The Canada Job Grant is a program that combines federal and provincial funding to subsidize training for employees of private and non-profit organizations. This grant covers up to a maximum of $10,000 per participant per fiscal year. Small employers (less than 100 employees) who are training and hiring unemployed individuals may be eligible for 100% funding up to $15,000 per trainee.
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British Columbia
•B.C. Employer Training Grant
Receive up to $300,000 for Skills Training. Employers can apply as often as they need and receive 80% of the cost of training and up to $10,000 per employee, with a maximum annual amount per employer of $300,000 per fiscal year (April 1 – March 31).
Eligible employers are required to contribute a minimum of one-third of the total training costs for existing employees. The Government will contribute two-thirds of the cost to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee per fiscal year. If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 100% of training costs could be covered, up to $15,000 per trainee.
Individual employers will have a cap of $300,000 for the amount of grant funding they can receive per fiscal year.
Saskatchewan based organizations can receive reimbursement for two-thirds of eligible training costs. Employers can make multiple grant applications to a maximum of $100,000 per fiscal year, and up to $10,000 per individual trainee.
The Job Grant will contribute up to 75% of eligible training costs for Manitoba based small employers – for those with 100 or fewer employees – and up to 50% for companies with 101 or more employees.
Ontario based organizations may be eligible to get funding up to $10,000 per trainee. Employers with 99 or fewer employees must contribute a minimum of 1/6 of the total training costs. Employers with 100 or more employees must contribute a minimum of 1/2 towards the total training costs.
En: New Brunswick based companies can receive funding for up to $10,000 in employee training costs per trainee, and up to 66% of the total cost of training.
Fr: Les organisations basées au Nouveau-Brunswick peuvent recevoir un financement allant jusqu'à 10 000 $ en frais de formation des employés par stagiaire et jusqu'à 66 % du coût total de la formation.
