Tim Hortons is launching a nationwide campaign as it seeks to expand its staff across the country — and to help further employ youth.
The hiring spree comes on the heels of the coffee chain’s announcement last week that it will
open dozens of new restaurants in Canada while renovating hundreds more in 2026.
Tim Hortons said Monday it is looking for 10,000 new employees to join its teams, which comes as the number of temporary foreign workers (TFW) at its locations dips.
Of Tim Hortons’ current roster of 110,000 employees, 4,000 were hired through the TFW program — a number it said “has declined steadily since 2024,” the company noted.
That number represents about 3.6% of all its restaurant roles.
Blame COVID
The company noted that “acute labour shortages” during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the Canadian government increasing access to the TFW program, which Tim Hortons supported “to help restaurants facing staffing challenges and lobbied them to maintain greater access when they announced plans to limit applications.”
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