👷 Workforce Training Grants 2025

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $25,000

Helps employers create quality work experiences for youth while addressing their human resource needs.

Organization: Government of Ontario

Amount: Up to $10,000 per employee

Provides direct funding to employers to train their employees. Employers can receive up to $10,000 per person for training costs.

Organization: Government of British Columbia

Amount: Up to $10,000 per employee

Provides funding to help employers train their workforce and improve productivity through cost-shared grants.

Organization: Government of Alberta

Amount: Up to 20% tax credit (on eligible R&D)

Supports companies that create jobs in innovation-focused industries in Alberta through a tax credit on incremental R&D expenditures.

Organization: City of Toronto

Amount: $5,000 micro-grant

Provides new entrepreneurs with business training, mentoring, and a $5,000 micro-grant to help launch or expand their business.

Organization: Canada Council for the Arts

Amount: Varies

Supports Canadian artists and arts organizations through a variety of grants for creation, production, professional development, touring, and more in arts and culture sectors.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Varies

Supports skills development and employment training for Indigenous peoples through funding agreements with Indigenous service delivery organizations across Canada.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $5 million

Supports the development of foundational and transferable skills (like literacy, numeracy, digital skills) for Canadians through funding to organizations that deliver training and upskilling projects.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $2 million

Supports union-based apprenticeship training and innovation in training approaches through project funding, to help more apprentices succeed and modernize training systems.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $10 million

Addresses workforce challenges in specific economic sectors by funding projects that help connect Canadians with training and jobs in in-demand sectors (e.g., sector-based workforce development projects).

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $7,000 per placement

Supports work-integrated learning opportunities for post-secondary students by providing wage subsidies to employers who create co-op placements in STEM and business fields (e.g., through partner delivery organizations).

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $5 million

Supports training and skills development for jobs in the green economy and clean technology sectors, often through wage subsidies for youth in environmental roles (delivered via various partner organizations).

Organization: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Amount: Up to $15,000 per participant (wage subsidy)

Provides funding to organizations to create internships that offer underemployed youth training and work experience in digital skills, helping them transition to careers in the digital economy.

Organization: Government of Alberta

Amount: Up to $5,000 per employee (or $10,000 for unemployed trainees)

Cost-sharing program that helps Alberta employers cover training costs for current and new employees to enhance productivity. Replaced the Canada-Alberta Job Grant in 2025.

Organization: Government of Saskatchewan

Amount: Up to 2/3 of training costs (max $10,000 per trainee)

Helps Saskatchewan employers train new or existing employees by funding a major portion of eligible training costs through a cost-sharing grant.

Organization: Government of Manitoba

Amount: Up to 2/3 of training costs (max $10,000 per employee)

Provides Manitoba employers with funding to train new or existing employees to meet business needs, covering a significant share of training expenses.

Organization: Government of Nova Scotia

Amount: Up to 2/3 of training costs (max $10,000 per trainee)

Provides funding to Nova Scotia employers to train workers (new or existing) for available jobs, sharing the cost of training to boost skills and productivity.

Organization: Government of New Brunswick

Amount: Up to 2/3 of training costs (max $10,000 per trainee)

Helps New Brunswick employers offset the cost of training for new or existing employees by providing a grant for a portion of approved training expenses.

Organization: Government of Prince Edward Island

Amount: Up to 2/3 of training costs (max $10,000 per trainee)

Provides financial assistance to PEI employers to deliver training for new or existing employees, sharing the training cost to help develop worker skills.

Organization: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Amount: Up to 2/3 of training costs (max $10,000 per individual)

Helps Newfoundland and Labrador employers provide training to new or existing employees by sharing the costs of training investments through a grant.

Organization: West End BIZ (Winnipeg)

Amount: Up to 50% of costs, to a max of $1,000 (or $3,000 for large projects)

A grant for member businesses to support projects related to professional services, marketing, renovations, staff training, and IT improvements.

Organization: Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

Amount: Varies (Business Loans)

Offers business loans, mentoring, training, and counseling to Western Canadians with disabilities or health conditions to start or expand a business.

Organization: SK Arts

Amount: Varies

Supports Saskatchewan artists to pursue their creative work and careers by funding creative, professional development, or research projects, and the production and/or presentation of artistic works.