Canada Recruitment Agency
Canada Recruitment Agency for Employers

Canada Recruitment Agency for Employers

Hiring in Canada means competing for a shrinking pool of qualified candidates. When the local market can’t supply the skills, the search has to go wider.

Alliance is a Canada recruitment agency for employers in every province. We fill permanent, contract and seasonal roles, sourcing locally where the talent exists and across 36+ countries where it doesn’t. Shortlists typically within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief.

16+

Years Of Experience

550,000+

Placements Delivered

36+

Countries Served

350+

Expert Teams

50+

Top Level Positions

Trusted By

Key Takeaways

  • Permanent, contract and seasonal recruitment for employers across Canada
  • Candidates sourced in Canada and internationally, across 36+ countries
  • Construction, manufacturing, warehousing, hospitality, agriculture, food processing, healthcare, IT and retail
  • Full-cycle delivery: sourcing, screening, background verification, shortlisting and onboarding support
  • 90-day replacement guarantee on permanent placements
  • 16+ years in recruitment · 9,000+ organisations served · 95% repeat business · access to the top 3.5% of talent pools

Recruitment Services for Canadian Employers

Most Canadian employers come to us for one of three reasons: the role has been open too long, the volume is more than their team can process, or the skills simply aren’t available locally.

Permanent Recruitment

Permanent Recruitment

Full-cycle hiring for roles you’re building around, sourcing through to offer and onboarding, backed by our 90-day replacement guarantee.

Contract and Temporary Staffing

Contract and Temporary Staffing

Staff engaged for a fixed term or project, for seasonal demand, parental cover or project peaks. See contract staffing.

Seasonal and Volume Hiring

Seasonal and Volume Hiring

Large intakes run to a schedule, agricultural seasons, warehouse peaks, new site openings, with assessment and interview logistics coordinated so the intake doesn’t stall.

Executive and Senior Appointments

Executive and Senior Appointments

Discreet search for leadership roles, mapped against your sector. See executive search.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Where hiring is continuous rather than project-based, an embedded team running recruitment as an extension of yours. See RPO services.

International Sourcing

International Sourcing

Candidates sourced from our global network where Canadian supply is short, covered in detail below.

Hire Skilled Staff Anywhere in Canada

Tell us the role, the province and the start date. We’ll agree the brief with you, search locally and internationally, and send you a shortlist of screened candidates.

Where We Recruit Across Canada

We recruit for employers across every Canadian province, with concentrations in:

  • Ontario — Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa and the Golden Horseshoe
  • Alberta — Calgary and Edmonton, across energy, construction and logistics
  • Quebec — Montreal and surrounding regions
  • British Columbia — Vancouver and the Lower Mainland
  • Prairies and Atlantic Canada — Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces, including rural and remote roles

Provincial rules shape how staffing works. Ontario licenses temporary help agencies and recruiters, and Quebec requires personnel placement and temporary help agencies to hold a CNESST licence. Before any contract or temporary placement, we confirm which rules apply in your province and who holds the employer obligations, so your compliance position is settled before the first candidate starts.

Sector-specific Canadian recruitment: IT and technology · healthcare and medical · technology recruitment in Montreal · international sourcing into Canada

How International Hiring Into Canada Works

Canadian employers hiring internationally face two separate problems: finding qualified candidates, and satisfying the immigration requirements. Alliance solves the first.

What we do

What we do

Source, screen and shortlist qualified candidates from our network across 36+ countries — credential-checked, experience-verified and assessed against your role before you see them. We provide the candidate documentation and verification your process requires.

What stays with you

What stays with you

The employment relationship and any Labour Market Impact Assessment or work permit process, which the Canadian employer holds directly or through immigration counsel.

Why that split works

Why that split works

You keep control of your compliance position while we carry the sourcing effort, which is where the time and cost actually sit. For most employers, finding the right candidate takes months; the paperwork takes weeks.

Why Employers Choose Alliance in Canada

  • Candidates sourced at every level, from skilled trades to executive appointments
  • Local Canadian candidates and international sourcing where domestic supply is short
  • Permanent, contract and seasonal hiring under one agreement
  • 4.8 average client rating and 95% repeat business
  • Sector specialists rather than generalist recruiters
  • Full-cycle delivery — sourcing, screening, verification, shortlisting, onboarding support
  • 90-day replacement guarantee on permanent placements
  • Single point of contact, with the client kept informed throughout

The Hiring Process

Every Canadian search follows the same five steps. You see progress at each stage and approve the shortlist before any interview is booked.

