Youth Internships in Northern Ontario — FedNor

Program Description

Subsidizes up to 90% of an intern's annual salary and benefits (to a maximum of $35,000/year, $52,500 over 18 months) for Northern Ontario businesses and organizations that hire recent post-secondary graduates. For-profit businesses access the program through Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) in their region. The program targets unemployed or underemployed youth (age 30 and under) who have graduated within the past three years, giving businesses a near-full wage subsidy to bring on skilled graduates they couldn't otherwise afford.

Eligibility Requirements

• Organization must be located in Northern Ontario — FedNor's designated service area, comprising the districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Timiskaming, plus the City of Greater Sudbury
• For-profit businesses must apply through a Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC)
• Intern must be 30 years of age or under at time of hire
• Intern must have graduated from a post-secondary institution within the last three years
• Intern must be unemployed or underemployed
• Intern must be legally authorized to work in Canada
• Intern cannot have a family relationship with organizational leadership
• Intern must not have previously participated as a youth intern in FedNor's programmes, or in any other FEDERAL or PROVINCIAL paid internship programme, for six months or more
• Project must align with one of the Government of Canada's seven Economic Strategy Tables
• Eligible organizations: not-for-profit organizations, Indigenous (First Nation/Métis/Inuit) communities and organizations, municipalities and municipal organizations. For-profit businesses must apply through Community Futures Development Corporations (not directly). No minimum employees or revenue. Youth interns must be: aged 30 or under, unemployed or underemployed, graduated within last 3 years from recognized post-secondary institution, no prior federal/provincial paid internship of 6+ months. Youth intern cannot be related to organizational directors/officers/managers. Internship work cannot displace current staff or involve routine administrative/operational duties. Budget is limited — program advises contacting a FedNor officer before applying.