Training & Hiring Grants across Canada
31 verified programs currently help Canadian small businesses pay for staff training, upskilling and new hires: 22 grants and rebates and 9 other supports like tax credits, across 13 provinces and territories. Every program shows amounts, the official source, and the date we last checked it. Verified as recently as .
- 31
- verified programs
- 22
- grants & rebates
- 13
- provinces & territories
Beyond one city
Canada-wide and province-wide programs
INVEST North Investment Program: Launch Stream
Up to $200,000
INVEST North helps you build your new Northern Ontario business by reimbursing up to half of your eligible project costs.
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INVEST North Investment Program: Grow Stream
Up to $400,000
This competitive program supports product-based and B2B businesses in Northern Ontario with a contribution of up to 20% of eligible costs and an…
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INVEST North Investment Program: Locate Stream
Up to $5,000,000
INVEST North helps non-retail businesses bring new economic value to Northern Ontario by funding major capital projects.
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Step Forward Entrepreneurs Program
Up to $10,000
This matching grant pays back 50% of eligible costs for businesses with innovative products or services in Nipissing, Timiskaming, Parry Sound and…
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Ontario: Achievement Incentive Program
Up to $17,000
An Ontario grant for employers and group sponsors who train apprentices. The province offers up to $17,000 to eligible employers when their…
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Student Work Placement Program
Up to $5,000
A federal wage subsidy for employers who hire post-secondary students through the Student Work Placement Program (SWPP).
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Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit
Up to $2,000
A federal non-refundable tax credit for employers who hire apprentices in Red Seal trades. It is worth 10% of eligible apprentice wages, up to $2,000…
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Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED): Entrepreneur Support
Up to $25,000
This territorial program helps NWT entrepreneurs fund start-ups, expansion, and market development.
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British Columbia: Training Tax Credit for Employers
Up to $4,000
This is a refundable provincial income tax credit for British Columbia employers who employ apprentices enrolled in eligible SkilledTradesBC programs.
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Manitoba: Paid Work Experience Tax Credits
Up to $5,000
A family of fully refundable provincial tax credits for employers in Manitoba who hire co-op students, co-op graduates, high school vocational…
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Economic Development Fund: Tier 1
Up to $30,000
This territorial program helps Yukon businesses and communities build long-term economic strength.
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Competitiveness Consulting Rebate
Up to $30,000
This rebate helps Northern and Central BC businesses recover costs for external consulting that drives growth, efficiency, and job creation.
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Northern Isolated Community Initiatives Fund
This funding stream under the Northern Isolated Community Initiatives Fund helps Northern agriculture and food businesses build a strong territorial…
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Newfoundland and Labrador: Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy (AWS)
Up to $14
The Newfoundland and Labrador Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy (AWS) pays employers 75% of an apprentice's hourly wage, up to $14 an hour, when they hire…
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Employment Incentives Program
This program helps you hire and train a worker returning from injury by covering part of their wages through a forgivable loan.
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Revenu Québec: Tax Credit for an On-the-Job Training Period
From $2,500
A refundable Quebec tax credit for businesses that host a full-time student trainee or an apprentice in the Workplace Apprenticeship Program.
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Strategic Investments Program: Nunavut Business Investment Fund
Up to $250,000
The Nunavut Business Investment Fund helps local owners grow through the Strategic Investments Program.
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E-tools for Exporting
Up to $15,000
This cost-share program helps PEI SMEs cover eligible expenses for export market development activities like SEO, paid advertising, and e-commerce…
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Export Market Access Program (EMAP)
Up to $15,000
This cost-share program helps PEI small businesses expand into international markets by reimbursing eligible expenses for digital export activities…
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Economic Development Fund: Tier 2
Up to $100,000
This territorial program helps Yukon businesses, First Nations, and community groups build long-term economic strength.
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ÉcoPerformance: Recommissioning of building mechanical systems (RCx)
Up to $100,000
Quebec's ÉcoPerformance RCx grant helps you tune the HVAC and lighting systems in an existing commercial or industrial building so it uses less…
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Export Funding NB
Up to $15,000
This matching grant helps small and medium-sized New Brunswick businesses cover eligible export development activities like market research, lead…
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Specific owner groups
For specific owner groups
These 9 programs are open only to specific owner groups, like women, Indigenous, young or newcomer founders. Worth a look if that's you.
PrairiesCan: Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
This federal initiative helps entrepreneurs with disabilities in the Prairie provinces build stronger businesses through expert counseling, training,…
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Clarence Campeau Development Fund
Up to $10,000
Access a mix of grants, cost-share funding, and interest-free loans designed to help Métis entrepreneurs in Saskatchewan plan, train, and grow their…
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Aboriginal Business Financing Program (ABFP)
Up to 75% of costs
The Aboriginal Business Financing Program provides non-repayable contributions to Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-owned businesses in the…
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Community Futures Manitoba: Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program
Up to $750
Community Futures Manitoba offers free coaching and up to $750 for digital marketing or mentorship.
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TACC Business Equity Program
Up to $99,999
This program gives non-repayable support to start, grow, or modernize a viable business in the Coast Salish territory.
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First Peoples Economic Growth Fund: Business Contribution Fund
Up to $99,999
This non-repayable contribution program supports eligible First Nations businesses in Manitoba to launch, expand, or acquire a viable operation.
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Community Futures Saskatchewan: Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program
Up to $750
This program helps rural entrepreneurs with disabilities or health conditions grow their online presence.
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Waubetek: Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneur Micro-Loan
Up to $20,000
Waubetek offers loans, non-repayable contributions and mentorship to Indigenous women entrepreneurs in North-Eastern Ontario.
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Kakivak Association: Sivummut Grants to Small Businesses
Up to $5,000
Sivummut Grants help Inuit entrepreneurs in the Qikiqtani Region establish or grow their businesses.
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Frequently asked questions
How many training and hiring grants are there in Canada right now?
31 verified programs are open as of our latest checks: 22 grants and rebates and 9 other supports like tax credits, across 13 provinces and territories. Programs open and close through the year, and every program shows the date we last checked it.
Do these programs cover the full cost?
Rarely. Many grants here pay a percentage of eligible costs up to a cap, and you pay the rest. Many programs also require approval before you buy or sign anything, because spending first can disqualify the whole project. Each program page lists its rules.
Who approves these applications?
Each program's administrator decides, usually the government body or organization that runs it, never us. BBN Labs is an independent Canadian company, not a government agency. Applying through the official program site is always free.
Guides
Read before you apply
Guides for the programs on this page: what they pay for, what is not covered, and how to apply.
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Apprenticeship Grants and Tax Credits for Employers (2026)
Funding for employers who hire apprentices in Canada: the federal Red Seal tax credit, Ontario milestone grants, a NL wage subsidy and…
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Student wage subsidies: up to $5,000 per hire (SWPP & CSJ)
Wage subsidies for student hires: SWPP pays up to $5,000 per placement year-round; Canada Summer Jobs applications close in the fall.
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Small business funding checklist: approval before you start
Most business funding programs will not pay for work started before approval. The readiness checklist: quotes, matching funds, timelines,…
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Small Business Grant Deadlines in Canada for 2026
How Canadian small-business grant deadlines work: fixed windows, year-round intakes, budgets that run out, and review rounds, with 2026…
Funding by what it pays for
Closed right now · re-checked weekly
These training & hiring programs are closed at our last weekly check. Each page shows what the program offered, what may replace it, and a reopen alert you can join.
Canada Summer Jobs Program · Customized Export Development & Training Program · Digital Main Street – Digital Transformation Grant Program · Indigenous Economic Development Fund: Business and Community Fund · Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs (RAISE)