Workopolis Jobs Scraper

Pull job postings from Workopolis at scale — titles, employers, salaries, full descriptions, employment types, work settings, posted dates, and direct apply links for every job across Canada. Search by keyword and city, or paste a Workopolis search URL and scrape it exactly as you set it up on the site. Built for recruiters, job-market researchers, and job-search platforms who need fresh Canadian hiring data without copying postings one page at a time.

Why This Scraper?

• Every job across Canada, province or city level — search "Toronto", "Vancouver", or a whole province like "Ontario", or leave the location empty to sweep the entire country.
• Up to 2,000 jobs per keyword, many keywords per run — run 50 keywords in a single invocation; results merge into one dataset and de-duplicate by job ID so the same posting never lands twice.
• 9 employment-type filters — Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Contract, Fixed-term, Temporary, Internship/Co-op, Casual, and Freelance.
• 3 work-setting filters — On-site, Remote, or Hybrid, so you can isolate exactly the kind of role you track.
• 5 date-posted windows — Any time, last 24 hours, last 7 days, last 14 days, or last 30 days to catch only the freshest openings.
• Structured salary, not just free text — minimum, maximum, currency, and pay period pulled from each posting and formatted into a clean salary range.
• Full job descriptions in plain text, HTML, or both — choose the format per run, with listed benefits captured alongside the description.
• Direct apply links on every row — each job carries its canonical apply URL, so recruiters and candidates go straight to the source.
• One-click full-detail enrichment — turn on Fetch Full Job Details to pull the complete description, structured salary, work setting, and benefits from each job's own page.

Use Cases

Recruitment & Sourcing

• Build candidate-facing job feeds for a niche, city, or province
• Track which employers are hiring for a given role across Canada
• Monitor brand-new postings every day with the 24-hour date filter
• Surface direct apply links for fast outreach to active openings

Job-Market Research

• Measure hiring demand for a skill or title across Canadian cities
• Compare full-time vs. contract vs. freelance mix in a sector
• Track remote, hybrid, and on-site availability over time
• Map employment trends by province for labour-market reports

Salary Benchmarking

• Collect posted salary ranges by title, city, and employment type
• Build compensation bands from minimum/maximum salary fields
• Benchmark pay for the same role across regions
• Track salary movement for a role over weeks of fresh postings

Job Aggregators & Platforms

• Power a Canadian job board with continuously refreshed listings
• Feed structured postings into a job-matching or alerting product
• Enrich an existing listings database with descriptions and benefits
• Keep apply links current as postings rotate

Lead Generation

• Identify companies actively expanding in a market
• Build employer contact lists from companies posting roles
• Spot hiring surges that signal growth or new funding

Getting Started

Quick Keyword Search

The simplest run — one keyword in one city:

{
    "searchQueries": ["software engineer"],
    "location": "Toronto",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Filtered Search

Recent, remote, full-time roles only:

{
    "searchQueries": ["registered nurse", "nurse practitioner"],
    "location": "Ontario",
    "datePosted": "7",
    "employmentType": "fulltime",
    "workSetting": "remote",
    "maxResults": 200
}

Advanced — Direct URLs + Full Detail

Paste search URLs dialed in on the Workopolis site and pull the full detail for every job:

{
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.workopolis.com/search?q=data+analyst&l=Vancouver%2C+BC"
    ],
    "searchQueries": ["data analyst"],
    "location": "Vancouver",
    "datePosted": "14",
    "maxResults": 500,
    "includeJobDetails": true,
    "descriptionFormat": "both"
}

Input Reference

What to Search

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["software engineer"]	Job titles or keywords to search. Each keyword runs its own search; results merge and de-duplicate. Up to 50 keywords per run. Leave empty to use only the direct URLs below.
location	string	"Toronto"	City or region within Canada (e.g. "Toronto", "Vancouver", "Ontario"). Leave empty to search all of Canada.
startUrls	string[]	[]	Paste full Workopolis search-result URLs to scrape them exactly as-is. Any filters baked into the URL are honored and pagination is automatic. Up to 50 URLs per run.