1. Understanding Client Needs

1. Understanding Client Needs

We start with your business, the role and the timeline, and agree the skills, experience and certifications the role needs.

2. Candidate Sourcing

2. Candidate Sourcing

We search Canadian job markets, referrals and our international network across 36+ countries, and draw on candidates we have already screened.

3. Screening and Evaluation

3. Screening and Evaluation

Each candidate is interviewed, background-checked and skills-assessed, and we verify work history, references and certifications.

4. Shortlisting and Client Coordination

4. Shortlisting and Client Coordination

You receive a shortlist of screened candidates. We schedule interviews and collect feedback from both sides.

5. Final Selection and Onboarding Support

5. Final Selection and Onboarding Support

We support the offer, documentation and onboarding. Employment, payroll and compliance with federal and provincial labour standards sit with you as the employer.

Hiring in Canada?

Tell us the role, the province and the timeline. You’ll get a shortlist of screened candidates — not a database dump.

Employers rate Alliance 4.8 out of 5 on average, and 95% of our business is repeat business from the 9,000+ organisations we have served.

Awards

Meet Our Leadership Team

Jeremy Onozzo

Molly Anderson

Franchise Lead | Recruitment Franchise

Ashley Goldberg

Alex George

General Manager | RPO & Enterprise Recruitment

Dave Holtzman

Nikki Miller

Head of Recruitment | Recruitment & Staffing

Frequently Asked Questions

For permanent hires, you are the employer, so payroll, employment standards and workplace safety sit with you. Alliance handles the recruitment side: verifying work history, references and the certifications the role needs, and making sure candidates understand the offer terms. For contract staffing, the compliance split is set out in the agreement before any placement starts.

For most roles we present a shortlist of pre-screened candidates within 24 to 48 hours of an agreed brief. Where we hold suitable pre-screened candidates in your sector, it can be faster. Tell us the deadline at the outset and we’ll tell you honestly what’s achievable.

We stay in touch with you and the new hire through the first weeks to confirm the placement is working and to deal early with any mismatch in expectations. For contract and seasonal staff, we coordinate replacements and extensions with your site managers. Permanent placements are covered by our 90-day replacement guarantee.

We verify employment history, references and the trade or professional certifications a role requires before a candidate reaches your shortlist. Where a role requires site-specific safety training or provincial certification, we confirm what the candidate already holds and flag anything you would need to arrange.

Most of our Canadian work is in construction, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, hospitality, agriculture and food processing, healthcare, IT and retail. We recruit from skilled trades and operators through to supervisors, specialists and executives, and we source internationally when a province cannot supply enough qualified candidates locally for the role and salary band.

Every candidate is interviewed, background-checked and skills-assessed before you see them. We verify employment history, references and any trade or professional certifications the role needs, and only send you candidates who meet the brief you agreed with us.

Yes. We run large intakes to a schedule for agricultural seasons, warehouse peaks and new site openings, and coordinate assessments and interviews so the intake doesn’t stall. Seasonal and contract staff can be arranged under the same agreement as your permanent hiring.

Most employers come to us for one of three reasons: the role has been open too long, the volume is more than their team can process, or the skills aren’t available locally. We carry the sourcing and screening effort, and permanent placements come with a 90-day replacement guarantee.

Yes — we source, screen and shortlist qualified candidates from our network across 36+ countries. The Labour Market Impact Assessment and work permit process is held by the Canadian employer, usually with immigration counsel. We provide the candidate documentation and verification your application requires.

The job title and duties, the province and work location, the salary range, the start date, and whether the role is permanent, contract or seasonal. With that we agree the brief with you and start sourcing.

Yes. Most of our Canadian work is concentrated in Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and British Columbia, but we recruit nationally — including rural and remote placements in agriculture, food processing and resource sectors, where local supply is usually the tightest.

Fees depend on the role, its seniority and whether you hire permanent, contract or seasonal staff. They are agreed in writing before the search starts, and there is no fee to candidates. Permanent placements come with our 90-day replacement guarantee.

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