Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Canada

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Learn about permaculture in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Hello Workaways! A special update for you this July 13th, 2025: Our leased land has been for sale for over a year, putting us in a time of great uncertainty, but now it has sold! The new people have allowed us to stay and continue farming, so we a ......
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Walk my dog on trails and do some painting while exploring North Vancouver, Canada
Walk and play with my dog while exploring North Vancouver, Canada - this July (especially the last 2 weeks of July). I hope to host a traveler in July ONLY (preferably the last 2 weeks of July until August 4), as that is when my daughter (whom I ......
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Connect with nature while surrounded by the beautiful mountains in Dome Creek, Canada
Hi everyone! We are a friendly, outgoing couple with two teenage sons, living a life we've built from the ground up here in the Rocky Mountain countryside. Our days begin with the sounds of the forest and coffee on the deck, gazing out at the peaks ......
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Help with home project and cycle around Montreal, Canada
Hi, we are Patrick and Kat. We are currently renovating a property close to downtown Montreal in a nice quiet and safe neighbourhood. The city is a cultural hub full of art, where there is always something fun to do no matter your budget. Montreal ......
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Learn about gardening on beautiful coastal acreage on Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada
We have been developing 5 acres on Salt Spring Island in beautiful British Columbia, Canada for the last 14 years. We are building new garden areas and improving those that we started over the decade. A lot of the work will be related to digging new ......
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Join an amazing team at our family lodge in Strathcona, BC, Canada
Our remote Family owned resort is in Nootka Sound on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. We opened with a hand pump gas barrel, a coffee pot and 4 bunkhouse rooms in 1993, and have been adding on every year since. Full time at the lodge now are ......
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Experience country life in rural Lumby, BC, Canada
We live on a 76 acre farm in the North Okanagan of BC. We have our faithful dogs Potts and Fern who make everyone welcome. We live 28 km from the nearest town and enjoy the peace and quiet that surrounds us. We have a large garden, a commercial ......
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Enjoy a unique forest experience with our family in Quebec, Canada
Our family is comprised of myself, Sam, my husband Elan and our three sons Ezra (Dec 2018), Itaï (Jan 2022) and Liav (Apr 2023). We are looking for someone to help care for the boys as well as participate in our other projects such as gardening and ......
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Participate in the creation of a living environment and sublime discoveries on the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada
Please contact me in French My name is Marc-André, and I'm currently building my house and landscaping my property for the third year in a row. I need some help with various tasks depending on the stage of construction and the garden's needs. I ......
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Share our family life and spend time on the shores and forests of Bowen Island, Canada
*** UPDATE *** I am seeking a new person to join us on or around March 10 who would be interested in helping me to do some outdoor work on our land—work on trails, installing some landscape lighting, maybe helping me to make a woodshed and fire ......
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Experience living self-sufficiently in a forest near Quebec City, Canada
This is a domain founded by my Italian grandfather, Vittorio, 40 years ago when he decided to buy a beautiful woodlot outside Quebec City. My wife and I decided to leave the busy city and to move in the country house in 2012 . Since then, we have ......
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Join us in a paradise in nature on our property in beautiful Merritt, B.C., Canada
Our 52 acres are located in the beautiful Nicola Valley, 20 min from Merritt B.C. Canada - one of the sunniest locations in all of Canada! We have horses, dogs , chickens, and 2 cats. There is a wonderful year round creek that runs through the ......
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Join our busy family of four with our two kids in Vancouver, Canada
We’re currently looking for a caring and reliable live-in helper to join our household starting the beginning of May 2026. We ask for a minimum commitment of 4 to 6 months. Hello! We’re a busy active family of four living in beautiful Vancouver, ......
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Creative people welcome to our mini urban homestead in Powell River, Canada
About Us. We live on a quiet property on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, in a peaceful coastal setting with a mix of garden, yard, and ongoing small projects. Life here has a simple rhythm — a few hours of helping out, then lots of space ......
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Join daily life of a single mother in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
🌿 ENGLISH VERSION Hi, My name is Andréanne. I’m 37 years old and a solo mom. I’m looking for an extraordinary person to join me starting around June so that together we can care for my little boy, Léopold, born on February 6, 2026, for an ideal ......
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Become a part of our farm animal sanctuary in Krestova, BC, Canada
**Last minute availability in shared room for May/June** **Calendar is up to date. We can't accept stays under 4 weeks. We have preference for 8 week and longer stays due to the special needs of many animals.** The farm sanctuary serves as a safe ......
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Escape to the wild at our animal shelter at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Canada
Back into the wild! My husband and I always had the desire to live in the wilderness of Canada and save animals in need, providing them with a life they truly deserve. With our non-profit animal sanctuary located in Alberta at the base of the Rocky ......
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Learn about the Canadian way of life in British Colombia, Canada
Beautiful secluded small hobby ranch close to the North Thompson river and many great fishing lakes and miles of quiet trails. Nature is exactly what you will find here if you are lucky you might get to see a bear or two and the many bald eagles ......
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Retreat and join us for building projects in the Slocan Valley, BC, Canada
I have recently taken over an established, off-grid, homestead that's part of a land co-op of 200+ stunning acres in the Slocan Valley, southeastern British Columbia.  Situated in a mountain valley near Valhalla Provincial Park, there are endless ......
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Airstream restoration and wilderness retreat in Abitibi, north of Québec, Canada
Hello! We are Mitsy and Julien, a couple who loves nature and human connection. Julien is an airline pilot, and i run our foster home, where we share our daily lives with two wonderful adults with intellectual disabilities. Asif from Trinidad Tobago ......
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