Collectively, local governments in Canada employ more people than the federal government, or the combined provincial governments. According to Statistics Canada, nearly 390,000 Canadians were employed by local governments in 2008.

Most job seekers know that there is a single-source website for employment opportunities with the Federal government, and there is generally a single site for each Provincial government as well. Unfortunately, there has been no local government equivalent, and job seekers with an interest in local government have had to comb through dozens, if not hundreds, of websites to find work… until now.

CivicJobs.ca is a single-source destination for Canadian local government jobs. We acknowledge and recognize that it will take time for this vision to be fully realized. Today, though, we are posting the vast majority of local government jobs from British Columbia. We have also posted jobs from the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Canadian municipalities are starting to see the value of CivicJobs.ca, as it gives local government job postings an equal or greater profile than those from other levels of government.

CivicJobs.ca is managed by a for-profit company. It's a co-operative venture between not-for-profit local government associations across Canada. Local governments pay a fee to post on CivicJobs.ca; either directly or indirectly through a provincial association. Those fees are used to cover overhead costs associated with running this website, and they are used to advertise CivicJobs.ca and local government careers in general to a broad, public audience. In some jurisdictions, a portion of fees may also be used to help develop education and training programs for local government staff.