Funding Opportunities

Wage subsidies are available to all bio-economy, biotechnology and healthcare organizations who are creating a work-integrated learning opportunity and who meet the program criteria. Employers can hire STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math), healthcare, business students and all other programs from any post-secondary institutions across Canada through BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program.

For more information:  https://www.biotalent.ca/programs/student-work-placement-program/ 

CAHRC’s AgriTalent program supports the development of connections between post-secondary students, employers in agriculture and post-secondary institutions and contributes towards preparing a job-ready workforce for the Canadian agriculture industry.

For more information:  https://cahrc-ccrha.ca/programs/agri-talent

The Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace is the delivery partner for the aviation aerospace sector. The program helps post-secondary students get the experience they need to prepare for jobs in these high-demand fields.

For more information: https://avaerocouncil.ca/subsidies/swpp

The Empowering Futures Program is Canada’s Student Work Placement Program for the electricity industry. Aimed at preparing students for the future of work, the program will create new work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities in electricity by providing subsidies of up to $7,000 per student position to the organizations who create these new opportunities.

For more information:  https://electricityhr.ca/workplace-solutions/wage-subsidy-programs/empowering-futures-apprentices/empowering-futures-for-students-and-organizations/

ECO Canada’s Student Work Placement Program helps both students and employers find the right match and the support they need through wage assistance in the environmental workforce across all industries.

For more information: https://eco.ca/environmental-professionals/employment-funding-and-job-board/student-work-placement-co-op/

Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), a preferred partner with the Government of Canada, delivers the Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) subsidy to Canadian manufacturers. 

For more information: https://offers.emccanada.org/wilworks

Food Processing Skills Canada’s Student Work Placement Program is a program for employers in the Canadian food and beverage manufacturing industry to hire students in colleges and universities across the country.

For more information: https://fpsc-ctac.com/student-workplace-placement-program/

ICTC's WIL Digital helps employers grow their businesses by providing a wage subsidy to hire post-secondary students while students gain meaningful work experience and on-the-job learning in the digital economy.

For more information: https://etalentcanada.ca/for-employers/programs/work-integrated-learning-wil-digital

The Boost Your Business Technology grant offers Canadian-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) support to adopt new technologies in order to increase competitiveness and resilience. Boost Your Business Technology can help get your business online, give your e-commerce presence a boost, or digitalize your business's operations. These grants are designed to help Canadian businesses become more competitive.

For more information: https://swpprogram.ca/

The Gearing Up program drives systemic change by aligning post-secondary student skills training with mining industry requirements through employer delivery of work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities.

For more information: https://mihr.ca/career-development/gearing-up/

The Talent Opportunities Program (TOP) is an initiative of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) designed to help employers located anywhere in Canada hire college and university students on WIL placements.

Read the one page info document on the program here.

For more information: https://occ.ca/talent-opportunities-program/

TECHNATION’s Career Ready Program supports students to have meaningful work and provides businesses an affordable way to scale up their tech talent. With funding from the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program, they provide subsidies for businesses of any size, all across Canada, to hire students in tech-immersive roles.

For more information: https://technationcanada.ca/en/future-workforce-development/career-ready-program/

The Propel Student Work Placement Program supports the growth of a vibrant and skilled tourism sector by connecting students in any discipline with tourism employers for paid, hands-on learning opportunities.

For more information: https://tourismhr.ca/programs-and-services/propel-student-work-placement-program/

Startups and small businesses often lack the resources or time to address finding, paying for, and integrating interns. Venture for Canada (VFC) offers Canada’s only Internship Program that exposes driven university and college students to entrepreneurial & work-readiness training so they can contribute from day one.

For more information: https://ventureforcanada.ca/employers/interns

To learn more about other SWPP programs, visit:  https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/student-work-placements-wage-subsidies.html

Canada Summer Jobs is a federal program that helps youth aged 15 to 30 gain paid summer work experience and develop skills for the job market. 

For more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/canada-summer-jobs.html

DigiBC's Work Placement Pilot Program supports post-secondary students by providing experiential learning opportunities in animation, video, games, visual effects, and XR.

For more information: https://digibc.org/work-placement-program/

BC Tech Intern Program provides skilled individuals with exciting internship experiences at technology companies and in tech roles at non-tech companies across the Province, while providing valuable subsidies to employers to help grow and scale your team.

For more information: https://wearebctech.com/talent/bc-tech-intern-program

Open to for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, the program pairs partner organizations with top-level research talent, who can help achieve business and innovation goals, execute initiatives, identify new markets, commercialize results, and more. Projects start at four months in duration and can be scaled up as needed.

For more information: https://www.mitacs.ca/our-programs/accelerate-core-business/