Amazon is hiring 9,000 seasonal workers across Canada for the holidays, and those roles pay an average base wage of nearly $24 an hour. The jobs are spread across 55 sites in the company’s Canadian network.
The work is at fulfilment centres, sortation centres and delivery stations, and covers stowing, picking, packing, sorting and shipping orders. That’s up from the 7,000 seasonal roles Amazon was filling last year, and it matches the 9,000 it hired for in 2024.
Seasonal staff get some benefits from day one, including mental health support through Amazon’s Employee Assistance Program. They also get the new employee discount that launched October 1, which takes 10% off grocery and daily essentials orders on Amazon.ca with no cap. If your wallet is still recovering from Prime Big Deal Days, a few holiday shifts plus 10% off paper towels is one way to claw some of it back.
Anyone who stays on in a permanent role moves into a workforce averaging more than $26 an hour. Amazon is spending more than $78 million on pay increases this year, a 4% bump that works out to more than $54,000 a year on average for someone working 40 hours a week. We covered that wage increase in September. Full-time staff also get health, dental and vision coverage, an RRSP with an employer match, tuition support and an employee Prime benefit where available.
Amazon says the roles will be posted on a rolling basis through the holiday season. Job scams also tend to pick up around this time of year, and Amazon notes that it only hires directly and never charges a fee to apply. If someone asks you for money to land a warehouse job, it’s a scam, and you can report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
Would you pick up a seasonal shift at Amazon this year, or have you worked one before?
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