# Eluta.ca Scraper (`unfenced-group/eluta-ca-scraper`) Actor Scrape Eluta.ca โ€” Canada's Top 100 Employers job search engine. Keyword + location search, all 13 provinces, repost detection, daily feed support. No API key required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/unfenced-group/eluta-ca-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Unfenced Group](https://apify.com/unfenced-group) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs - **Stats:** 8 total users, 2 monthly users, 93.4% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.49 / 1,000 results 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Eluta.ca Scraper ![Banner](https://i.imgur.com/HZd04fK.png) Extract structured job listings from [Eluta.ca](https://www.eluta.ca) โ€” Canada's official job search engine for the Canada's Top 100 Employers project, covering 70,000+ employers across all 13 provinces and territories. Returns up to 2,100+ results per search query with company, location, description, and posting date. No API key required. --- ### Why this scraper? #### ๐Ÿ Full Canadian coverage Search across all 13 provinces and territories โ€” Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and more. Use the province dropdown for regional targeting. #### ๐Ÿ” Keyword + location filtering Combine any job keyword with a city or province. Results are geocoded by Eluta and sorted by relevance, so you get the most current local postings first. #### ๐Ÿ“… Freshness control Filter by posting age with the **Max age (days)** parameter. Combine with **Skip reposts** to get only net-new listings since your last run โ€” ideal for daily feed workflows. #### โ™ป๏ธ 90-day repost detection The scraper maintains a cross-run fingerprint store. Jobs already seen within the past 90 days are flagged with `isRepost: true` and can be skipped automatically. #### ๐Ÿ“„ Rich description snippets Every result includes the job description excerpt from the listing, delivered in plain text, HTML, and Markdown formats. #### โœ… Direct employer links Each job URL points directly to the canonical Eluta listing page, which forwards to the employer's own career site โ€” no job board intermediaries. --- ### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | `searchQuery` | String | `""` | Keywords to search for, e.g. `"software developer"` or `"nurse"` | | `location` | String | `""` | City or region, e.g. `"Toronto"` or `"Vancouver"` | | `province` | Select | `""` | Province code (AB, BC, ON, QC, โ€ฆ). Used when Location is empty | | `daysOld` | Integer | โ€” | Only return jobs posted within this many days | | `maxResults` | Integer | `100` | Maximum number of results to return | | `skipReposts` | Boolean | `false` | Skip jobs already seen in previous runs (90-day memory) | | `startUrls` | Array | `[]` | Optional list of specific Eluta.ca search or category URLs to scrape | --- ### Output schema #### Always present | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `id` | String | Stable 32-character hex ID derived from the job's internal Eluta hash | | `title` | String\|null | Job title as shown on the listing | | `company` | String\|null | Employer name | | `city` | String\|null | City extracted from the location field | | `province` | String\|null | Two-letter Canadian province code (e.g. `ON`, `BC`) | | `location` | String\|null | Raw location string as shown on Eluta (e.g. `"Toronto, ON"`) | | `countryCode` | String | Always `"CA"` | | `publishDate` | String\|null | Posting date in `YYYY-MM-DD` format, computed from relative date | | `publishDateISO` | String\|null | Same as `publishDate` | | `postedAtRaw` | String\|null | Raw relative date string from Eluta (e.g. `"4 days ago"`, `"1 hour ago"`) | | `url` | String\|null | Canonical Eluta listing URL (`https://www.eluta.ca/spl/...`) | | `descriptionHtml` | String\|null | Description snippet as HTML | | `descriptionText` | String\|null | Description snippet as plain text | | `descriptionMarkdown` | String\|null | Description snippet as Markdown | | `contentHash` | String | 16-character hash of title + company + location for change detection | | `source` | String | Always `"eluta.ca"` | | `scrapedAt` | String | ISO timestamp of when this item was scraped | | `isRepost` | Boolean | `true` if this job was seen in a previous run within 90 days | | `originalPublishDate` | String\|null | First date this job was seen (only populated if `isRepost: true`) | | `originalUrl` | String\|null | URL from first sighting (only populated if `isRepost: true`) | | `changeStatus` | String | Always `"NEW"` on first seen; `"REPOST"` tracking is via `isRepost` | | `summary` | null | Reserved for future use | #### Example output record ```json { "id": "eca1036674acc278dcff81016efd9409", "title": "Senior Software Developer (UI Developer)", "company": "Dawn InfoTek Inc.", "city": "Toronto", "province": "ON", "location": "Toronto, ON", "countryCode": "CA", "publishDate": "2026-04-22", "publishDateISO": "2026-04-22", "postedAtRaw": "4 days ago", "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/spl/senior-software-developer-ui-developer-eca1036674acc278dcff81016efd9409", "descriptionHtml": "Developer (UI Developer) Responsibilities. Implement high quality and well-designed systems under the direction of a supervisor or project leader...", "descriptionText": "Developer (UI Developer) Responsibilities. Implement high quality and well-designed systems under the direction of a supervisor or project leader...", "descriptionMarkdown": "Developer (UI Developer) Responsibilities. Implement high quality and well-designed systems under the direction of a supervisor or project leader...", "contentHash": "a4f2e8b7c1d39f6e", "source": "eluta.ca", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T11:45:00.000Z", "isRepost": false, "originalPublishDate": null, "originalUrl": null, "changeStatus": "NEW", "summary": null } ```` *** ### Examples **Search for developer roles in