Working in a modernized GOC
GOC workforce
GOC personnel represent a diverse group of hard-working professionals with backgrounds in emergency management, academia, military, law enforcement, nursing and firefighting.
The GOC is an exciting environment; a mix of responding to unfolding events and getting ready to deal with the next. The GOC has a unique esprit de corps as a community bonded by shared values and joint experience.
Employment opportunities
If you are interested in joining the GOC, you can apply to a job opening, register with Jobs Canada or, as a student, to the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP).
If you are studying in emergency management at the post-secondary level, consider arranging with your institution to do a co-op placement with the GOC.
Surge capacity
For large scale or long-duration events, the GOC relies on public servants to supplement the event response teams. Federal public servants can integrate into the GOC by volunteering for a micro-mission. Surge capacity duties can include supporting operations, planning, communications and administration.
New accommodations
Disasters in Canada are increasing in frequency and severity and the GOC must ensure it has the capacity to respond to future challenges. In 2026, the GOC relocated to new secure, modernized accommodations that meet its operational and security requirements.
The design of the facility provides a significantly improved, flexible and expanded capacity for federal emergency management development and event management including enhanced tools for communications.
The GOC operations centre now has the capacity to coordinate the federal response to two full-scale emergencies, including space to co-locate liaisons from other government departments as needed.
The GOC's new location provides the space and infrastructure to deliver on its mandate to prepare for and support the government-wide coordinated response to multiple and concurrent large-scale events affecting the national interest. With this move, the Government of Canada has grown its capacity to support federal, provincial, and territorial emergency responses and planning efforts.
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