Directory – Wage subsidies

• Access to Talent Program 

  Natural Products Canada
  Canadian SMEs or start-up companies can receive up to 40% of the cost of a new employee’s salary to a maximum of $75,000 in order to carry out a project that supports the development of a natural product or technology.

• BioTalent — Science and Technology Internship — Green jobs 

  BioTalent Canada
  ​Get up to $25,000 per intern hired in roles in the natural resources sectors, including the fields of energy, forestry, and minerals and metals as well as earth sciences (or up to $32,000 for youth hired who are furthest from employment).

• BioTalent — Skilled Newcomer Internships for the Bio-Economy 

  ​BioTalent Canada
  Hire a internationally educated professionals for 3 to 9 months for a Bio-economy job and receive a subsidy of up to 75% of their salary up to a maximum of $20,000.

• Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) 

  ​Canada Revenue Agency
  Get a temporary subsidy to cover a percentage of your employees’ wages until October 23, 2021. Retroactive application may be made after the program closes until the application deadline in March 2022.

• Canada Green Corps 

  United Nations Association in Canada
  ​You can apply for a wage subsidy to hire a youth for a project that reduces your organization’s environmental footprint or increases sustainability.

• Canada Recovery Hiring Program (CRHP) 

  ​Business and industry
  If your business is still impacted by COVID-19 and it meets the eligibility criteria for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, you could get one of the two wage subsidies to help keep staff on payroll.

• Clean Foundation — Green Jobs 

  Clean Foundation
  Get up to $25,000 per intern hired in roles in the natural resources sectors, including energy, forestry, mining, and earth sciences (or up to $32,000 for youth hired who are furthest from employment).

• Clean Foundation — Science Horizons Youth Internship 

  Clean Foundation
  Hire an intern for 6 to 12 months for a positions that help combat climate changes and receive a subsidy of up to 50% of their salary, maximum $25 000 (80% for youth from employment equity groups).

• Clean Leadership — Professional Internships 

  ​Clean Foundation
  Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 50% of the costs of hiring a professional intern for a minimum of 6 months, in a position with an environmental focus.

• ECO Canada — Environmental Employability Pathways 

  ​ECO Canada
  Hire a part-time or full-time intern facing barriers and receive up to $15,000 to cover 100% of their salary, to develop their employability skills and obtain work experience that will prepare them to obtain and keep employment.

• ECO Canada — Science Horizons Youth Internship (SHI) 

  ECO Canada
  Hire an intern for 6 to 12 months for an environmental science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) job and receive a subsidy up to $25 000 to cover up to 80% of their salary.

• Emergency Support Fund for cultural, heritage and sports organizations 

  ​Canadian Heritage
  If your eligible business has experienced financial losses during COVID-19 due to closed facilities or cancelled events, you can get a wage subsidy to help support your artists and athletes. More details to come.

• Employment Integration Program for Immigrants and Visible Minorities (PRIIME) 

  Emploi Québec
  Wage subsidy for up to 52 weeks for employers who hire immigrants or visible minorities for a first experience in their field in a sustainable job.

• Employment integration — Wage subsidies 

  Emploi Québec
  Hire someone on income security or employment insurance to qualify for a wage subsidy of up to 30 weeks for private sector businesses and longer periods for social enterprises.

• Employment stabilization 

  Emploi Québec
  Get up to $5,000 to cover up to 50% of wages for staff whose jobs have been stabilized, when you find ways to extend the working season.

• Gearing Up 

  Mining Industry Human Resources Council
  Get a wage subsidy of up to $7,500 to create new work-integrated learning opportunities for students in mining-related post-secondary education programs.

• Housing Internship Initiative for First Nations and Inuit Youth 

  Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  Wage subsidy for Indigenous businesses and other Indigenous organizations that give First Nations and Inuit youth work experience or on-the-job training in the housing sector.

• ICTC — Work Integrated Learning Program 

  ​Information and Communications Technology Council
  Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 75% of the costs of a work term placement that provides post-secondary students with digital learning, to a maximum of $7,500 per placement, with maximum coverage for first-year students or those in under-represented groups.

• Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) — Youth Employment Program 

  National Research Council Canada
  Get financial assistance to help cover the cost of hiring a post-secondary graduate (15 to 30 years old) for 6 to 12 months to work on projects with R&D, engineering, multimedia or market analysis components or the development of a new product or process.

• Job creation assistance (in French only)

  ​Emploi Québec
  Receive technical and financial assistance to meet your new workforce needs.

• Job integration contract 

  Emploi Québec
  Get salary support and reimbursement of certain additional expenses necessary for the integration and employment of a person with a disability.

• Level UP (in French only)

  ​Riipen
  Access fully subsidized internships for hosting a university student from Canada.

• Magnet — Student Work Placement Program 

  ​Magnet
  Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 75% of the costs of a work term placement, to a maximum of $7,500 per placement, when you hire a post-secondary student.

