Video transcript: Explore Canada and build your future with International Experience Canada!

Video length: 0:44 seconds

Narrator: You’d like to travel to Canada.

The scene opens with a person walking down a street. Various stores are seen in the distance. The person is wearing a green hooded jacket with a dark-coloured toque. The scene shifts to a jar filled with small paper Canadian flags sitting on a table.

Text displays: “Travel to Canada.”

Narrator: But you also need to work.

Text displays: “Need to work.”

We see a person seated on an airplane. They glance from one side to the other.

Narrator: You can do both.

Text displays: “You can do both.”

We see a person who has their back to us, looking over the water in front of them and at the snow-capped mountains that are off in the distance. Their hands are resting on a ledge in front of them.

Narrator: International Experience Canada

Text displays: “International Experience Canada”

We see an individual sitting in the back of a vehicle glancing outside the window. The words “International Experience Canada” written in white inside a red box. The scene shifts quickly to a view of a large building with a Canadian flag at the top.

Narrator: offers 18- to 35-year-olds the opportunity

We see someone leaning over their laptop appearing to read some information on the screen. They are wearing a green sweater and holding a pen in their right hand as they lean down to write on some sheets of paper off to the side. We then see a scene shift, where someone is using a measuring tape to measure a piece of wood that is directly in front of them. A saw is seen off to the side.

Narrator: to get a work permit.

Text displays: “Work permit.”

We see a person wearing a white shirt and black pants walking down the hallway of an office building. They are surrounded by a number of workstations. They hold a laptop in their arms as they quickly walk past.

Narrator: A work permit with IEC

We see an artist wearing a green buttoned-down shirt and painting on an easel with a paintbrush in their right hand and a piece of paper in their left.

Narrator: allows you to travel within the country.

We see a view of a couple far off in the distance sitting on the shore surrounded by water. Mountains can be seen in the far distance.

Narrator: Your work permit could last for up to 2 years

Text displays: “Up to 2 years.”

A person wearing an orange toque is seen working on a tablet on a table. They hold a pen with their right hand. The scene shifts to a person in a collared shirt, appearing to look at a computer screen in front of them.

Narrator: and you can be eligible for it even without work experience.

We see someone hand someone else a sander which they then use to sand a surfboard laid down in front of them. The two are smiling as they take a closer look at the surfboard to check the surface.

Narrator: A life-changing experience awaits.

We see two people, one piggybacking the other, laughing, smiling and appearing to have a great time. The two spin around in a circle. The scene transitions to two people looking upward to the sky at night, surrounded by many lights.

Narrator: Come discover Canada.

Text displays: “Come discover Canada.”

A large group of people are at an outdoor concert. Some people wave their hands up in the air as they sing and dance along to the music.

Narrator: Travel while working.

Text displays: “Travel while working.”

A person wearing a jacket and glasses is surrounded by greenery and works on a laptop that rests in their lap. They hold a book in their left hand and a pen in their right hand.

Narrator: Write your own story.

Text displays: “Write your own story.”

A person in a blue buttoned-down shirt is seen spinning in circles as their hair blows in the wind.

Text displays: “Learn more at Canada.ca/iec” in white letters centred on a red background.

On a white background, we see the Government of Canada logo: a Canadian flag with the text “Government of Canada – Gouvernement du Canada” in black.

We see the “Canada” wordmark in black on a white background.

The opening notes of “O Canada” play.