Grants for Hiring, Skills Development & Training

Smart Factory Accelerator Program

Amount: $25,000 in hardware, sensors, training and workshops.

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Regional Development Program: Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness Stream

Amount: Up to 15% of funding to a maximum of $5 million, interest free during the project period (loan for up to four years).

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Wage Subsidies and Hiring Grants

Student Work Placement

Through the following program employers can apply for wage subsidies to help them hire post-secondary students across Canada.

Amount:

  • Up to $5,000 for every student you hire through the program
  • Up to $7,000 for every student you hire that is in their first year or is from an under-represented group including:
    • women in STEM
    • persons with disabilities
    • newcomers; and
    • Indigenous students
  • As a COVID-19 measure, subsidy is offered at 75% coverage (maximum $7500) for all students, until March 2021.

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Career Ready Fund’s Auto Stream 2019-20

Amount: Total available funding for the competition is $14 million.

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RapidSkills 2019-20

Amount: Total available funding for the pilot is $3M. MLTSD (Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development) expects that individual Projects will not require more than $300,000 total in funding for partnership development, program development, and administration. Reasonable upward adjustments may be negotiated where the application provides a strong, demonstrated rationale for additional funding based on the nature of the proposal. The funding will be allocated based on eligible costs and through a competitive process based on the evaluation of the proposals. MLTSD reserves the right to set limits on the amount of funding an Applicant will receive.

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Ontario Automotive Modernization Program (OAMP)

Amount: 50% of eligible costs up to a maximum of $150,000

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Rural Innovation Initiative Eastern Ontario (RIIEO) REGIONAL STREAM (Temporarily Unavailable)

Amount: Selected projects will be eligible for a non-repayable performance-based contribution and require a minimum 50 percent cash contribution by the recipient on eligible expenses net of HST. The minimum project size for an Eastern Ontario Innovation Initiative regional stream project is $200,000 resulting in a minimum contribution of $100,000 by the recipient.

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Canada‐Northwest Territories Job Grant (CNWTJG)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee

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Canada-Nunavut Job Grant (CNJG)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee

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Canada-Yukon Job Grant (CYJG)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee

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Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Job Grant (CNLJG)

Amount: up to $15,000 per trainee

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Labour Force Training – New Brunswick

Amount: up to $40,000 per employer per year

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Workplace Skills Training (Skills PEI)

Amount: up to a maximum of $15,000 per trainee

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Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant (CSJG)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee up to a maximum of $100,000 per applicant

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Canada-Nova Scotia Job Grant – Workplace Innovation and Productivity Skills Incentive (WIPSI)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee up to a maximum of $100,000 per applicant

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Canada-Manitoba Job Grant (CMJG)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee, with maximum of up to $100,000

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British Columbia Employer Training Grant program (ETG)

Amount: up to $20,000 per trainee, with maximum of $300,000 per fiscal year

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Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG)

Amount: $15,000 per trainee up to a maximum of $300,000 per applicant

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Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit

Amount: $15,000

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TalentEdge Internship Program

Amount: $10,000 per each internship

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Canada Summer Jobs

Amount: 50% of the provincial minimum per hour wage per each summer student

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Ontario Jobs and Prosperity Fund (OJPF) – Closed

Amount: up to 20% of eligible project costs

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Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)

Amount: $10,000 per trainee

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Canadian Agricultural Partnership – CAP

Amount: Funding 75% up to a maximum of $75,000

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IRAP Youth Employment Program

Amount: $20,000 per graduate hired

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AIME Green Program (the Yves Landry Foundation)

Amount: up to $100,000

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Investing in Business Growth and Productivity (IBGP) – Closed

Amount: up to $10,000,000, repayable

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Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHFC)

Amount: $250,000 – $1,000,000

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Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP)

Amount: from $31,500

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