To get a job in Canada? I know that you can work as a babysitter but I mean a part time job. Minimum age of employment Measures adopted by the Government of Canada
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
521. The statutory protections as outlined in the First Report remain.
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
43. Employment of persons under 17 years of age is subject to special regulation pursuant to the Canada Labour Code to ensure that it does not interfere with their education and is not harmful to them.
353. Section 179 of the Canada Labour Code, in conjunction with the regulations enacted pursuant to it, permits the employment at the federal level of persons under 17 years of age if the following conditions are met:
(a) The child is not required under the law of the province where he or she resides to be in attendance at school;
(b) The work is not underground in a mine nor as an atomic energy worker;
(c) It is not work prohibited for young workers under the Explosives Regulations or the Canada Shipping Act;
(d) It is not likely to be injurious to the child's health nor to endanger his or her safety and
(e) The work is not carried out between 11.00 p.m. of one day and 6.00 a.m. of the next day.
Measures adopted by the Governments of the Provinces
British Columbia
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
599. British Columbia's age of attainment of majority and legal minimum ages for various purposes are as follows:
(c) part-time employment - 15;
(d) full-time employment - 15;
(e) hazardous employment - 15;
678. Child labour is prohibited in British Columbia except under the special authority of a permit issued by the Director of Employment Standards. In 1997, the province set conditions for the employment of children under the age of 15 who work in the film, television and radio commercial industries. These conditions cover hours of work, education, workplace safety and protection of income.
Alberta
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
808. As mentioned in the first report in 1994 on Alberta, children under the age of 15 are generally not allowed to work; however, some exceptions exist. Under the Employment Standards Act, a person may be employed at age 15 to work from 6 a.m. to midnight without the consent of the parents, but younger persons require parental consent to perform any kind of work. Children who work also are subject to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which applies to all workers in industries under provincial jurisdiction.
Saskatchewan
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
591. The Labour Standards Act, which provides for minimum wage, hours of work, overtime pay, vacation entitlement, public holidays, equal pay, and days of rest, makes no reference to age.
593. By law, the minimum age at which employees may be employed in any educational institution, hospital, nursing home, hotel or restaurant is 16 years.
594. The Occupational Health and Safety Act prohibits the employment of any person under the age of 16 years:
(a) At or about any construction site, work of engineering construction, trench or excavation;
(b) At any pulp mill, saw mill or woodworking establishment;
(c) In the vicinity of industrial processes at any factory;
(d) In any silo, storage bin, vat, hopper, tunnel, shaft, sewer or other confined space;
(e) On the cutting line of any packing plant or the evisceration line of any poultry plant;
(f) In any forestry or logging operation;
(g) On any drilling or servicing rig;
(h) As an operator of any heavy, mobile equipment, any crane or other hoisting equipment; or
(i) As an operator of a forklift truck or similar mobile equipment within a place of employment or in the vicinity of other workers.
595. In addition, Regulations passed under the Act prohibit the employment of any minor:
(a) Underground or at the open-pit face of any mine;
(b) As a radiation worker; or
(c) In any activity for which respiratory protective equipment is required by any regulations made under the Act, except where that work is performed under close and competent supervision
Manitoba
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
603. [鈥 Thus, the legal minimum age:
(b) To commence part-time employment without parental consent is 16 years (The Employment Standards Act);
(c) To be employed in hazardous work without parental consent is 18 years of age (The Employment Standards Act);
(d) To commence full-time employment without parental consent is 18 years;
671. The Employment Standards Act of Manitoba defines a "child" as a person under the age of 16 years and an "adolescent" as a person who has reached his or her sixteenth birthday but not the eighteenth birthday. Under the Act, no child shall be employed except with the written permission of the Minister and in accordance with a permit issued by the Department of Labour. A child shall not be employed in any manner, work or service detrimental to safety, health or moral well-being.
675. The Public Schools Act requires that every child of compulsory school age (under the age of 16 years) attend school unless specifically excused by the Minister responsible for the Act in accordance with the Act and Regulations. The Act prohibits the employment of an individual during those hours in which the individual is required to be in attendance in the school.
Ontario
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
840. The Regulations for Industrial Establishments stipulate that a worker must have reached the minimum age of 14 to work in a workplace other than a factory, 15 to work in a factory and 16 to work in a logging operation. The Regulations for Construction Projects require that no person employ a person younger than 16 years of age at a project. A person aged 15 and who is excused under the Education Act from attending school, or is required to attend school only part-time, may be employed as a worker at a project. The Regulations for Mines and Mining Plants require that a person be 16 years to work at a mining plant or a surface of a mine (excluding the working face) and 18 years to work at an underground mine or at the working surface of a mine. No person is allowed to operate a mine hoist unless over 18 years where the hoist does not transport persons, and over 21 years where the hoist does transport persons.
Qu茅bec
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
1034. As mentioned in the first report, there is no minimum age limit for admission to employment in Qu茅bec, except for certain specific kinds of employment or vocations. However, in the course of its work on Bill 172 of 1997, one of the purposes of which was to prohibit night work by children aged 16 and under, the Parliamentary Commission on the Economy and Labour decided to examine in depth the whole issue of child labour in Qu茅bec. A working committee was therefore created in order to produce a discussion paper on this issue and present recommendations to the Parliamentary Commission on the Economy and Labour.
