Place aux jeunes en région

Name

Place aux jeunes en région

Legal name

Place aux jeunes en région

Website

https://placeauxjeunes.qc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Employment and Settlement Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Destination Services (Area Orientation, Settling-In) (HSAKAJAB)

Keywords

• Regional employment matching
• Youth migration services
• Rural recruitment support
• Exploratory stay programs
• Settlement assistance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Quebec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding & Partnerships: Place aux jeunes en région is a non-profit organization funded primarily through government grants and partnerships (e.g., Secrétariat à la jeunesse). Services to both candidates and employers are provided free of charge. The organization also receives support from partners such as Desjardins for specific initiatives like La Semaine des régions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Place aux jeunes en région is a Quebec non-profit organization that helps young people aged 18-35 find employment, settle, and integrate in rural regions of Quebec. It provides a free job and internship board, free exploratory stays, and personalized support from a network of more than 80 local agents deployed across 85 MRCs and 15 Quebec regions. It also serves regional employers by offering free job postings, access to a candidate database of 75,000+ qualified candidates, and integration/retention support.

Product overview

Place aux jeunes en région operates as a unified service platform connecting young people aged 18–35 with employment, exploratory stays, and settlement support across 15 Quebec regions. Its core offerings comprise a job and internship board (Plateforme d'emplois et de stages), free exploratory stays (Séjours exploratoires), personalized agent support (Accompagnement personnalisé), a regional matching quiz (Boussole des régions), and a free employer recruitment service. Supporting these are a digital editorial journal, a regional portal covering all 15 regions, and a partner promotion toolkit. The platform is built around a network of over 80 agents deployed across Quebec's MRCs, all coordinated through a national team, and serves both candidates and employers at no cost.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plateforme d'emplois et de stages
• Séjours exploratoires
• Accompagnement personnalisé
• Boussole des régions
• Services aux employeurs

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 290 million CAD in economic impact generated for Quebec regions in 2021-2022 (Aviseo Conseil 2023 study)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• DesjardinsflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 February 2026Desjardins is the presenting partner of La Semaine des régions (Regions Week), PAJR's flagship annual awareness event. The partnership supports the celebration of rural communities and contributes to youth migration initiatives across Quebec. Desjardins also appears as a recruiter advertising career opportunities during the event.
• Le QG Impression de VêtementsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026PAJR partnered with Le QG Impression de Vêtements to produce a limited-edition t-shirt for La Semaine des régions 2026. Proceeds of $10 per shirt sold are donated to the Fondation Jeunes en Tête, which focuses on preventing psychological distress in youth aged 11-18.
• Fondation Jeunes en TêteminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026A charitable partner receiving donations from PAJR's limited-edition t-shirt sales during La Semaine des régions 2026. The foundation focuses on youth mental health prevention for 11-18 year-olds.
• CEDEC (Community Economic Development and Ethnicity Collaboration)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019CEDEC partnered with PAJR in February 2019 to support business development across rural Quebec. The partnership aimed to leverage rural migration as a tool for entrepreneurial and economic development in underserved regions.
• Confédération québécoise des coopératives d'habitation (CQCH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCQCH partnered with PAJR to co-author an article explaining cooperative housing as an affordable living option for young people considering relocation to rural regions. This partnership addresses housing accessibility, a key barrier to rural migration, by providing information about cooperative living as a viable housing pathway.
• Carrefour jeunesse-emploi (CJE) networkflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe CJE network is the primary host organization for PAJR agents. Each of the 80+ agents operates from a local CJE branch, which provides office infrastructure and local community connections. CJEs are integral to the delivery of PAJR services and are represented on the Board of Directors (e.g., Luc Dastous, Bruno Ayotte, Élise Lamarche, Dina Vautour, Nadia Richard).
• Éco Minganie (Côte-Nord)minorOthersA regional employer in Minganie, Côte-Nord, that uses PAJR's individual exploratory stay program to vet candidates before hiring, ensuring a good fit for remote rural employment.
• Smurfit Westrock (La Tuque, Mauricie)minorOthersA manufacturing employer in La Tuque, Mauricie, that relies on PAJR's agent to handle all candidate visit logistics including travel, accommodation, and exploratory scheduling — demonstrating how employers delegate candidate experience to PAJR agents.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Emplois en régions: Quebec-based platform connecting job seekers with regional employment opportunities. PAJR explicitly partnered with Emplois en régions in 2021 to expand service to immigrant clientele, making it a directly comparable rural-attraction peer.
• CEDEC: Community Economic Development and Ethnicity Collaboration — a Quebec organization focused on rural economic and business development that partnered with PAJR in 2019. Operates in overlapping rural Quebec development space with shared employer and community relationships.
• Carrefour jeunesse-emploi (CJE): Network of youth employment centers across Quebec that host PAJR's 80+ agents. CJEs serve a similar youth-employment mission and overlap significantly in target audience, services, and delivery geography.
• MOSAIC: BC-based non-profit providing immigrant settlement, employment, and language services. Operates a comparable settlement-services model to PAJR's integration arm, with employer connections and personalized support for newcomers integrating into regional communities.

Broad incumbents

• WelcomeBC (Province of British Columbia): BC's provincial newcomer and workforce integration program offering settlement, employment, and community services. Structurally analogous to PAJR as a publicly funded provincial workforce-attraction and integration platform.
• COSTI Immigrant Services: One of Canada's largest immigrant-serving agencies, delivering employment, settlement, and integration services across Ontario. Comparable to PAJR in mission (workforce integration and settlement support) but at a larger geographic and operational scale.
• Workopolis: Long-standing Canadian job board offering national employment listings. Provides the broader commercial alternative to PAJR's regional employment platform, with overlapping employer and candidate audiences but no integration/relocation services.
• Indeed Canada: Dominant global job search engine with strong Canadian presence. Competes for employer job postings and candidate traffic that PAJR's regional platform relies on, and increasingly substitutes for agent-mediated rural job discovery.

Emerging players

• Jobboom / Jobillico: Quebec-focused online job board and recruitment platform. Overlaps with PAJR's employer-facing job-posting and candidate-matching functionality, though operates on a commercial model rather than free public service.

Others

• Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM): Quebec municipal federation representing municipal governments and advocating for regional vitality. PAJR sits on FQM-adjacent networks (board representation) and was awarded the FQM 2025 Prix Reconnaissance — a strategic ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCvHl4FTjJoi2zMadS-L1RPw/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/placeauxjeunesenregion
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/place-aux-jeunes-en-r-gion
• Instagraminstagram.com/placeauxjeunesenregion

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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