Straight from the AC website, not sure if it was posted on this thread already and I don't wanna bother to check:
http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/career/pilots.html
Job Requirements
To fly for Air Canada, pilots must meet certain basic requirements:
Completion of schooling to the university entrance level. Ability to pass the Air Canada and Transport Canada medical and visual acuity requirements for a Category 1 medical certificate.
Canadian Airline Transport Pilot licence, current Instrument Rating and Multi-Engine endorsement.
Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status.
Pilot applications far exceed job vacancies, so preference is given to candidates with qualifications beyond the basic requirements. Examples of desirable additional qualifications include, but are not limited to:
University degree or college diploma
Aviation College diploma
Military or commercial flight experience
Jet and/or glass cockpit experience
Additional language(s)
Currently Air Canada is not in a hiring phase ...watch this site for future notices on hiring status. In the meantime, you are encouraged to initiate and maintain your profile using the link at the end of this document.
It is anticipated that, in the next phase of pilot hiring at Air Canada, successful applicants will have in excess of
2500 hours of fixed wing flying time in a commercial or military environment.