Employment partners play a vital role in helping businesses grow and succeed. By connecting employers with qualified job seekers, they make it easier to secure the right talent when it matters most.
These organizations also provide valuable support through access to wage subsidies, training programs, and workforce development resources, helping reduce hiring costs and strengthen your team’s skills.
Whether you’re expanding your workforce, filling critical roles, or investing in employee development, employment partners offer the expertise and tools to help your business thrive.
Canada Summer Jobs helps strengthen your organization and empower the next generation. If approved, your organization can gain valuable wage subsidies that make it easier to hire motivated youth. You'll have the opportunity to enhance your team with fresh talent, reduce staffing costs, and create meaningful opportunities that help young people build skills and careers. It's a smart investment that grows your organization while supporting your community.
The Choose Cornwall Job Board includes listings from companies in Cornwall as well as in surrounding areas in SDG Counties and Akwesasne. It's free to post job listings to this page, which is administered by the City of Cornwall.
The Cornwall SDG Business Enterprise Centre is supported by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, in partnership with Cornwall Economic Development. The Centre provides practical assistance, programs and services that encourage entrepreneurship and support business growth. The CBEC team helps business owners and entrepreneurs succeed in Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry and Akwesasne by offering information, tools and support during start-up and growth stages of business operation. They also offer seminars, workshops and networking opportunities that are designed with the entrepreneur in mind.
Click here: Cornwall-SDG Business Enterprise Centre
The Eastern Ontario Training Board (EOTB) is a regional, non‑profit workforce development organization that plays a lead role in strengthening the local labour market across Cornwall, SDG, Prescott‑Russell, and surrounding areas by gathering and sharing labour market information, engaging employers to identify skill gaps and workforce needs, and coordinating partnerships among employment service providers, educators, and community organizations; it also supports job seekers and workers by promoting training, skills development, and employment opportunities, while leading local workforce planning initiatives (such as annual labour market reports and action plans) to align talent, training, and economic development priorities in the region.
Click here: Eastern Ontario Training Board
Click here: Labour Market Index (LMI) Help Desk - Free, local statistics
Click here: Your Next Job - SDG Counties - Prescott Russell - Akwesasne
The Glengarry Inter‑Agency Group (GIAG) is a non‑profit organization that serves as a community hub in SDG by delivering integrated employment services (job search support, skills training, and employer connections), providing programs for families, youth, and seniors across the life cycle, and coordinating access to a wide range of social and community services through partnerships with other agencies; overall, its core function is to help individuals overcome barriers, improve their well‑being, and reach their full potential while strengthening the local workforce and community.
Job Zone d’emploi Cornwall is a non‑profit, bilingual employment service provider that delivers comprehensive, client‑centred supports to job seekers and employers across Cornwall, Stormont, and Dundas, including one‑on‑one career counselling, skills assessment, job search assistance (such as resume and interview preparation), access to training and work placements, labour market information, and financial supports through programs like Better Jobs Ontario, while also offering employer services such as recruitment assistance, workforce matching, and training supports to help businesses meet their hiring needs.
Mitacs connects businesses with innovation talent, research partnerships and funding support to accelerate applied research and development.
The Ontario Job Grant (OJG) provides funding to help businesses train their employees and update their skills. This helps employers ensure their workforce has the right skills to adapt to a changing economy.
Funding for the Ontario Job Grant is provided in part by the Government of Canada through the Canada–Ontario Labour Market Development Agreement
The grant lets employers choose who to train, and what skills to focus on to address their needs.
Through Riipen, employerc can access bright, motivated students, ready to support priority work. Backed by the Government of Canada, it's a flexible way to increase capacity.
St. Lawrence College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology with campuses in Kingston, Brockville and Cornwall. They provide opportunities to work with regional employers and also operate a job board.