CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

What CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce does

CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CJE NDG), also operating under the trade name Carrefour Jeunesse-emploi NDG, is a Montréal-based non-profit organization founded in 1998 to deliver free employment, career counseling, and youth-development services. It serves individuals aged 16 and over residing in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead, and Montréal-Ouest, with a specialized 35+ program open to all Island of Montréal residents. The organization also addresses schools (school perseverance, entrepreneurship simulation, financial education) and employers (job bank access, recruitment events) as secondary client segments.

The organization's service offering spans employability coaching, career exploration, entrepreneurship mentorship, personal development counseling, volunteering, language-practice workshops for newcomers, Commissioner of Oaths (assermentation), an international mobility program (Citoyens du monde / Citizens of the World), the Départ@9 fresh-start program, assisted placement, and civic engagement via the W.O.R.D. project. Delivery is omnichannel: in-person at its headquarters at 6370 rue Sherbrooke Ouest (Monday–Thursday), virtual sessions (Monday and Friday), embedded delivery in partner schools, and outreach via community events, workshops, and job fairs. The technology stack is intentionally minimal — a bilingual WordPress website with an online registration form, a Guichet emploi job board, email newsletter, and social media — with no proprietary platform or AI/ML components.

CJE NDG operates as a registered non-profit funded through Quebec government training subsidies, project grants (e.g., the Bell Cause pour la cause Diversity Fund), and partnership collaborations with organizations such as LOJIQ, Horizon Carrière, CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Entreprendre ici, the Montreal Central Lions Club, BCRC, CMCI de Montréal, PAAL, and Table interculturelle de NDG. All services are provided free of charge to participants, with no tiered pricing; revenue is implicitly grant-driven rather than transactional. Headcount is approximately 14 employees, and no financial figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Legal name

CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Website

https://cje-ndg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a Montréal non-profit founded in 1998 that provides free employability coaching, career exploration, entrepreneurship, and school perseverance services to youth aged 16+ in NDG, Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead, and Montréal-Ouest, with a 35+ program open across the Island of Montréal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Employment Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

STEM, Digital Literacy & Maker Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAG)

Keywords

• Youth employment services
• Career counseling
• Employability coaching
• School perseverance support
• Entrepreneurship mentorship

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Free Public Services (Government-Funded Non-Profit): As a non-profit organization established in 1998, CJE NDG provides all its programs and services free of charge to participants. The organization is funded through identifying as a registered non-profit, with references to government-supported training subsidies and grant-funded projects (e.g., programmes lorquistes, subsidized training). Services are offered at no cost to individuals, with revenue implicitly derived from government grants, donations, and public funding rather than direct client fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CJE Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CJE NDG) is a non-profit community organization that delivers a free suite of employability, career-exploration, entrepreneurship, personal-development, school-perseverance, civic-engagement, language-practice, and international-mobility programs to youth and adults aged 16 and over in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montréal-Ouest, and (for 35+) the Island of Montréal. It also operates a job bank (Guichet emploi) for local employers and partners with schools on perseverance, entrepreneurship-simulation, financial-education, and civic-engagement programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employabilité (Employability Coaching)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 June 2025BCRC invites Black and visible minority youth (ages 18–35) to participate in a free VR training program titled 'Through Our Eyes: Reality, Resilience, and Change.' CJE NDG publishes and promotes this opportunity to its network.
• Montreal Central Lions ClubminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 April 2025The Montreal Central Lions Club, in partnership with CJE NDG (Carrefour Jeunesse), organizes the LEAP (Lead, Elevate, Aspire, Perform) Leadership Certificate Program — a free 6-month leadership training for young adults aged 22–35. CJE NDG serves as a venue and promotional partner for the program's open house and recruitment activities.
• Entreprendre icicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2025Entreprendre ici, in collaboration with TELUS Santé, offers a telemedicine service to member entrepreneurs and self-employed workers. The service provides virtual healthcare consultations at a reduced annual rate, addressing the lack of traditional group insurance for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs. CJE NDG promotes this service to its entrepreneur and self-employed client base.
• CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-MontréalcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 January 2025The CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal conducts career presentation and recruitment events at CJE NDG's location (1453 Beaubien E., Suite 302), targeting CJE NDG participants for positions in social work, special education, criminology, and psychology.
• LOJIQ (Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLOJIQ is a youth mobility organization that coordinates international and provincial exchange programs. CJE NDG shares information about LOJIQ's opportunities — including the Climate Chance Europe-Africa Summit delegation — with its participants as part of its Citizens of the World mobility programming.
• Horizon CarrièrecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHorizon Carrière collaborates with the STM (Société de transport de Montréal) and multiple employability organizations to host recruitment events dedicated to women in non-traditional trades. CJE NDG participates in and promotes these recruitment activities to its participants.
• CMCI de Montréal (Communauté multiethnique pour l'intégration au Canada)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCMCI de Montréal, through its volunteer team 'Amour et Charité,' organizes a monthly free food bank for newcomers and refugees. CJE NDG refers its newcomer clients to this initiative and circulates the information to its network.
• Table interculturelle de NDGcoreOthersThe Table interculturelle de NDG is a community coalition that organizes the NDG Intercultural Festival. CJE NDG supports this initiative by promoting volunteer opportunities and sharing information about the festival to its community network.
• PAAL (Plateforme d'action associative locale de NDG)coreOthersPAAL coordinates local community activities including the Fête Nationale du Québec in NDG. CJE NDG supports PAAL by promoting volunteer opportunities to its participants and community network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Mission Inclusion (formerly PIN – Projet Intégration): Montreal non-profit focused on newcomer employment integration with overlapping language, employability, and employer-matching services for a similar target population in greater Montreal.
• Option Travail: Montreal non-profit providing employability services, particularly for youth facing barriers to employment — overlapping CJE NDG's job-readiness and placement offerings.

Direct peers

• Carrefour Jeunesse-emploi Hochelaga-Maisonneuve: Another CJE in the Montreal network offering the same youth employability and school perseverance services to a different borough, sharing funding structures and program design with CJE NDG.
• Maison de l'entrepreneuriat de Montréal: Montreal hub supporting aspiring entrepreneurs with mentoring, training, and resources — directly comparable to CJE NDG's entrepreneurship service line for individuals aged 16+.
• Carrefour Jeunesse-emploi Rosemont–Petite-Patrie: Sibling Carrefour Jeunesse-emploi organization serving a different Montreal borough with the same employability, entrepreneurship, and school perseverance mandate. Directly comparable in mission, funding model, and service mix to CJE NDG.
• YES Montreal (Youth Employment Services): Montreal-based non-profit providing free employment, entrepreneurship, and mentoring services to youth — directly overlapping CJE NDG's employability and entrepreneurship programming.

Broad incumbents

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Montreal: Established youth-development non-profit in Montreal providing mentoring and school-based programs — adjacent to CJE NDG's school perseverance and civic engagement mandate, though mentorship-led rather than employment-led.
• YMCA du Québec: Established community-services incumbent offering youth employment, newcomer integration, and education programs across Quebec with a broader portfolio and deeper funding base than CJE NDG.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CJENDG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cjenotre-dame-de-gr%C3%A2ce

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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