Company Guide · 2026

Top 10 Canadian Tech Companies That Hire CS Interns

Updated March 2026 · 7 min read · Browse open roles →

Some Canadian tech companies hire dozens of CS interns every single term. These are the ones with the most open roles, best intern programs, and highest return offer rates.

🏆 #1
Shopify

Canada's largest tech company by market cap and consistently the top-rated intern employer. Remote-first culture, real ownership, and competitive pay ($45–$75/hr).

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#2
Google Canada

Google's Toronto, Waterloo, and Montreal offices hire hundreds of interns per year through their SWE and STEP programs. Elite pay and mentorship.

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#3
Amazon / AWS Canada

Amazon and AWS hire SDE interns across Vancouver and Toronto. High bar interviews but excellent compensation and real project ownership.

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#4
Microsoft Canada

Microsoft Vancouver is one of the largest tech offices in Canada. The Explore program is a great entry point for 1st and 2nd year students.

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#5
Cohere

Canada's leading AI company building large language models. Highly selective but offers world-class learning for students interested in ML and NLP.

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#6
Wattpad / Naver

Global storytelling platform with a tight engineering team in Toronto. Interns work on recommendation systems, ML, and mobile.

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#7
Thomson Reuters

Large employer of CS interns in Toronto with roles across software engineering, data, and AI/ML for their legal and news products.

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#8
Hootsuite

Social media management company in Vancouver with a solid intern program and good culture. Great for frontend and full-stack students.

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#9
Faire

Unicorn B2B marketplace based in Waterloo. Excellent engineering culture and competitive intern pay. Recruits heavily from UWaterloo.

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#10
Arctic Wolf

Cybersecurity unicorn with offices in Waterloo. Growing fast and hiring CS interns for security engineering, data, and backend roles.

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