Toronto:** ```json { "searchQuery": "software developer", "location": "Toronto", "maxResults": 100 } ``` **Nursing jobs in British Columbia, posted in the last week:** ```json { "searchQuery": "nurse", "province": "BC", "daysOld": 7, "maxResults": 200 } ``` **Daily feed โ€” new jobs only, skip already-seen postings:** ```json { "searchQuery": "data analyst", "location": "Ottawa", "daysOld": 1, "skipReposts": true, "maxResults": 500 } ``` **Scrape a specific Eluta category or search URL directly:** ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/Government-jobs" }, { "url": "https://www.eluta.ca/jobs-in-Alberta" } ], "maxResults": 50 } ``` *** ### ๐Ÿ’ฐ Pricing **$1.49 per 1,000 results** โ€” you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries and filtered reposts are never charged. | Results | Cost | |---------|------| | 100 | ~$0.15 | | 1,000 | ~$1.49 | | 10,000 | ~$14.90 | | 100,000 | ~$149.00 | > Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29โ€“$49/month regardless of usage. Use the **Max results** cap in the input to control your spend exactly. *** ### Performance | Run size | Pages | Duration | Memory | |----------|-------|----------|--------| | 25 results | 3 pages | ~8 sec | 512 MB | | 100 results | 10 pages | ~30 sec | 512 MB | | 1,000 results | 100 pages | ~5 min | 512 MB | | 10,000 results | 211 pages (max) | ~10 min | 512 MB | *** ### Known limitations - Results are description **snippets** from the listing card, not the full job description from the employer's website. Eluta links out to employer career pages which vary in structure. - Pagination is bound to the geocoded location resolved by Eluta on page 1. Searches for very broad terms (e.g. empty keyword) may return fewer results than the reported count. - The `daysOld` filter relies on Eluta's internal `d=` parameter. Eluta may interpret this as an approximate filter. - A maximum of approximately 2,110 results (211 pages ร— 10 per page) are accessible per search query, which is Eluta's display limit. *** ### Technical details - **Source:** eluta.ca โ€” Canada's official job search engine, operated by Mediacorp Canada Inc. - **Memory:** 512 MB - **Repost storage:** KeyValueStore `eluta-ca-scraper-job-dedup`, 90-day TTL - **Retry:** Automatic retry on network errors, exponential backoff, 3 attempts per request *** ### Additional services Need a custom actor, additional filters, scheduled runs, or integration support? Send an email to โ€” we build on request. *** *Part of the [Unfenced Group](https://apify.com/unfenced-group) job board scraper portfolio โ€” 60+ job markets covered.* *Built by [unfenced-group](https://apify.com/unfenced-group) ยท Issues? Open a ticket or send a message.* # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Keywords to search for, e.g. 'software developer' or 'nurse'. ## `location` (type: `string`): City or region to search in, e.g. 'Toronto' or 'Vancouver'. ## `province` (type: `string`): Filter by Canadian province. Used when Location is empty. ## `daysOld` (type: `integer`): Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty for all jobs. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of results to return. ## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`): Skip jobs already seen in previous runs (90-day memory). ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Optional list of specific Eluta.ca search or category URLs to scrape instead of using the search inputs above. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "", "location": "", "province": "", "maxResults": 100, "startUrls": [] } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `OUTPUT` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("unfenced-group/eluta-ca-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`๐Ÿ’พ 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); }); // ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("unfenced-group/eluta-ca-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call unfenced-group/eluta-ca-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=unfenced-group/eluta-ca-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Eluta.ca Scraper", "description": "Scrape Eluta.ca โ€” Canada's Top 100 Employers job search engine. Keyword + location search, all 13 provinces, repost detection, daily feed support. No API key required.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "1Xa6FfWwPX9uOyoH5" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/unfenced-group~eluta-ca-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-unfenced-group-eluta-ca-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/unfenced-group~eluta-ca-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-unfenced-group-eluta-ca-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/unfenced-group~eluta-ca-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-unfenced-group-eluta-ca-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Keywords to search for, e.g. 'software developer' or 'nurse'.", "default": "" }, "location": { "title": "Location", "type": "string", "description": "City or region to search in, e.g. 'Toronto' or 'Vancouver'.", "default": "" }, "province": { "title": "Province", "enum": [ "", "AB", "BC", "MB", "NB", "NL", "NS", "NT", "NU", "ON", "PE", "QC", "SK", "YT" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by Canadian province. Used when Location is empty.", "default": "" }, "daysOld": { "title": "Max age (days)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty for all jobs." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to return.", "default": 100 }, "skipReposts": { "title": "Skip reposts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Skip jobs already seen in previous runs (90-day memory)." }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional list of specific Eluta.ca search or category URLs to scrape instead of using the search inputs above.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```