Just a heads up for those thinking of coming to Canada for a flying job. I just lost my job at Zoom Airlines as a 767 capt. This is the second airline that I have worked for that has gone out of business with little or no warning. I have now decided to leave the Canadian aviation industry behind and seek employment overseas. Even when the industry is booming it is actually in the descent to the next bust. Entry level pay is horrendous even at Air Canada and West Jet (the two main carriers in Canada). If you like working for years and building up to a respectable salary and then taking a 30 or 40 thousand dollar hit when the company goes bust and you have to start all over then this is the place for you.
All of my cynicism aside, if you are looking for an entry level position with a regional carrier or vacation airline you may want to look at Jazz, Porter, West Jet, and Sunwing. A friend of mine said that Jazz is actually hiring guys right out of aviation colleges (some kind of cadet program). Sunwing just scooped a bunch of Zoom 767 pilots and will possibly be taking more in January. Air Transat is hiring but they have thing for pilots that speak French. All in all, the aviation industry here mirrors that of the US. Companies going bust, furloughs but still minor hiring in the regionals. Best of luck to the brave that venture here!