Canada Job Bank Jobs Scraper

Get Canada Job Bank job listings as clean JSON, CSV or Excel, from the Apify API or on a schedule. No login, about $1.00 for 1,000 jobs.

What does Canada Job Bank Jobs Scraper do?

Canada Job Bank Jobs Scraper extracts structured data from open.canada.ca. Extract Job Bank records published as open data on open.canada.ca, with dataset and resource metadata attached to each row, so job market analysis and monitoring don't require manual CSV downloads. It works as an API for open.canada.ca data: run it from Apify Console, on a schedule, or from your own code, and get clean, typed JSON with numbers as numbers and dates in ISO 8601.

What you get

Data	19 fields per item: postingId, jobTitle, nocCode, nocName, firstPostingDate, vacancyCount, ...
Formats	JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or the Apify API
Price	$1.00 per 1,000 jobs, pay per result
Access	Public open.canada.ca data only: no login, no cookies, robots.txt respected
Licence	Open Government Licence – Canada

Why use Canada Job Bank Jobs Scraper?

• Recruiters and staffing agencies: see which companies are hiring, for which roles and where, and reach out first.
• Job aggregators and job boards: feed fresh, de-duplicated listings into your own board on a schedule.
• Market research and HR analytics: track hiring trends, salaries (where published), locations and remote share.
• AI agents and RAG: give an LLM live, structured job data instead of stale web pages.

Main features:

• Follows pagination up to maxPages pages per start URL and stops at maxItems results.
• Filters: keywords (keywords), excludeKeywords (exclude keywords), location (location), remoteOnly (remote only), postedAfter (posted after), resourceFormats (resource formats), keyword (keyword filter), onlyChanges (only changes since the last run), onlyNewSinceLastRun (only new jobs since the last run), pageSize (page size), so you only get (and pay for) the results you need.
• Polite by default: respects robots.txt, at most maxConcurrency parallel requests and a delay between requests.
• Checks every result against field validators, so layout changes show up as clear data-quality warnings.
• Runs on the Apify platform: scheduling, API access, integrations, monitoring and datasets you can export.

What data can Canada Job Bank Jobs Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
postingId	string	Job Bank posting (location snapshot) ID
jobTitle	string	Job title
nocCode	string	NOC 2021 occupation code
nocName	string	NOC 2021 occupation name
firstPostingDate	ISO 8601 date	First posting date (ISO 8601)
vacancyCount	integer	Number of vacancies
province	string	Province or territory
city	string	City (null when not given)
employmentType	string	Full time / part time
employmentTerm	string	e.g. Permanent employment
salaryMin	number	Minimum salary
salaryMax	number	Maximum salary
salaryPer	string	Salary period: Hour, Year, ...
salaryDetail	string	Salary as written in the posting
telework	boolean	Telework offered (null when not stated)
month	string	Monthly file the posting comes from
url	string	CKAN dataset API URL the record was read from
changeType	string	new, changed, unchanged, closed since the last run with the same input
changes	object	What changed since the last run: {field: {from, to}}

How to scrape open.canada.ca

1. Open Canada Job Bank Jobs Scraper in Apify Console and go to the Input tab.
2. Enter what to scrape (see the Input section below), for example the start URLs.
3. Set Max items to the number of results you need.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
5. Download the results from the Output tab, or fetch them with the API.

How much will it cost to scrape open.canada.ca?

This Actor is priced per result: $1.00 per 1,000 results, with no extra charge for platform usage. That is about $1.00 for 1,000 jobs: 100 results cost $0.10 and 10,000 results cost $10.00. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops when it is reached. Filters (companies, keywords, location, remote only, posted after, only new jobs) run before charging: you never pay for jobs you filtered out.

Input

See the Input tab for full configuration options.