Filters & Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
datePosted	select	Any time	Only show jobs posted within Any time, Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, Last 14 days, or Last 30 days.
employmentType	select	Any	Filter by type: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Contract, Fixed term contract, Temporary, Internship / Co-op, Casual, or Freelance.
workSetting	select	Any	Filter by where the work happens: On-site, Remote, or Hybrid.
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum jobs per keyword (1–2,000). The last page is kept in full, so the final count can slightly overshoot.

Advanced

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeJobDetails	boolean	true	Fetch the full description, structured salary, work setting, and benefits from each job's detail page. Turn off for faster, lighter scans.
descriptionFormat	select	Plain text	How to return the description: Plain text, HTML (keeps formatting), or Both in their own fields.

Output

Each job is one flat row. Here's a representative result with full details enabled:

{
    "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
    "company": "Maple Tech Inc.",
    "location": "Toronto, ON",
    "salary": "$110,000 - $140,000 a year",
    "employmentType": "Full-time",
    "workSetting": "Hybrid",
    "postedDate": "2026-06-12",
    "snippet": "We are looking for a senior engineer to join our platform team...",
    "description": "About the role\nWe are looking for a senior engineer to join our platform team. You will design and ship backend services...",
    "descriptionHtml": "<p>About the role</p><p>We are looking for a senior engineer...</p>",
    "benefits": "Dental care, Extended health care, RRSP match, Paid time off",
    "jobUrl": "https://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/viewjob/abc123def456",
    "jobId": "abc123def456",
    "searchQuery": "software engineer",
    "searchLocation": "Toronto, ON",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-20T14:30:00Z"
}

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Job title
company	string	Hiring company or employer name
location	string	Job location (city, province)
jobUrl	string	Canonical job/apply URL
jobId	string	Unique job identifier (used for de-duplication)
postedDate	string	Date the job was posted (ISO format)

Compensation & Role

Field	Type	Description
salary	string	Salary range as posted (range, currency, and pay period; null if not stated)
employmentType	string	Full-time, Part-time, Contract, etc.
workSetting	string	On-site, Remote, or Hybrid, when stated
benefits	string	Listed benefits and perks (when published)

Description & Metadata

Field	Type	Description
snippet	string	Short search-result preview text
description	string	Full plain-text description (when descriptionFormat includes text)
descriptionHtml	string	Full HTML description (when descriptionFormat includes html)
searchQuery	string	The keyword that produced this row
searchLocation	string	The location used for the search
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of extraction

Tips for Best Results

• Mirror an exact on-site search with a URL — set up the search you want on the Workopolis website, copy the address bar into startUrls, and the run reproduces it filter-for-filter, including any options not exposed as inputs here.
• Keep Fetch Full Job Details on for the richest data — it's the only way to get the complete description, structured salary, work setting, and benefits. Turn it off only when you need a fast, lightweight scan and the snippet is enough.
• Remote is the most efficient work-setting filter — Remote roles are isolated directly at search time, while On-site and Hybrid are matched as each job is read, so very specific On-site/Hybrid combinations may take a little longer to fill on markets where few jobs match.
• Run several keywords at once — list every title you track in searchQueries; they share one run and de-duplicate automatically, so a posting found by two keywords appears only once.
• Start small, then scale — try maxResults of 25–50 to confirm the data fits your needs, then raise it up to 2,000 per keyword for deep coverage.
• Pick the description format you'll actually use — choose Plain text for clean analysis, HTML to preserve formatting, or Both to keep every option open.
• Use the 24-hour window for daily monitoring — schedule a run with datePosted set to Last 24 hours to capture only brand-new postings each day.

Pricing

From $0.95 per 1,000 results — the lowest-cost way to collect Canadian job listings at scale. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows the total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.11	$0.11	$0.10	$0.10
1,000	$1.10	$1.05	$1.00	$0.95
10,000	$11.00	$10.50	$10.00	$9.50
100,000	$110.00	$105.00	$100.00	$95.00

A "result" is any job row in the output dataset. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor is designed for legitimate recruitment research, labour-market analysis, and job-feed aggregation. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and Workopolis's terms of service. Do not use extracted data for spam, harassment, or any illegal purpose, and handle any personal data in line with applicable privacy regulations.