Does co-op count as work experience in Canada?

Yes. Canadian employers treat co-op and paid internship terms as genuine experience — list them under Experience with the employer name, dates and outcomes, not under Education. Unpaid placements count too, described the same way.

Is this template really free?

Yes. Every template downloads as a PDF and as an editable Word (.docx) file, with no account, no email address and no watermark. Edit it and reuse it for as many applications as you like.

Can I edit the template in Word?

Yes. Download the .docx version and open it in Microsoft Word, Google Docs or Pages, then type over the sample content with your own facts. The Word file keeps the same single-column, ATS-safe structure as the PDF, so the layout stays parser-friendly while you edit.

How do I know the finished resume will pass ATS?

Upload it to ResumeNorth with the Canadian job posting you are targeting. You get an ATS score, the exact keywords you are missing and a rewrite in Canadian format — one full analysis every day on the free plan.

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Recent graduate resume template (Canada, free PDF + Word)

By ResumeNorth

Education sits above experience, co-op and internship terms are treated as real roles, and a projects section gives capstone and club work somewhere credible to live. It is built to fill one honest page without padding.

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Section order

Summary → Education → Skills → Experience → Projects

Design

Teal rules, education placed above experience

Best for

College and university graduates in their first two years out of school.

What makes this template work

Co-op terms count as experience
Capstone and club projects included

How to fill it in

1List co-op terms with the employer, dates and what you shipped — not as coursework.
2Include GPA only if it is above roughly 3.5 and recent.
3Give each project a result: users, marks, or a working demo link.
4Open the .docx in Word, Google Docs or Pages, replace every bracketed placeholder, save as a text-based PDF or .docx named Firstname-Lastname-Resume, then check it against a real posting before you apply.

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Before you send it

The ATS formatting checklistEvery formatting rule that decides whether a parser reads your resume.One page or two?What Canadian recruiters expect at each stage of a career.Finding the right keywordsHow to pull the terms a posting screens for, without keyword stuffing.

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