Horizon Carrière | CJE Viger/Jeanne-Mance

What Horizon Carrière | CJE Viger/Jeanne-Mance does

Horizon Carrière is a non-profit community organization headquartered in the Saint-Léonard borough of Montréal, Québec, operating as one of Quebec's designated Carrefours jeunesse d'emploi (CJE). Founded in 1984 as the Club de recherche d'emploi de l'Est and rebranded to its current name in November 2014 following the merger of CREE and the youth-services CJE for the Viger and Jeanne-Mance constituencies, the organization provides free employment assistance, career orientation, school information, youth programs, newcomer integration support, and entrepreneurship pre-startup services to residents of the Saint-Léonard territory. Its service portfolio addresses four primary segments — job seekers (including youth aged 16-35, adults 36+, and newcomers within 5 years of arrival), local employers seeking recruitment support, youth more broadly through dedicated programs, and aspiring entrepreneurs — delivered through individualized counseling, group workshops, structured programs such as Connexion Compétences (a 19-week preparation-plus-paid-internship track), and community-anchored venues including the La Zone youth drop-in space and the La Caravane Jeunesse mobile outreach program.

The organization's operating model is government-mandated and grant-funded: its primary revenue stream flows from Emploi-Québec and the Gouvernement du Québec under the CJE program framework, supplemented by support from Fondation Saputo, the Arrondissement de Saint-Léonard, and a network of community partners organized through the Collectif Jeunesse de Saint-Léonard. Services are delivered free of charge to eligible clients by a staff of 22 employees, including two full-time guidance counselors, with no commercial pricing, no proprietary technology platform, and no disclosed digital product surface beyond an informational website maintained by an external developer. Employer services — including candidate pre-screening, free job postings, and recruitment events — represent the organization's only B2B-facing offering, while clinical supervision services for helping professionals round out the portfolio as a revenue-adjacent professional support line.

The organization sits within a tightly defined geographic mandate and depends on continued provincial funding for continuity. Strategic differentiation rests on its 40-year community history, its cluster of physical and mobile service points in Saint-Léonard, and its coalition-based delivery model that aggregates more than 15 partner organizations rather than building standalone scale. No expansion into new geographies, new verticals, or commercial markets is signaled in the available data, and operational scope is constrained to the existing CJE territory and program mandate.

Name

Horizon Carrière | CJE Viger/Jeanne-Mance

Legal name

Horizon Carrière

Website

https://horizoncarriere.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Horizon Carrière is a non-profit Carrefours jeunesse d'emploi in Montréal's Saint-Léonard borough, providing free employment assistance, career orientation, youth programs, and newcomer integration services under a Quebec government mandate.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal (Saint-Léonard)

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, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Horizon Carrière operates as a CJE (Carrefours jeunesse d'emploi) funded primarily by the Québec government through Emploi-Québec and other public programs.

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Horizon Carrière is a non-profit community employment organization (CJE) delivering free, government-funded employment assistance, career counseling, school and professional orientation, youth integration programs, newcomer support, and entrepreneurship pre-startup workshops to residents of the Saint-Léonard territory in eastern Montreal. It also provides recruitment support and clinical supervision services to local employers and helping professionals.

Product overview

Horizon Carrière operates as a unified career and employment services organization born from the 2014 merger of CREE (Club de recherche d'emploi de l'Est) and CJE (Centre Jeunesse des comtés Viger et Jeanne-Mance). The organization offers an integrated portfolio of employment assistance services (individualized job search support, Club de recherche d'emploi method, Connexion Compétences internship program), career orientation services (school and professional guidance counseling), entrepreneurship support (pre-startup workshops), and dedicated services for youth (La Zone youth space, Départ@9, volunteering projects, La caravane jeunesse mobile activities) and newcomers. Business services include employer recruitment support and clinical supervision for helping professionals. Located in Saint-Léonard, Montreal, the organization serves primarily youth, newcomers, job seekers, and employers in the eastern Montreal area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Zone: A youth meeting space at 8480 boulevard Lacordaire, Saint-Léonard, for young people aged 16-30 offering creative activities, exchanges, and exploration of talents
• La Caravane jeunesse
• Départ@9
• Espace Jeunesse

