North York, Toronto
Dental staffing in North York
Book temp dental hygienists, dental assistants and front office staff along the Yonge corridor and across the borough. Two subway lines reach you, and far fewer practices are competing for the people they carry.
Why this market is different
Reach and competition are not the same question
Most of this section treats staffing as one problem: can somebody get to your chair. Downtown Toronto complicates that, because everybody can, so what decides a claim is why they would pick you over the practice two streets away.
North York is where the two come apart in your favour. Two subway lines run through it and a professional can be here from much of the city in about half an hour, but the practices are spread over a large borough rather than stacked into a few blocks. High reach with moderate competition is the combination you actually want, and very little of Toronto has it.
The high-competition end, downtownReach against competition
QualitativeEverybody can reach you, and everybody wants them
The densest concentration of practices in the country sitting on top of the subway system. Your posting reaches an enormous pool and competes with several other practices for the same Tuesday.
Both scales are our qualitative read of a market, not measurements. We do not publish counts of practices or professionals anywhere.
For North York practices
Make the advantage visible
You have the ratio, so use it
Say how close you are to a station. Reach like downtown's with competition well below it is the strongest position in the city, and the posting is where you make it visible.
Name the neighbourhood
The borough is large enough to hold several markets. Willowdale, Don Mills and Downsview each tell a professional something the word North York does not.
Say North York, never York
York is a different borough, York Region is thirty kilometres north, and York University is here. One extra word removes a genuine ambiguity.
Credentials are ours on temp
CDHO registration for hygienists, RCDSO for locum dentists, and the NDAEB certificate plus HARP where an assistant takes radiographs. One invoice at an all-in hourly rate.
Roles we staff
Temp and permanent dental staff in North York
Temp dental hygienists (RDH), dental assistants, front office staff and locum dentists across Willowdale, Don Mills, Bathurst Manor and Downsview.
Temp and permanent dental hygienists in North York
RDHRecall books that range from postwar family neighbourhoods to high-rise buildings along Yonge, with a professional pool reachable on the subway from most of the city.
hygiene column cover, recall days, maternity and medical leave
More about this roleTemp and permanent dental assistants in North York
CDAChairside cover across a borough large enough to hold several distinct markets, from Willowdale towers to the low-rise streets of Don Mills.
chairside assisting, second chair, same-day callouts
More about this roleLocum and permanent dentists in North York
Locum and associate cover for both office-tower practices at North York Centre and long-established family offices on residential side streets.
locum cover, associate roles, sabbatical and leave blocks
More about this roleDental receptionists and front office staff in North York
Reception for books with a wide range of first languages, in a borough where a second language is regularly part of the job rather than a bonus.
reception cover, scheduling, recall and billing support
More about this roleDental office managers in North York
Interim and permanent management for practices competing for staff against downtown while offering an easier commute than downtown does.
interim management, leave cover, practice transitions
More about this roleSterilization technicians in North York
Reprocessing cover at steady general-practice volume, in both multi-operatory clinics and smaller neighbourhood offices.
instrument reprocessing, sterilization area cover
More about this roleHow we supply them in North York
For Toronto professionals
The easiest place in the city to work from
The best base in the city
Line 1 runs down both sides of Toronto from here and York Region is a short drive north. A radius set from North York reaches more work for less travel than one set almost anywhere else.
Subway access without downtown parking
You can work transit-only here, and if you do drive, parking is a fraction of what it costs in the core and often free.
Several markets in one borough
High-rise family books along Yonge, established low-rise neighbourhoods in Don Mills, and office-tower practices at North York Centre. Variety without changing city.
One tax form, however many practices
Every shift runs through WORKFORCE, so a year across North York, downtown and the east end lands on a single T4.
North York staffing questions
Is North York easier or harder to staff than downtown?
Easier, and for a reason worth understanding. It has close to downtown-level transit access, with two subway lines through it, so a professional can reach you from much of the city in around half an hour. What it does not have is downtown-level competition, because the practices are spread across a large borough rather than stacked into a few blocks. High reach with moderate competition is the most useful combination an office can have.
Does it matter where in North York we are?
Quite a lot, because the borough is large. A practice a short walk from a station on the Yonge line draws from most of the city. A practice in the middle of a residential area between lines draws from people who drive. Neither is a problem, and they are different postings, so name your nearest station or major intersection either way.
How should we describe our location?
North York, then the neighbourhood or nearest station. The borough name is well understood, which is more than can be said for some of Toronto's former municipalities, but it covers a lot of ground. Willowdale, Don Mills, Bathurst Manor and Downsview all tell a professional something the borough name does not.
Is North York where York University is?
Yes, which catches people out and is worth knowing when you write a posting. York University is in North York, the former City of York is a different and much smaller borough to the south, and York Region is a separate regional municipality north of Steeles. If your practice is near the campus, say North York rather than York, or you will have professionals picturing two other places.
Who employs the temp professional in my North York practice?
We do, on temp and locum bookings. For hygienists we confirm registration in good standing with the College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario, and for locum dentists with the RCDSO. Dental assisting is not a regulated profession in Ontario, so there we confirm the NDAEB certificate for Level II duties and HARP certification where the role involves radiographs. On a permanent hire your practice is the employer and runs its own checks.
I live in North York. Is it worth working elsewhere in the city?
You are unusually well placed for it. Line 1 runs down both sides of the city from here, so downtown, midtown and much of the west are a straightforward trip, and going north into York Region is easy by car. Setting a radius from North York reaches more of the region for less travel than setting one from almost anywhere else in Toronto.
Whichever side of the chair you are on
Temporary staffing, permanent placement and dentist locum cover throughout North York, for the practices that need people and the professionals who want the work.
For dental offices
Cover the chair, or fill the role
Say how close you are to a station and name the neighbourhood. Downtown-level reach with well below downtown-level competition is the strongest position in the city. Credentials and payroll handled on every temp booking.
For dental professionals
Pick up the work
Line 1 runs down both sides of the city from here and York Region is a short drive north. A radius set from North York reaches more work for less travel than one set anywhere else in Toronto.