If you want a successful career in a place where you can grow, make an impact and be appreciated, Summerside is the place you want to be.

More than just a city for building a career and living safely, Summerside helps people improve their lives. It is a community that supports dreams and believes you will be able to achieve them. You can live a better life in Summerside!

New Life. New Heights.
Summerside Awaits!

Find the job for the life you want
in Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Essayas’s story

Summerside has been able to give me back my time. I can do more in 24 hours than I get in a day.

Ashley’s story

Since moving here, our life has definitely been enriched with a little bit more beauty.

Jerry’s story

The pace of life here is fantastic. Sports are a big part of mine and my family’s life. It’s a nice opportunity to have those close by.

Your career starts here!

Summerside even makes it easier to relocate with your family.

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Careers

Summerside offers you the perfect opportunities to earn, learn and grow.

Finding the right job to fit your dreams means getting not just what you need but what you want!

Everything you've been dreaming about is now just in one click away. With the help of Summerside, you can have a new life that inspires you and everyone around you.

Job sectors in greatest demand:

Info Tech
Aerospace
Light Manufacturing
Healthcare
Skilled Trades

See featured jobs here

It all adds up to Summerside

$78,200 Average total household income

$66,600 Average after-tax household income

$43,000 Average individual income

$36,640 Average after-tax individual income

Source: Stats Canada, Census of 2021

Summerside Marina, Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club

Summerside Arts Festival

Aquatics Centre at Credit Union Place

Summerside Baywalk

Credit Union Place Grounds

Olde Fashioned Carnival at Wyatt Heritage Properties

Summerside Multipurpose Dome

2023 Canada Winter Games

Downtown Summerside Classic Car Night

Summerside City Hall

Famous Five Event at Lefurgey Cultural Centre

The College of Piping

Summerside Harbour

Arts in Motion

Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham

PEI Fox Museum

Rotary Park Rundown

Over 100 Jobs to choose from Aerospace, Cleantech, IT, Health, Light Manufacturing, Finance, Construction, Skilled Trades

10 minutes or less Average commute time if you live and work in Summerside

$58,594 Average total consumption in PEI in 2021

Source: Stats Canada Table 11-10-0222-01

$0 for parking Monthly parking for major Canadian cities ranges from $150-$500

Source: Colliers International

With Summerside's low cost of living, you have far more of your income to save for your own needs each month than elsewhere in Canada!

COMPUTER ENGINEER MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE $44.61
ANNUAL SALARY: $92,789

MECHANICAL ENGINEER MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE $35.17
ANNUAL SALARY: $73,154

ELECTRICIAN MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE $26.00
ANNUAL SALARY: $54,080

DOCTOR MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE $111.95
ANNUAL SALARY: $232,856

NURSE PRACTITIONER MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE $49.52
ANNUAL SALARY: $103,002

CARPENTER MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE $22.00
ANNUAL SALARY: $45,760

Source: Job Bank

Specifically: Job Bank Wage Report

Your career starts here!

Discover an enjoyable quality of life...
and save money too!

Low Cost of
Living

You pay less for more space in Summerside

Even when living just 5 minutes from downtown

Ready for a fun life with a job you enjoy and room to grow? Do you want to live in a vibrant community and make it your home? Summerside has everything you’re looking for!

Summerside supports your dreams and believes you will be able to achieve them. We are the springboard for everyone seeking new opportunities and a better life. Living in Summerside means the ability to spend money not just on what you need, but also on what you want.

Add it all up and it could mean a bigger home... with a much shorter commute.

Summerside even makes it easier
to relocate with your family

535 new housing units starts in 2023

A new record! Previous record: 219 in 2021.
Summerside is a growing city.

Source: City of Summerside, Dept. of Technical Services

$315,000 median home price (Q4/2023)

The average home price in Canada was $656,625 as of Oct. 2023. In Summerside, it’s possible to own a primary home plus a secondary property for the total price of a single home only in many major cities.

Source: Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)

Aquatics Centre at Credit Union Place

Spinnakers' Landing

Great Food

The Lanes at Credit Union Place

Summerside Yuletide Village

Summerside Baywalk

Musical Merriment at Summerside Arts Festival

Summerside Yuletide Village

Lower Shelter Expenses

$5,000 less
shelter costs to pay as a PEI resident over the typical Canadian

Source: Stats Canada Table 11-10-0222-01

Affordable Fitness

$101.78
monthly for family club membership (including tax) for two adults and children living in the same household. Includes aquatics centre, squash courts, walking/running track, selected group classes, skating, and Fit Stop fitness facility.

