# Job Bank Canada Scraper (`gio21/jobbank-canada-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job listings from Job Bank Canada (jobbank.gc.ca), the Government of Canada's official job board. Returns title, employer, location, salary, posted date and URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/jobbank-canada-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 job scrapeds

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?

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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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Job Bank Canada Scraper

Scrape job listings from **Job Bank** (jobbank.gc.ca), the Government of Canada's official job board. Returns title, employer, location, salary, posted date and the job URL — no login required.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|--------------|
| `startUrls` | array | One or more jobbank.gc.ca job-search URLs, e.g. `https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer` |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max jobs to return across all start URLs (paginates automatically, default 50, max 1000) |
| `maxPagesPerUrl` | integer | Max result pages to paginate through per start URL (default 10) |

Example:

```json
{
    "startUrls": ["https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer"],
    "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "id": "49990678",
    "title": "financial officer",
    "company": "Beckwith Development Ltd.",
    "location": "Richmond (BC)",
    "salaryAmount": 39,
    "salaryUnit": "hourly",
    "salaryText": "$39.00 hourly",
    "postedText": "August 01, 2026",
    "url": "https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/49990678",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Common uses

- Canadian labour market and salary research by role or region
- LMIA / Temporary Foreign Worker Program monitoring
- Recruitment lead generation
- Feeding vacancy data into job aggregators or HR dashboards

### Notes

Build the start URL by searching on jobbank.gc.ca for your role/location, then copy the search-result page URL into `startUrls`.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more jobbank.gc.ca job-search URLs, e.g. https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to return across all start URLs (paginates automatically).

## `maxPagesPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of result pages to paginate through for each start URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 10
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPagesPerUrl": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/jobbank-canada-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 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);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": ["https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer"],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPagesPerUrl": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/jobbank-canada-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobsearch?searchstring=developer"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 10
}' |
apify call gio21/jobbank-canada-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gio21/jobbank-canada-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/SejFmE5r8cD2c69HR/builds/yBjS2d89kdOiDPk8p/openapi.json