Products and services

• Jeunes (Youth Services) Integrated employment, career exploration, and social integration services for youth aged 16-35 in Saint-Léonard, including IDÉo 16-17, Un emploi pour moi, and Jeunes en Action programs.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Collectif Jeunesse de Saint-LéonardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon Carrière is a member of the Collectif Jeunesse de Saint-Léonard, collaborating with multiple youth-serving organizations to deliver the Caravane Jeunesse mobile program that visits different parks weekly.
• Accueil aux Immigrants de l'Est de Montréal (AIEM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization participating in the Caravane Jeunesse program serving the Saint-Léonard community.
• CIUSSS de l'Est de MontréalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health and social services organization collaborating on youth programming in Saint-Léonard.
• Fondation SaputominorOthersFoundation providing support for youth programs including the Caravane Jeunesse initiative.
• L'Arrondissement de Saint-LéonardminorOthersLocal municipal government supporting community youth initiatives and programs.
• Maison de la FamilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily resource center collaborating on community programming for Saint-Léonard families.
• La Bibliothèque de Saint-LéonardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic library collaborating on youth programming and community outreach.
• Concertation Saint-LéonardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal community organization working on collaborative initiatives for Saint-Léonard youth.
• DOD BasketballminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSports organization collaborating on recreational youth activities and community events.
• Maison des jeunesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth community center partnering on youth outreach and programming.
• Bureau Associatif pour la Diversité et la Réinsertion (BADR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization focused on diversity and reintegration collaborating on youth programs.
• Emploi-QuébeccoreOthersPrimary government funding body for employment services in Quebec, providing operational funding for CJE services.
• Gouvernement du QuébeccoreOthersProvincial government providing mandate and funding for CJE (Carrefours jeunesse d'emploi) services across Quebec.
• Service CanadaminorOthersFederal government agency providing employment-related services and resources referenced at community level.
• Centre culturel Leonardo Da Vinci (CLDV)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCultural center in Saint-Léonard that co-hosted a community fitness event organized by Horizon Carrière and rapper Prime 3D.
• Aeronick FitnessminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFitness club based in Rivière-des-Prairies that partnered with Horizon Carrière to deliver group dance fitness activities for community wellness events.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal: Regional health and social services center for eastern Montreal that collaborates with Horizon Carrière on youth programming. Not a direct competitor but a key institutional partner that shares the same catchment and overlaps in social assistance and youth support mandates.

Direct peers

• Accueil aux immigrants de l'Est de Montréal (AIEM): AIEM provides newcomer settlement, French-language training, and employment integration services in eastern Montreal — directly comparable to Horizon Carrière's Nouveaux arrivants program and an existing partner within the Collectif Jeunesse network.
• Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce / Westmount: Another Quebec CJE delivering the same provincial-mandated youth employability and career orientation services in a Montreal borough. Structurally and programmatically comparable to Horizon Carrière.
• YES Employment Services (YES Montreal): YES Montreal is a non-profit providing employment services, career counseling, and youth integration programs across the Greater Montreal area. It is the closest functional peer to Horizon Carrière, operating a similar mix of individualized job search support, employer recruitment, and newcomer integration services.
• Bureau Associatif pour la Diversité et la Réinsertion (BADR): A Montreal non-profit focused on diversity, reintegration, and youth programming — already a Horizon Carrière partner — that delivers overlapping newcomer and youth services in the same metropolitan area.
• Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi de Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie: A Montreal CJE delivering parallel youth employment, school orientation, and newcomer integration services under the same Quebec provincial mandate. Operates a structurally identical service mix to Horizon Carrière within an adjacent borough.
• PROMIS (Programme d'aide à l'intégration en emploi): PROMIS provides employment integration services specifically for immigrants and visible minorities in Greater Montreal, with a similar focus on credential recognition and labor market entry as Horizon Carrière's Nouveaux arrivants offering.
• Maison de la Famille de Saint-Léonard: A family-services non-profit serving the same Saint-Léonard territory, providing family support, youth programming, and community outreach. It is an existing Horizon Carrière partner and shares its geographic mandate and community-development orientation.
• Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi de Côte-des-Neiges: Another designated CJE in the Montreal network, serving the Côte-des-Neiges borough with the same Quebec-mandated mix of youth employability, school dropout prevention, career orientation, and entrepreneurship programming as Horizon Carrière.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA du Québec (Y des femmes de Montréal / YMCA Montreal): YMCA Montreal offers a broader community services portfolio including youth programs, employment support, newcomer integration, and fitness/rec — overlapping Horizon Carrière's youth and employment mandate but at much larger scale and with a wider geographic and program footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Zone1624
• Instagraminstagram.com/caravane_st_leonard
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/horizoncarri%C3%A8re

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