Source: City of Summerside, Dept. of Community Services

Affordable Day Care

$10-a-day Beginning January 1, 2024, child care fees across Prince Edward Island will drop to $10-a-day for all Island children attending Early Years Centres (EYCs) and licensed Family Home Centres (FHCs).

Source: Government of Prince Edward Island

Lower Transportation Costs

Because most
everything is just
10 minutes away!

Summerside believes everyone can turn their dreams into reality

$66,600 Average after-tax household income

Source: Stats Canada, Census of 2021

$58,594 Average total consumption in PEI in 2021

Source: Stats Canada Table 11-10-0222-01

$8,006 Average household total net income

$36,640 Average after-tax individual income

Source: Stats Canada, Census of 2021

Summerside is so worth the move!

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What would you
consider luxury
living?

Working all the time to pay for things you get to enjoy some of the time – or – working some of the time to pay for things you enjoy all of the time?

Our children are both involved in recreational sports and they are thriving here. Moving here has definetely made us take a deep breath and enjoy the beauty of life.

Since moving here, our life has definitely been enriched with a little bit more beauty. I would say always amazing living by the ocean. And on top of that, we both have thriving careers.

It’s beautiful scenery in Summerside that you get to drive by every day. It is always a blessing to have this.

The pace of life here is fantastic. Sports are a big part of mine and my family’s life. It’s a nice opportunity to have those close by. If you play hockey there are arenas everywhere.

As you can see in Summerside, there is basically no traffic. To get anywhere in Summerside takes only five minutes.

Summerside has enriched my life... I’ve been able to give me back my time. I’ll never be able to get it anywhere else in a big city. I’m able to do more in 24 hours.

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New Lifestyle

Do what you love.
Love what you do.

Summerside gives you every opportunity to
really enjoy living.

Discover that perfect balance between work and play

Start by taking some
time for yourself

Forget hunting for parking space and sitting in traffic jams, if you are one of those million Canadians commuting every weekday for 1 hour or more…

Gain yourself
2 hours a day

by avoiding all those traffic jams to and from work.

Source: Stats Canada: Commuting Time, 2011 to 2022

Gain 500 hours
a year

for all those things you would rather be doing and doing them with!

Simply the calculation of 250 working days times 2 hours per day

Real happiness is when you
share it with others!

Ashley moved with her family to Summerside 5 years ago from Edmonton, Alberta. The main motivation for moving her family back east was her children to grow up around family and friends in a small, close-knit community. Ashley and her family love Summerside and can’t imagine a better lifestyle!

Since moving here, our life has definitely been enriched with a little bit more beauty. I would say always amazing living by the ocean. And on top of that, we both have thriving careers. — Ashley

Your career starts here!

Live the life you’ve always wanted!

Good neighbours, friends
and BBQ at the deck. No worries about kids playing in the street.

Swim and sail from an
unspoiled waterfront. Launch your boat just around
the corner

Sink your toes in the sand whenever it suits you. Red sand beaches present a unique east coast treat

Take road trips with no chance of traffic jams. Quality public highway and transportation systems

Ensure the education you want for your children. Kindergarten through Grade 12 in both English and French

Wine and dine on international cuisine. Menus to tantalize every taste bud

Enjoy the weather!

Long summers, long autumns

with average daily highs of 18⁰C or above

Source: Weather Spark

10 minutes to beautiful beaches

with direct access from downtown

Always upbeat, always friendly, there is

So much cool stuff
to do in Summerside!

Bryan Adams Concert in 2022

Summerside Credit Union Place hosted a 100% solar-powered Bryan Adams concert.

Summerside Lobster Carnival

will be celebrating its 67th year in 2024. Last year, 18,000 people attended this 3-day event of culinary delights, great entertainment, and the East Coast Amusements Midway.

Credit Union Place

is 120,000 sq ft of sports and entertainment. It boasts an 83-room Microtel, fitness and aquatic centres, two ice surfaces, bowling alleys, restaurants, and much more.

The Lanes at Credit Union Place

is a modern bowling alley with snack bar, arcade, and black lights.

2023 Canada Winter Games

Summerside hosted some of the Canada Winter Games in Feb. 2023.

Atlantic Cirque 10 Years Celebration

at Credit Union Place in 2017.

The College of Piping

The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada, established in 1990 in Summerside, is an international school that teaches Highland bagpiping, Scottish-style snare drumming, Highland Dancing, and Island step dancing.