Built on thorough,
personal recruiting.
P@thLion Staffing Inc. is a recruitment and workforce consulting firm serving employers throughout Canada from offices in Windsor, Oakville, North York and Edmonton. We place IT, technical and public-sector professionals, and every one of them is assessed, interviewed and reference-checked by a recruiter you can name.
We started with a simple idea: know every candidate.
Great hiring starts with a recruiter who has spoken to the candidate, seen them do the work, and heard from a manager who would hire them again. That is the standard we set on our first search, and it is the standard on every search since.
We started in Windsor and grew across Ontario, into Alberta and to placements in every province by doing the fundamentals well: writing real briefs with hiring managers, running structured interviews, calling references ourselves, and, for contractors, taking care of payroll and compliance so our clients can focus on the work. Our clients today include provincial governments, financial institutions and technology companies. Most came by referral.
Four things you can count on.
We write the brief with you
Before anyone is contacted we sit with the hiring manager and agree what the job is and what a great hire looks like. It takes an hour and saves weeks of interviewing the wrong people.
Three checks, every time
Skills assessment, structured interview, reference checks. Every candidate, every role. A shortlist you can act on with confidence.
We know regulated work
Provincial programs and financial institutions come with procurement, clearance and reporting expectations. We have placed people into them for years and we know what the paperwork looks like.
One team, one recruiter
For contract work we employ the contractor and run onboarding, payroll and compliance. You get one point of contact and a recruiter who picks up the phone.
The same four steps, every time.
Understand the role
We talk to the hiring manager and, wherever possible, to the team. We write the brief together and agree what a great hire looks like before anyone is contacted.
Find and vet
We search our network and well beyond it. Every candidate we put forward has completed a skills assessment, a structured interview and reference checks we made ourselves. You never see a name we have not spoken to.
Shortlist and decide
You receive a short list, usually three to five people, with our candid notes on each. You interview. We manage scheduling, feedback and the offer.
Stay involved
For contractors we run onboarding, payroll and compliance for the whole engagement. For permanent hires we check in through the first months, because that is when problems surface and when they are easiest to fix.
Sectors we know from the inside.
IT and Software
Developers, architects, testers, DevOps and data specialists, for product companies and for the internal IT teams that keep everything else running.
Public Sector
Provincial ministries and agencies, where the work comes with procurement rules, security clearances and reporting standards we already know how to meet.
Financial Services
Technical specialists who understand that inside a bank, regulatory awareness is part of the job description, not an add-on.
Technical and Engineering
Systems, infrastructure and specialist technical roles, often in fields where there are more openings than qualified people and speed decides who gets them.
Corporate Operations
Administrative support through to executive leadership, for organizations of every size that need dependable people quickly.
Four values we hold to.
Integrity
We give clients a realistic view of every brief and candidates a clear picture of where they stand. It is how we build relationships that last for years.
Partnership
A search goes better when the hiring manager, the recruiter and the candidate are in the same conversation. We work that way even when it takes longer.
Rigour
Every search teaches us something and we change how we work because of it. The vetting we run today is sharper than the vetting we started with, and next year's will be sharper still.
Respect
Candidates are people with careers and families, not inventory. We return every call, give real feedback, and never send anyone's résumé anywhere without asking first.
Four offices. One team. Every province.
Recruiters in Ontario and Alberta, and placements wherever the role is.
Windsor, Ontario
Headquarters
N9H 2B2
Oakville, Ontario
Greater Toronto Area
L6L 6H8
North York, Ontario
Toronto
M6A 1X5
Edmonton, Alberta
Western Canada
T5A 0C9
OntarioOffice
- Windsor
- Oakville
- Toronto
- North York
- Mississauga
- Ottawa
- London
- Hamilton
AlbertaOffice
- Edmonton
- Calgary
- Red Deer
- Lethbridge
British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Surrey
Prairies
- Winnipeg
- Regina
- Saskatoon
Quebec
- Montreal
- Gatineau
Atlantic Canada
- Halifax
- Moncton
- Fredericton
- Saint John
- Charlottetown
- St. John's
Remote Across Canada
- Hybrid and fully remote roles for every province and territory
The numbers behind the way we work.
The people you will deal with.
Mathew Dunn
Recruitment Director
Suruchi Suri
Compliance Manager
Anupurba Dey
Recruitment Manager
If any of this sounds like the way you'd want a search run, let's talk.
Email info@pathlion.ca or use the form. A person replies.
