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Northern Lights Ventures hires across hotels, motels, restaurants, lodges, Home Hardware retail, general contracting, and property operations in five Northwestern Ontario communities.

We welcome experienced candidates and people ready to learn. For eligible roles, we may also support recruitment documentation and immigration-related processes where appropriate.

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2014Serving the North Since

About Us

A people-first operator in Northwestern Ontario

Northern Lights Ventures develops, owns, renovates, and operates hospitality and commercial businesses in Northern communities. Our teams keep essential local services running: clean rooms, welcoming front desks, dependable food service, stocked retail counters, maintained buildings, and smooth day-to-day operations.

We look for practical, reliable people who care about guests, coworkers, and the communities we serve.

Our Business

Many paths, one hiring home

This job site brings together openings from our hotels, restaurants, lodges, Home Hardware building centres, general contracting, and property operations teams.

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Hotels & Motels

Front desk, housekeeping, night audit, hotel supervisors, maintenance, and guest services.

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Restaurants & Food Service

Line cooks, prep cooks, servers, bartenders, cashiers, kitchen helpers, and managers.

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Lodges & Seasonal Work

Fishing lodge support, housekeeping, grounds, kitchen, and guest experience roles.

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Retail

Home Hardware building centre sales, stocking, yard support, cashiers, and customer service.

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Construction & Contracting

Labourers, renovation helpers, carpentry assistants, and project support for new builds and renovations.

Why Join Us

A practical place to grow

We hire for real work in real communities, with room to move between locations and business lines as your skills grow.

Steady Local Work

Our properties support travel, dining, retail, and community needs across the region.

Multiple Career Tracks

Start in one department and grow into supervision, management, operations, or a different business line.

Hands-On Teams

Work closely with managers and teammates who understand the pace of hospitality and service work.

Northern Community Impact

Your work helps guests, workers, residents, and visitors feel supported in Northwestern Ontario.

Trades & maintenance

Construction jobs in Northwestern Ontario

Northern Lights Ventures General Contracting hires labourers, renovation helpers, and carpentry assistants for new builds and renovations in Sioux Lookout and across our portfolio. Property maintenance technicians also support hotels, motels, lodges, and commercial buildings with repairs, preventative maintenance, and room inspections.

If you are searching for construction jobs Northwestern Ontario, property maintenance work, or trades-related roles in the North, browse our maintenance openings or Sioux Lookout careers page for General Contracting and operations positions.

Locations

Jobs by community

Browse local hiring pages for each of our five hiring communities and the businesses we operate in each.

Sioux Lookout

8 businesses — inns, dining, lodge, contracting, Home Hardware, and commercial property.

Dryden

The Riverview Lodge and Home Hardware Building Centre #17023.

Longlac

Four Winds Motel and Longlac Inn.

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Common questions

Jobs at Northern Lights Ventures

Quick answers for candidates and AI-assisted job search. Full details are on our openings and apply pages.

Where does Northern Lights Ventures hire in Ontario?
We hire in Sioux Lookout, Dryden, Ear Falls / Red Lake, Geraldton / Greenstone, and Longlac — five Northwestern Ontario communities.
How do I apply?
Use our online application with your resume and preferred location, or browse current openings and apply from a specific job page. Applications are sent to careers@northernlightsventures.ca.
What types of jobs are available?
Hotels and motels (front desk, housekeeping, night attendant), hotel kitchen and dining, standalone restaurant roles, lodge and seasonal work, Home Hardware retail, and property maintenance / handyman roles.
Do you hire people relocating to the North?
Yes. See our guide on moving to Northwestern Ontario for work. For eligible roles, we may support recruitment documentation and immigration-related processes where appropriate.

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