Canada Summer Jobs

Canada Summer Jobs

Cycle Toronto is hiring a seasonal role through the Canada Summer Jobs program:

• Community Organizer

Please read carefully before applying.

To qualify for employment you must:

• be between 15 and 30 years of age
• be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred
• be legally entitled to work in Canada (Note: International students are not eligible.)

The role: 

• is 8 weeks in duration
• is up to 35 hours a week, including evenings and weekends 
• has compensation of $22.00 per hour

Community Organizer contract is from July 6th to August 28th.

The Role—Community Organizer

The Community Organizer works to bolster community awareness and civic engagement in their area (either Etobicoke, Scarborough, or York) for the upcoming municipal election. The Community Organizer will interact directly with residents to build a local group that can promote cycling as an election issue, demand commitments, and turn out the vote for cycling-friendly leadership in the 2026 election. You will collaborate with volunteers, supporters, and members under the supervision of the Organizing Manager to achieve these objectives. Please note: Cycle Toronto is a non-partisan organization.

Core Tasks and Responsibilities:

• • Build and expand ward-based member groups through consistent door-knocking, phone-banking, and community outreach
  • Help with the execution of local events—such as bike rides, candidate forums, and visible actions—to build visibility and pressure
  • Mentor and direct outreach volunteers during event shifts and training
  • Recruit members and supporters to build a sustainable organization
  • Use voter outreach tools to engage residents and build election-year momentum
  • Work with the Organizing Manager to keep an updated list of active members and supporters
  • Respond to email inquiries regarding ward-level campaign
  • Other administrative duties as required

Qualifications & Skills:

• • Strong interpersonal skills—ability to listen, connect, and motivate people
  • Self-driven and able to work independently while following organizational direction
  • Comfortable speaking with diverse residents and speaking publicly
  • Strong attention to detail and data entry skills
  • Generally available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
  • Fluency in additional languages is an asset
  • Residing in Ward 3 (Etobicoke-Lakeshore), Ward 5 (York-South Weston), or Ward 19 (Beaches-East York) or have meaningful community involvement in these wards is an asset

Compensation & Contract

$22.00/hour for 8 weeks (July 6 to August 29), up to 35 hours per week

How to Apply 

Qualified applicants can send an email [email protected] with the subject line “Community Organizer” by Sunday, June 7th, 2026. Please include your resume and cover letter in one pdf document saved under the format First Name_Last Name_CommunityOrganizer. We thank you for your interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About Cycle Toronto

Cycle Toronto is a member-supported charity that has been leading the change to help build a healthier, more vibrant cycling city since 2008. We work to create access to cycling, build support for cycling infrastructure, and help foster a culture of cycling in Toronto. We are a non-partisan organization that engages a diversity of people in our work pursuing evidence-based solutions to make riding a bike a safer, more convenient option for more people.

Cycle Toronto is committed to recruiting, nominating, and supporting candidates that reflect the diversity of our membership and Toronto at large. Cycle Toronto encourages applications in particular from people who live outside of downtown, individuals from racialized groups, Indigenous people, women, people with disabilities, people of diverse faiths, people of diverse social classes, people with diverse gender identities, and people with diverse sexual orientations.