Bilingual temporary and contract staffing · Ontario and Quebec
Request servers, cooks, housekeeping, PSWs, nurses and more for one shift, a full event or a recurring schedule. Athena matches people from its network to your requirements, confirms rates before you book and sends you one invoice.
Du personnel fiable pour les opérations qui ne peuvent pas rester à découvert.
Demandez des serveurs, des cuisiniers, du personnel d'entretien ménager, des PSW, du personnel infirmier et plus encore, pour un quart, un événement complet ou un horaire récurrent. Athena jumelle des professionnels de son réseau à vos exigences, confirme les taux avant la réservation et vous envoie une seule facture.
Looking for assignments?
Register for WorkUrgent or same-day need? Call 613-695-7020
What you can count on
Athena supports hotels, caterers, venues, event teams, retirement homes and long-term care homes that need dependable people on short notice or on a schedule. Our office team works in English and French, and we match language capability to each assignment.
We check relevant experience, verify required licences and certifications where applicable, and check language capability when the assignment calls for it.
You get an agreed hourly rate before anything is booked. Taxes, any additional charges, minimum hours and cancellation terms are spelled out before you confirm.
We confirm who is attending, share your instructions before the start and stay reachable if something changes. If someone cancels or isn't the right fit, we actively look for an alternative, subject to availability.
Ways to book
We assess same-day requests as they come in. Whether we can fill one depends on the role, location, timing and requirements. For same-day needs, call 613-695-7020.
Booking a conference, a banquet season or vacation coverage ahead? Send the dates early and we plan availability around them.
Weekly shifts, standing event schedules or seasonal coverage. For recurring bookings, we try to send the same suitable people where possible, so less time goes into re-briefing.
Sectors
For conferences, galas, weddings, festivals and trade shows. Tell us the service style, dress code, call times and guest count, and we match servers, bartenders and event staff with experience in that kind of room.
Where: Ontario and Quebec
For hotels, restaurants, caterers and institutional kitchens covering callouts, busy seasons and vacancies. We match cooks, housekeeping, front desk and banquet staff to the role and to your property's standards.
Where: Ontario and Quebec
For retirement homes and long-term care homes covering PSW, nursing and support shifts. Required credentials, such as PSW certificates and College of Nurses of Ontario registration, are verified before anyone is assigned.
Where: Ontario, centred on Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. Quebec only where provincial rules allow.
What Athena handles
How it works
Role, number of people, location, dates, hours, language needs and required credentials. We acknowledge new requests within two business hours.
We assess fit, check who is available and send you the hourly rate, any additional charges, minimum hours and cancellation terms.
Nothing is booked until you approve the details. Before the start, we confirm who is attending and share your instructions, and we stay reachable throughout.
Sending a request does not book staff. A booking is confirmed only once you approve the details.
Pricing and booking terms
Rates depend on the role, location, timing and requirements, so we quote each request rather than publish a rate card.
FAQ
The role, number of people, location, dates and shift hours, language requirements and any required credentials (for example a PSW certificate, CNO registration for RPNs and RNs, or Smart Serve). For recurring needs, include the shift pattern. If you don't have every detail yet, send what you have and we'll follow up.
We acknowledge it, assess fit and availability, then send you rates and booking terms. The booking is confirmed only when you approve the details. Before the start, we confirm who is attending and share your instructions.
We acknowledge new requests within two business hours. An acknowledgement is not a confirmation: availability and booking confirmation follow once we've checked who can attend.
Yes. We assess same-day requests, but whether we can fill one depends on the role, location, timing, language and credential requirements. For same-day needs, call 613-695-7020.
You receive an agreed hourly rate before booking. It includes Athena's coordination fee and the professional's payment. Taxes and any additional charges are identified separately, together with minimum booking hours and cancellation terms, before you confirm.
Yes. Planned and recurring requests are priorities alongside urgent ones: weekly shifts, standing event schedules or seasonal coverage.
Yes. Tell us in your request. For recurring bookings, we try to send the same suitable people where possible, subject to their availability.
Contact us. We actively look for an alternative, subject to availability, and keep you informed.
Athena. You receive one invoice from Athena, and Athena handles payment of the professionals assigned to you.
Hospitality events and hospitality operations: Ontario and Quebec. Seniors living: Ontario, with current coverage centred on Ottawa and Eastern Ontario; in Quebec only where provincial rules allow, because they restrict agency staff in most health and seniors living settings. Roles include servers, bartenders, event staff, cooks, housekeeping, front desk, banquet staff, PSWs, PABs (Quebec, where permitted), RPNs, RNs, dietary aides and recreation aides.
Ready when you are
Send your requirements. We acknowledge within two business hours, then come back with availability and pricing. For same-day needs, call 613-695-7020.
Contact
Use this form for general questions. To request staff, use the staffing request form: it asks for what we need to check availability and pricing.