# Eluta.ca Jobs Scraper — Canadian Job Listings (`ocrad/eluta-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Eluta.ca job search results: title, employer, location, salary range, posting age, snippet and apply link, plus full description, employment type and dates from each job page. Export JSON/CSV/Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ocrad/eluta-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ocrad](https://apify.com/ocrad) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Agents
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Eluta.ca Jobs Scraper

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Canadian Job Listings. Provide any Eluta.ca search URL (keywords + city/province) and get structured job data across result pages: title, employer, location, salary range (with parsed min/max), posting age, description snippet, the Eluta job page and the apply redirect to the employer's site. Turn on `detailedInfo` to also get the full description, employment type, industry, exact posting datetime and closing date from each Eluta job page.

Eluta.ca is the job search engine of the Canada's Top 100 Employers project and indexes postings directly from employer career sites, so it covers employers that never post on job boards.

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#### **📋 Example Output**

Record from a run with `detailedInfo: true` on `https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON` (without `detailedInfo`, the detail-only fields `salaryUnit`, `employmentType`, `industry`, `validThrough` and `description` are `null` and `postedAt` is an approximate date derived from `postedAgo`):

```json
{
  "id": "37a4934e81a51553caaf59fd7c03d4d3",
  "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/spl/data-product-analyst-data-science-37a4934e81a51553caaf59fd7c03d4d3",
  "title": "Data Product Analyst (Data Science)",
  "company": "Adastra Corporation",
  "location": "Markham, ON",
  "salary": null,
  "salaryMin": null,
  "salaryMax": null,
  "salaryUnit": null,
  "employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
  "industry": "Computing - Software & Web Development",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-28T09:38:26",
  "postedAgo": "6 hours ago",
  "validThrough": "2026-12-01T00:00:00",
  "snippet": "Data Product Analyst (Data Science) to serve as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, data science and analytics teams, and data management groups. This role combines strong data analysis and data science capabilities with core business analysis skills to ensure that data is effectively leveraged to inform strategic decision making, improve processes, and influence solution design. You will frame business problems as analytical and modeling questions, apply statistical and machine",
  "description": "Adastra is seeking a Data Product Analyst (Data Science) to serve as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, data science and analytics teams, and data management groups. This role combines strong data analysis and data science capabilities with core business analysis skills to ensure that data is effectively leveraged to inform strategic decision making, improve processes, and influence solution design. You will frame business problems as analytical and modeling questions, apply statistical and machine learning methods to answer them, and translate the results into clear, actionable recommendations. In addition to championing data stewardship, the Data Product Analyst plays a key r …",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.eluta.ca/direct/i?i=37a4934e81a51553caaf59fd7c03d4d3",
  "employerUrl": "https://www.eluta.ca/jobs-at-adastra",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-28T20:01:46.718Z"
}
```

`salary` is filled only when the employer states a range (about half of the postings, e.g. `"$50,000 - $90,000"` with `salaryMin` 50000 and `salaryMax` 90000). `applyUrl` is Eluta's redirect that opens the original posting on the employer's own site.

#### ⚙️ **Configuration**

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `url` | String | *(required)* | Eluta.ca search URL, e.g. `https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON`. A `&pg=N` parameter is honoured as the starting page. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `100` | Stop after this many jobs (10 per result page, pages are fetched until the limit or the last page). 0 = no limit. |
| `detailedInfo` | Boolean | `false` | Visit each Eluta job page for the full description, employment type, industry, exact posting datetime and closing date. One extra request per job. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify Proxy (auto) | Proxy settings; switch to RESIDENTIAL only if results are empty. |

Eluta rate-limits IPs that send many requests in a short time (it redirects to a "User Verification" page). The scraper fetches one page at a time with a short delay, detects that page and retries with a fresh proxy session, so keep `maxItems` reasonable and avoid running several large jobs in parallel from one proxy group.

##### Example Input

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "detailedInfo": false
}
```

##### Getting your search URL

1. Open eluta.ca and search for a job title or keywords and a city or province
2. Optionally refine the results (sort order, employer, distance …)
3. Copy the full URL from your browser address bar and paste it as the `url` input

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#### 💬 **Support and Feedback**

Reach out via Apify support channels or leave feedback on the Actor's page.

#### **Is it legal to scrape Eluta.ca data?**

It is legal to scrape publicly available data such as job titles, employers, salaries and descriptions. Results may contain personal data (e.g. names of contacts inside a posting); scrape personal data only with a legitimate reason. Personal data is protected by PIPEDA and other regulations — consult your legal advisor if unsure. Respect Eluta's terms of service and keep request volumes modest.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

An Eluta.ca search results URL with your keywords and location, e.g. https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst\&l=Toronto%2C+ON. A \&pg=N parameter is honoured as the starting page.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many jobs (10 per result page). 0 = no limit.

## `detailedInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Visit each job's Eluta page for the full description, employment type, industry, exact posting date and closing date. Slower, one extra request per job.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Defaults to Apify Proxy (auto). Switch to RESIDENTIAL only if results are empty.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "detailedInfo": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Eluta position ID (32-character hex string from the job URL)

## `url` (type: `string`):

Eluta.ca job page URL (https://www.eluta.ca/spl/...)

## `title` (type: `string`):

Job title

## `company` (type: `string`):

Employer name

## `location` (type: `string`):

City and province, e.g. 'Toronto, ON'

## `salary` (type: `string`):

Salary range as shown, e.g. '$50,000 - $90,000' (only when the employer states one)

## `salaryMin` (type: `string`):

Lower salary bound as a number (CAD)

## `salaryMax` (type: `string`):

Upper salary bound as a number (CAD)

## `salaryUnit` (type: `string`):

Salary period from the job page, e.g. 'ANNUAL' or 'HOURLY' (detailedInfo only)

## `employmentType` (type: `string`):

Employment type, e.g. 'FULL_TIME' (detailedInfo only)

## `industry` (type: `string`):

Eluta industry category (detailedInfo only)

## `postedAt` (type: `string`):

Posting date. Without detailedInfo an approximate YYYY-MM-DD derived from the card's 'N days ago'; with detailedInfo the exact ISO datetime from the job page

## `postedAgo` (type: `string`):

Posting age as shown on the result card, e.g. '14 hours ago'

## `validThrough` (type: `string`):

Closing date (ISO) when the job page states one (detailedInfo only)

## `snippet` (type: `string`):

Description excerpt shown on the result card

## `description` (type: `string`):

Full job description as plain text (detailedInfo only)

## `applyUrl` (type: `string`):

Eluta redirect link that opens the original posting on the employer's site

## `employerUrl` (type: `string`):

Eluta employer page listing all of this employer's jobs

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was scraped

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ocrad/eluta-jobs-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ocrad/eluta-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/search?q=data+analyst&l=Toronto%2C+ON",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call ocrad/eluta-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ocrad/eluta-jobs-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0b2N1pTNZMlq693yx/builds/Shq6pstwIJd4ktFRG/openapi.json