YCW contribution for the placement is received.
Submit a funding application
- Start by creating your profile on the Young Canada Works website
- Once you have completed your profile, you will be able to create and submit a funding application.
- If your application is accepted, you will be able to search for an employee from the participant database on the website.
Any questions? Check out our FAQs..