Home Depot Canada will be hiring 2,600 employees across Ontario in preparation for its busy spring season.

The home improvement chain says it plans to hire applicants in operational and sales positions.

This is a part of a hiring blitz the company says it is doing across the country. It plans to hire 5,500 workers throughout a total of 181 Canadian locations.

A similar blitz took place last spring, where the company hired an additional 6,700 employees for the spring season.

Approximately 28,000 Canadians currently work for Home Depot.