By working on campus, you will expend your social and professional networks and enhance your learning through working in an academic setting. You will meet mentors and set foundations for successful integration into the Canadian labour market.

You can only start working on-campus when you start your study program. You can’t work before your studies begin.

What is considered “on-campus” work

“On-campus” is defined as employment facilities within the boundaries of the campus.

• The students are only allowed to work on the campus of the educational institution at which they are registered in full-time studies.
• If an institution has more than one campus, the student can work at different locations on those campuses provided they are within the same municipality.
• If an institution has campuses in different cities, the student is restricted to working on the institution's campus where they are registered as a full-time student.
• Students may work on campus as teaching or research assistants and may be located at a library, hospital, or research facility affiliated with the institution but located outside the physical boundaries of the institution's campus. This is allowed provided that the work is strictly related to the student's research grant.

Who your employer can be

The employer can be any of the following:

• the institution,
• a faculty,
• a student organization,
• the students themselves (self-employment taking place on campus: e.g. private tutors),
• a private business,
• a private contractor providing services to the institution on the campus.

On-campus employers include those whose businesses serve the general public, as long as the place of business is located on the institution's campus. 

How many hours you can work on campus

IRCC does not limit the number of hours or jobs students are permitted to work on campus. However, it is every student's responsibility and expectation to put studies first before work and be conscious of work-school balanace.