Apprenticeship Subsidy

This Apprenticeship Subsidy is designed to assist Indigenous individuals in securing apprenticeship positions with employers to help them develop marketable skills and experience, with the goal of earning journeyperson status.

The Apprenticeship Subsidy provides employers with a wage subsidy to hire Indigenous individuals for full-time employment for a maximum of 52 weeks. The objective of this program is to give priority to Indigenous individuals who have not made the transition into the labour market, do not have any work experience or not enough career-related experience, or who have a barrier impeding them from moving into employment.

Eligibility

1. Be an Indigenous person;
2. Be a minimum of 18 years of age;
3. Have barriers to employment that prevent you from securing long-term employment;
4. Be unemployed or underemployed and actively seeking employment;
5. Have a genuine interest in working in the trades; and
6. Must meet the eligibility requirements for registering as an apprentice in the appropriate designation.

The Apprenticeship Office

The goals of the Apprenticeship Office are to increase Indigenous Peoples participation in apprenticeship and trade-related employment, initiate and develop partnerships within industry, and support both employer and apprentice through to journeyperson status.

In addition to the Apprenticeship Subsidy, we also help apprentices find an employer willing to train and supervise them, offer job coaching and follow-up, and provide employers access to an Indigenous employment pool.

For more information contact us!