• Mitacs — Business Strategy Internship 

  ​Mitacs​
  Get a contribution to cover a portion of eligible expenses for a collaborative project. Activities should address a business innovation components (R&D to improve connectivity, access to innovation, enabling partnerships and providing training for SMEs, women, Indigenous peoples and other underrepresented groups).

• NRC-IRAP Innovation Assistance Program 

  National Research Council Canada
  If your incorporated, early-stage business has fewer than 500 employees, is pursuing technology-driven innovation and is not eligible for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, you can get a wage subsidy for your employees for up to 12 weeks during COVID-19.

• Programme d'aide à l'intégration en emploi des membres des Premières Nations et des Inuits (PAIPNI) (in French only)

  Emploi-Québec
  Get a grant to hire an Aboriginal worker.

• Projet Continuum-Entreprise (in French only)

  Réseau des services spécialisés de main-d'œuvre
  Benefit from expertise and a wage subsidy to facilitate the integration of a diverse clientele and allow for sustainable job retention.

• Science and Technology (S&T) Internship Program - Green Jobs 

  ​Natural Resources Canada
  ​If your business is in the geomatics, geology, mining, forestry or energy industry, you could get money to hire a recent graduate of natural sciences.

• Student Work Placement Program 

  Employment and Social Development Canada
  Subsidy of $5,000 to $7,000 to hire post-secondary students studying science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) for a placement.

• Support for hiring workers who have suffered employment injuries (in French only)

  CNESST​
  You may be able to obtain a grant to hire workers who have suffered employment injuries.

• TECHNATION — Career Ready Program 

  ​TECHNATION
  Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 75% of the costs of a work term placement, to a maximum of $7,500 per placement, when you hire a post-secondary student. Maximum coverage for first-year students or those in under-represented groups.

• Talent Opportunities Program 

  O​ntario Chamber of Commerce
  Get a wage subsidy of up to $7,000 per student if you hire post-secondary students for WIL placements.

• Tax holiday for foreign researcher salaries in Quebec 

  Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
  Attract highly skilled foreign researchers to work on SR&ED projects in Quebec by offering them a tax holiday ranging from 100% coverage of their taxable earnings in the first two years to 25% coverage in the fifth year.

• Temporary Wage Subsidy for Employers 

  ​Canada Revenue Agency
  Get a wage subsidy of up to $25,000 to cover 10% of the remuneration you paid from March 18, 2020 to June 19, 2020, up to $1,375 per eligible employee.

• Transportez vert — Ecodriving Training 

  Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
  Get up to $30,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses involved in training fleet drivers of light or heavy-duty road vehicles in reducing energy consumption and driving more efficiently. Assistance covers up to $1,000 per training session.

• Young Canada Works at Building Careers in English and French 

  Canadian Heritage
  Get a wage subsidy of up to $13,000 to cover the costs of an international internship of 4 to 12 months (30 to 40 hours per week).

• Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage - employers 

  ​Canadian Heritage
  ​If you offer heritage-related internships to young graduates, your non-profit organization could receive financing covering up to 75% of the associated costs.

• Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations - employers 

  ​Canadian Heritage​
  ​This grant could cover up to 75% of the costs of offering heritage-related internships to young students.

• Access to Talent Program 

  Natural Products Canada
  Canadian SMEs or start-up companies can receive up to 40% of the cost of a new employee’s salary to a maximum of $75,000 in order to carry out a project that supports the development of a natural product or technology.

• Clean Leadership — Professional Internships 

  ​Clean Foundation
  Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 50% of the costs of hiring a professional intern for a minimum of 6 months, in a position with an environmental focus.

• Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) — Youth Employment Program 

  National Research Council Canada
  Get financial assistance to help cover the cost of hiring a post-secondary graduate (15 to 30 years old) for 6 to 12 months to work on projects with R&D, engineering, multimedia or market analysis components or the development of a new product or process.

• Science and Technology (S&T) Internship Program - Green Jobs 

  ​Natural Resources Canada
  ​If your business is in the geomatics, geology, mining, forestry or energy industry, you could get money to hire a recent graduate of natural sciences.

• Tax holiday for foreign researcher salaries in Quebec 

  Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
  Attract highly skilled foreign researchers to work on SR&ED projects in Quebec by offering them a tax holiday ranging from 100% coverage of their taxable earnings in the first two years to 25% coverage in the fifth year.

• Canada Green Corps 

  United Nations Association in Canada
  ​You can apply for a wage subsidy to hire a youth for a project that reduces your organization’s environmental footprint or increases sustainability.

• Clean Leadership — Professional Internships 

  ​Clean Foundation
  Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 50% of the costs of hiring a professional intern for a minimum of 6 months, in a position with an environmental focus.

• Science and Technology (S&T) Internship Program - Green Jobs 

  ​Natural Resources Canada
  ​If your business is in the geomatics, geology, mining, forestry or energy industry, you could get money to hire a recent graduate of natural sciences.

• Transportez vert — Ecodriving Training 

  Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
  Get up to $30,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses involved in training fleet drivers of light or heavy-duty road vehicles in reducing energy consumption and driving more efficiently. Assistance covers up to $1,000 per training session.

You can also consult our other directories of financing programs.

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