Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Canada

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British Columbia, Canada

RV on forested off grid acreage on Vancouver Island, Canada
(Updated!) We are on Southern Vancouver Island, in the Cowichan Valley, on the traditional territory of the Quw'utsun (Cowichan) Nations. Our off grid homestead is 15min drive to Shawnigan Lake and a 25 min drive to the ocean in Mill Bay. We manage ......
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about 20 days ago

Quebec, Canada

Wonderful experience in one of the most beautiful area of Montreal, Canada
A great project (description below): You will have the opportunity to live in a wonderful area of Montreal, Nun's Island very close and well connected to Downtown Montreal, Old Port, and other interesting areas.
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about 2 hours ago

British Columbia, Canada

Experience a slower, more connected lifestyle in Prince George, BC, Canada
We are a young couple from Germany who moved to Canada 9 years ago to live our dream. Our place is in a peaceful setting surrounded by nature, with horses, cows, chickens, dogs, cats and a big garden. We love a slower, more connected lifestyle and ......
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British Columbia, Canada

Join an aircraft aficionado and gardener in Williams Lake, BC, Canada
We have a workshop on 10 acres, and a kitchen garden, a few trees and a lake. We are planning to start restoring a classic 1946 Ercoupe aircraft, and my husband is a licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer so has all the skills and tools for the job. ......
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about 2 hours ago

Quebec, Canada

Help us around our home in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
We are a retired couple living in Mont Saint Bruno. We have 1 dog and our children left our home many years ago. We have a cottage with a sugar shack near Sherbrooke. We are looking for someone able to help for the sugar shack. (Early spring) We ......
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about 19 hours ago

Alberta, Canada

Check out the trails in the foothills of Sundre and experience rural life in Calgary, Canada
Come visit our acreage in Sundre, Alberta - be surrounded by our circle forest and work with the land in gardening and permaculture projects to revitalize the land. Meet locals who visit our bed and breakfast throughout the year. Our acreage is a ......
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about 4 days ago

Yukon Territory, Canada

Join our friendly restaurant staff in Carcross, Yukon, Canada
SUMMER RESTAURANT STAFF: We are looking for Front and Back of House restaurant staff for the 2026 season. All positions are paid positions at the minimum rate of $19/h for each hour of work plus tips; you can expect to make $25-30/h inclusive. ......
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Alberta, Canada

Stay in a charming log cabin at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Canada
We are a professional couple in our late 40s with two grown children, and elderly parents seeking assistance with our historical family cottage. The property is located halfway between Calgary and Banff, on the Ghost River. The guest cottage is a ......
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about 22 days ago

Quebec, Canada

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. We are looking for someone to help care for the boys as well as participate in our other projects such as gardening and home projects and cleaning. We live in Harrington, ......
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about 12 hours ago

British Columbia, Canada

Join us on our journey towards sustainable living in our homestead in the Cowichan Valley, Canada
We are Michael and Rachel, and we're excited to invite you to experience life on our small, private acreage nestled in the woods of Vancouver Island. We acknowledge our fortune to live and work on the traditional and unceded territory of the ......
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Alberta, Canada

Join our creative, fun, earth-loving homestead in rural Alberta, Canada
Greetings, we are Kristel and Kurt with an alternative homestead on the Canadian Prairie. We travelled the world and are down to earth. We live in a unique ecosystem where the prairies meet the boreal forest. So the land here is a mixture of ......
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Quebec, Canada

Join our family of twelve in rural Quebec, Canada
We are Joseph and Élisabeth, parents of ten children between six months and fifteen years old. We live in a small village in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region (Lower St. Lawrence), in rural Quebec, Canada. What we love here is the quiet and the open ......
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about 20 hours ago

British Columbia, Canada

Help create an orca sanctuary and ocean conservation education facility in the Broughton Archipelago, Canada
We are a Non-Profit Organization in the process of building an Ocean conservation and whale sanctuary for a northern resident orca who was captured from her home waters and placed into captivity 54 Years ago. She is the only orca in captivity that ......
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British Columbia, Canada

Learn about farming and living off the land on our organic sustainable farm in Lytton BC, Canada
Come and learn about organic farming! Our farm is located in the Fraser Canyon in a beautiful, natural, and off grid setting. We are surrounded by wilderness and mountains. Our farm is a very unique place. My parents have been farming organically ......
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about 27 days ago

British Columbia, Canada

Help with summer garden projects in British Columbia, Canada
Need help for one month or more. If only a one week commitment is all you can do that’s great also. We have a small garden that needs cleaning and planting of our herbs and vegetables. Work is by no means strenuous or labor intensive. We have a ......
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about 6 days ago

British Columbia, Canada

Welcome to speciality cut flower and small fruit farm, near Nelson BC, Canada
We will not need additional help until spring of 2027. We only offer short term 2-3 week, project based hosting to help our permanent staff in this busy time. We do not offer longer stays :-) About the farm - we are a working flower farm! We grow ......
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about 2 hours ago

British Columbia, Canada

Help with gardening, forest trail and painting the house inside or out on Bowen Island, BC, Canada
We are in the late 70 and my husband Stuart is an artist and i was a designer/ builder / furniture broker but retiered now Living on Bowen island bc and we need a bit help mainly gardening and helping with cleaning up a forest and making passways ......
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Yukon Territory, Canada

Meet the locals and stay off grid at a lakeside remote property in Yukon, Canada
Hello! **Looking for couples or friends to share a cute off-grid cabin accommodations. We are Shannon and Karl and we live off grid on Little Atlin Lake, about 1 hour from Whitehorse on a large property. We enjoy large dinners together and enjoy ......
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British Columbia, Canada

Join our fun creative family in Vancouver, Canada
I have space to host one individual in our family home. You will have a room in a beautifully located central Vancouver location with quick access to downtown, beaches, mountains and more! I work as a neurologist, but in my spare time I enjoy arts ......
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British Columbia, Canada

Join a peaceful home surrounded by nature on the Sunshine Coast in Gibsons, Canada
Hi, My name is Angela and I live on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, BC in Canada. I live about a 5 minute walk from the ocean. I believe we each can and need to contribute to creating a peaceful world that is in harmony with nature. This means ......
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