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
860. At present, there is no general minimum age limit for admission to employment in Qu茅bec. However, Qu茅bec legislation does, for health or safety reasons, establish various minimum ages for being allowed to take certain specific kinds of employment or for exercising certain trades or vocations, and for obtaining certain licences (Act respecting Manpower Vocational Training and Qualification, R.S.Q., c. F-5). The most frequently adopted minimum age for performing certain jobs is 16 years. This is true of most of the construction trades, of several apprenticeship positions and of jobs requiring a driver's licence. Furthermore, a minimum age of 18 years has been adopted for the exercise of certain trades or vocations involving a higher risk (such as the performance of underground work) or requiring higher levels of theoretical knowledge (forestry engineers, real estate agents or security guards). However, a person aged at least 15 may be an assistant lifeguard, although a lifeguard must be 17. It should also be noted that school attendance is, according to the Education Act (R.S.Q., c. I-13.3), compulsory until 16 years of age.
New Brunswick
Information unavailable in either report
Nova Scotia
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
1301. The Labour Standards Code restricts the types of occupations in which and the hours of work during which children under the ages of 14 and 16 may be employed.
1341. Under the Act and Regulations pursuant to the Education Act, no person shall employ a child under the age of 15 years in any work during school hours. The Regulations permit the granting of an employment certificate to a child having attained the age of 15 years provided the school board is satisfied, after review and discussion with the student and the student's parents, that continued attendance in school is not beneficial to the student.
1362. The Labour Standards Code stipulates that children under the age of 14 may not work for more than eight hours in any day or for more than three hours on any school day unless the child has an employment certificate under the Education Act. Children under 14 cannot work after 10 p.m. and prior to 6:00 a.m. nor can they be employed to do work that is or is likely to be unwholesome or harmful to his or her health or development or interfere with school attendance. Children under 16 cannot be employed in an industrial undertaking, forest industry, garages and automobile services stations, hotels and restaurant, theaters, dance halls, shooting galleries, bowling-alleys, billiard and pool rooms or in the operation of elevators. The total hours of combined school attendance and employment cannot exceed 8 hours in any one day. The responsibility of ensuring that children do not work in contravention of the Code lies with the parents, who may be subject to fine unless they can demonstrate that the employment occurred without their knowledge or consent.
1363. The restrictions on the employment of children under the age of 16 in certain industries, as outlined in the Labour Standards Code, do not apply to the employment of such children by their parent or guardian.
Prince Edward Island
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
976. The Youth Employment Act (proclaimed in 1990) prohibits the employment of persons under the age of 16 years in any employment that is likely to be "harmful to the health or safety or moral physical development of a young person". This Act further limits the hours that can be worked by a young person in any employment, avoiding hours between 11.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m. and normal school hours. There are further limits to the numbers of hours which can be worked on a school day.
977. Exceptions can be made to these limitations on hours worked, but only under very strict conditions and with the consent of a parent. Employers are required to take further steps when they employ someone under the age of 16 to ensure that the young person is safe. The minimum age of 16 years applies to both part-time and full-time employment.
Newfoundland
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
1403. The province's Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, C.N.R. 1165/96 prohibits a person under 18 years of age from being employed in a silica process or any cleaning or maintenance work that involves exposure to silica. The Regulations also require candidates for blasting certificates to be at least 19 years of age.
1404. The Mines Safety of Workers Regulations, C.N.R. 1145/96 prohibits persons under 18 years of age from being employed in the underground works of a mine and persons under 20 years of age from being in charge of equipment used for hoisting, lifting or haulage; blasting with explosives, signaling for putting machines in motion and those under 21 years of age shall not be in charge of hoisting and lowering workmen.
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
1168. [鈥 [In]The Labour Standards Act, persons under 14 years are allowed to work at certain prescribed occupations and in the case of persons under 16, restrictions apply to type of occupations and circumstances surrounding the employment;
1259. Children under the age of 14 years are prohibited from being employed in areas other than those prescribed by regulation under the authority of the Labour Standards Act. [鈥
Measures adopted by the Governments of the Territories
Yukon
From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003
1490. Although there is no legal minimum age for employment, the Employment Standards Board can, under the Employment Standards Act, specify the circumstances and occupations in which persons under 17 years of age may be employed, fix the conditions of such employment and prescribe the minimum age for such employment.
1491. Pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Mine Safety Regulations state that the minimum age of a worker in a mine shall be 16 years of age for surface mines (excluding the working face of such a mine); and 18 years of age at an underground mine or the working face of a surface mine. All individuals under the age of 21 years are prohibited from handling explosives.
Northwest Territories
From CRC/C/11/Add.3 of 28 July 1994
1302. Although there is no legal minimum age for employment, the ability of children to work is restricted by the compulsory school attendance provisions of the Education Act and also by other legislation.
1303. The Employment of Young Persons Regulations, made pursuant to the Labour Standards Act, restrict the employment of persons under 17 years of age. Such young persons cannot be employed in the construction industry or late at night without a permit from the Labour Standards Officer. Also, employers must be able to satisfy the Officer, on demand, that the employment of a young person is not liable to be detrimental to his or her health, education or moral character.
1304. In addition, specific statutes limit the age of workers in designated industries. For example, pursuant to section 6 of the Mining Safety Act, a person under the age of 16 may not be employed in or around a mine and a person under the age of 18 may not be employed underground or at the working face of any open cut workings, pit or quarry. 5748393905856895 years old i think uh.. not sure bout canada.. but u shood b able to get a job at any age.. as long as u have a job permit... i think so.. not really sure.... lovelyme is right...but id ask a canadian...or call up canada |