Field	Type	Required	Description
keywords	array	no	Keep jobs whose title (and description, when 'Include description' is on) contains any of these words. Case-insensitive.
excludeKeywords	array	no	Drop jobs whose title (and description, when on) contains any of these words.
location	string	no	Keep jobs whose location contains this text, e.g. 'Berlin' or 'United States'.
remoteOnly	boolean	no	Keep only remote jobs (location says Remote/Anywhere, or the source marks the job as remote).
postedAfter	string	no	Keep jobs posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Jobs without a date are kept.
resourceFormats	array	no	Only read dataset resources whose format is in this list.
keyword	string	no	Only return rows where any column contains this text (case-insensitive). Leave empty for all rows.
onlyChanges	boolean	no	For scheduled runs: return (and pay for) only new, changed and closed records, compared with the last run with the same input. The snapshot is kept in a named key-value store; delete it to start over.
onlyNewSinceLastRun	boolean	no	For scheduled runs: skip jobs this same input already returned. The IDs are kept in a named key-value store; delete it to start over.
maxItems	integer	no	Maximum number of items to return (0 = unlimited).
startUrls	array	yes	open.canada.ca package_show API URLs (or dataset page URLs containing the dataset id) to read.
pageSize	integer	no	Rows requested per page when paging through a resource (limit/offset).
maxPages	integer	no	Maximum listing pages to follow per start URL (pagination).
maxConcurrency	integer	no	Maximum parallel requests (politeness; 1-10).
requestDelayMs	integer	no	Minimum delay between requests, in milliseconds (at least 250).
proxyType	string	no	none (direct connection), datacenter (Apify Proxy, cheapest) or residential (opt-in, billed per GB, fewer blocks). The actor never switches by itself.
proxyCountry	string	no	Two-letter country code for the proxy IP (optional).

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"
    }
  ],
  "resourceFormats": [
    "CSV",
    "JSON"
  ],
  "pageSize": 100,
  "maxItems": 150,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "requestDelayMs": 1000,
  "proxyType": "none",
  "keyword": ""
}

Output

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel. Example results from a real run:

[
  {
    "postingId": "15774648",
    "jobTitle": "heavy equipment operator",
    "nocCode": "73400",
    "nocName": "Heavy equipment operators",
    "firstPostingDate": "2026-08-07",
    "vacancyCount": 1,
    "province": "Alberta",
    "city": null,
    "employmentType": "Full time",
    "employmentTerm": "Permanent employment",
    "salaryMin": 33.77,
    "salaryMax": 35.85,
    "salaryPer": "Hour",
    "salaryDetail": "$33.77 to $35.85 hourly",
    "telework": null,
    "month": "August 2026 Job Postings Advertised on Canada's National Job Bank Website",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"
  },
  {
    "postingId": "15798624",
    "jobTitle": "truck trailer mechanic",
    "nocCode": "72410",
    "nocName": "Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers",
    "firstPostingDate": "2026-08-17",
    "vacancyCount": 1,
    "province": "Alberta",
    "city": null,
    "employmentType": "Full time",
    "employmentTerm": "Permanent employment",
    "salaryMin": 38,
    "salaryMax": 40,
    "salaryPer": "Hour",
    "salaryDetail": "$38.00 to $40.00 hourly",
    "telework": null,
    "month": "August 2026 Job Postings Advertised on Canada's National Job Bank Website",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"
  },
  {
    "postingId": "15798969",
    "jobTitle": "recreation leader",
    "nocCode": "54100",
    "nocName": "Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness",
    "firstPostingDate": "2026-08-17",
    "vacancyCount": 1,
    "province": "Alberta",
    "city": null,
    "employmentType": "Part time",
    "employmentTerm": "Term or contract",
    "salaryMin": 21.46,
    "salaryMax": 23.81,
    "salaryPer": "Hour",
    "salaryDetail": "$21.46 to $23.81 hourly",
    "telework": null,
    "month": "August 2026 Job Postings Advertised on Canada's National Job Bank Website",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"
  }
]

Integrations and API

• Apify API: start a run and get the results in one HTTP request:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/compass_lab~canada-jobbank-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"}], "resourceFormats": ["CSV", "JSON"], "pageSize": 100, "maxItems": 150, "keyword": ""}'

• Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("compass_lab/canada-jobbank-scraper").call(run_input={"startUrls": [{"url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"}], "resourceFormats": ["CSV", "JSON"], "pageSize": 100, "maxItems": 150, "keyword": ""})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

• JavaScript (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('compass_lab/canada-jobbank-scraper').call({"startUrls": [{"url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/api/action/package_show?id=ea639e28-c0fc-48bf-b5dd-b8899bd43072"}], "resourceFormats": ["CSV", "JSON"], "pageSize": 100, "maxItems": 150, "keyword": ""});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

• Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, webhooks: use the Apify integrations (Integrations tab) to send each run's results where you need them, or to start a run from your workflow.
• Schedules: run it hourly, daily or weekly from Apify Console (Schedules) and always have fresh jobs.

Tips and advanced options

• Keep Max items and Max pages as low as you need: fewer pages means a faster, cheaper run.
• Raise Delay between requests if the site responds slowly; keep Max concurrency low to stay polite.
• Missing values are null. Fields that often come back empty are listed in the run log as data-quality warnings.
• Companies: type company names (Stripe, Acme Inc) or paste job board URLs. Names are matched the way the platform writes them (Stripe Inc -> stripe); a company that can't be found is named in the log and skipped.
• Daily monitoring: schedule the Actor with Only new jobs since the last run on. Each run returns only jobs it hasn't returned before for the same input. The IDs are kept in a named key-value store called <actor-name>-seen-<id> (the run log prints its name); delete that store in Storage > Key-value stores, or change the input, to start over.
• Filters before charging: keywords, exclude keywords, location, remote only and posted after are applied before a job is saved, so filtered-out jobs cost nothing.

Track changes

Schedule the Actor (for example every morning) with Only changes since the last run on. Each run then returns, and charges for, only the jobs that moved since the previous run with the same input:

• new: a job this input hadn't returned before;
• changed: same job, but its title, location, salary, type or department changed; changes says what, e.g. {"salaryMax": {"from": 90000, "to": 100000}};
• closed: a job returned last time that is gone now (charged like a job). Closed jobs are reported only when the run read the whole board: raise Max pages if a board has more pages than it allows.

Without that option every job is returned as usual, each marked new, changed or unchanged.

Add it to your usual input, e.g. "onlyChanges": true.

The last snapshot is kept in a named key-value store called <actor-name>-watch-<id> (the run log prints its name). To start over, delete that store in Storage > Key-value stores, or change the input. Only new jobs since the last run still works as before (new jobs only, its own store).

FAQ, disclaimers and support

Is it legal to scrape open.canada.ca?

Vetted on 2026-10-02: Green tier (autonomy policy, 2026-10-02): robots.txt exists and permits /data/api/action/package_show (no matching Disallow); public endpoint; platform family 'open-data-ckan' confirmed by Mouad on 2026-10-01: Open-source portal software, government open-data licences

The data is published under the Open Government Licence – Canada: you may reuse it, including commercially, provided you credit the source as the licence requires.

Our Actors are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses, gender, or location. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. We therefore believe that our Actors, when used for ethical purposes by Apify users, are safe. However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers.

How many results can I get?

Up to maxItems per run (0 means no limit), as many as the source lists. Each result is one dataset item, and you are only charged for items that are saved.

Can I run it on a schedule or from my own code?

Yes. Schedule it in Apify Console (Schedules), or call it with the run-sync-get-dataset-items endpoint or the Python/JavaScript clients shown in Integrations and API above.

What are the limitations?

• Only the columns published by the Government of Canada are available. The data is open-data extracts, not a live feed of the Job Bank website, so it may lag behind current postings.
• Column names and file layouts can change when the publisher updates the dataset, which changes the keys inside the record field.
• Very large resource files make long runs. Use maxPages, maxItems or the keyword filter to keep runs short and cheap.
• Files may be published in English and French, so text values can appear in either language.
• Dataset ids or resource links can be retired or moved by the publisher, in which case that start URL returns no rows.
• Data is used under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Check the licence terms before republishing.

Where can I get help?

Report problems or ideas on the Issues tab. To call this Actor from your own code, see the API tab.

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