Employment support in Cornwall, Ontario
Our main office is at 144 Pitt Street, right in downtown Cornwall. You can walk in or call ahead — whichever feels easiest. There's no cost, no referral needed, and no judgment about where you're starting from. Whether this is your first job, your first job in a long time, or a whole new direction, we'll start with a conversation.
Visit us in
Monday to Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Getting here
We're on Pitt Street in the heart of downtown Cornwall, a short walk from the downtown core's shops and services.
Cornwall Transit bus stops are very close by (up Pitt Street). Municipal parking lots can be found in across the street from our office and behind our building.
Accessibility
Our Cornwall office is wheelchair accessible.
If there's anything that would make visiting easier for you, tell us when you call and we'll sort it out.
What you can get here
Everything we offer is available at our Cornwall office:
- One-on-one career counselling — sit down with someone who'll actually listen
- Resume and cover letter help, built for the jobs you're going after
- Interview practice, including the questions people find hardest
- Job search coaching and help using our computers, phone, printer and fax
- Skills training and access to funding for retraining, including Better Jobs Ontario
- Support for youth, newcomers, people returning to work, and people leaving a job they've had for years
- Workshops and hiring events held on-site
- Service in English and French
Working in this community
Cornwall has changed a lot, and the job market changed with it. The city's position on the 401 between Ontario, Quebec and the U.S. border has made it a real hub for distribution, logistics and warehousing — several large distribution centres now operate here, and they hire steadily. Manufacturing and food processing remain a significant part of the local economy, employing a higher share of Cornwall's workforce than the Ontario average. Healthcare, retail, hospitality and the trades round out the picture.
What that means for you: there are more entry points into steady work here than most people realize, and a lot of them don't require a degree. Being bilingual is a genuine advantage in this market — if you speak French and English, say so early.
We talk to local employers every week, and a good number of the jobs we hear about never get posted publicly. That's part of why coming in is worth it.
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