Funding opportunities
Finance your projects, your students, and your success.
Employer Inquiries:
Mayolyn Dagsi
Manager, Co-op Program & Partnerships
Email: hirecoop@lassonde.yorku.ca
Address:
105 Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence,
Lassonde School of Engineering,
York University, North York, ON M3J 2S5
**Note: funding supports available can change throughout the year. Please connect with our team for any questions**
⠀Canada’s Green Jobs for Hiring Organizations – The Science & Technology Internship Program⠀
Amount: wage subsidies vary by organization
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Businesses in the Biotech sector that have a green mandate and are hiring a co-op student for a role with an environmental focus. This organization offers funding opportunities for both co-op students and new graduates.
⠀Clean Tech Internships Program⠀
Amount: up to $32,000 towards interns’ salary and training expenses
Application: via website
Deadline: renews early spring
Eligibility: Canadian companies in the clean tech industry hiring interns for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields. Interns must be no more than 30 years of age at the start of the internship and work for 6 – 12 months. The internship must be related to climate change or environmental challenges.
⠀Natural Resources Internship⠀
Amount: up to $25,000 is available for an intern’s salary, and up to $32,000 is available for the salary of Indigenous youth, youth living with disabilities and youth living in remote communities, funding can cover up to 80% of the salary
Application: via website
Deadline: renews early spring
Eligibility: Canadian companies in the natural resource sectors hiring interns for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields. Interns must be no more than 30 years of age at the start of the internship and work for 6 – 12 months. The internship must be related to processes with positive environmental outcomes or protecting the environment.
⠀Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)⠀
Amount: average 33% (up to 40%) of eligible projects costs. The average contribution is between $2 million and $4 million, with funds disbursed in 5 years or less.
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Canadian small and medium size enterprises advancing innovative technologies that are pre-commercial and have the potential to demonstrate significant and quantifiable environmental and economic benefits in one or more of the following areas: climate change, clean air, clean water, and clean soil.
⠀Science Horizons Youth Internship Program by Clean Foundation⠀
Amount: wage subsidies up to $25,000 per intern hired
Application: via website
Deadline: reopening Spring 2023
Eligibility: able to create a position with an environmental focus for an internship 6-12 months, contact ScienceHorizons@cleanfoundation.ca
⠀Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada – Co-op Program⠀
Eligibility: For Employers in Canada. Learn more
Contact: coop@eco.ca
Amount: wage subsidies vary by organization
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Businesses in the Biotech sector that have a green mandate and are hiring a co-op student for a role with an environmental focus. This organization offers funding opportunities for both co-op students and new graduates.
⠀Clean Tech Internships Program⠀
Amount: up to $32,000 towards interns’ salary and training expenses
Application: via website
Deadline: renews early spring
Eligibility: Canadian companies in the clean tech industry hiring interns for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields. Interns must be no more than 30 years of age at the start of the internship and work for 6 – 12 months. The internship must be related to climate change or environmental challenges.
⠀Natural Resources Internship⠀
Amount: up to $25,000 is available for an intern’s salary, and up to $32,000 is available for the salary of Indigenous youth, youth living with disabilities and youth living in remote communities, funding can cover up to 80% of the salary
Application: via website
Deadline: renews early spring
Eligibility: Canadian companies in the natural resource sectors hiring interns for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields. Interns must be no more than 30 years of age at the start of the internship and work for 6 – 12 months. The internship must be related to processes with positive environmental outcomes or protecting the environment.
⠀Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)⠀
Amount: average 33% (up to 40%) of eligible projects costs. The average contribution is between $2 million and $4 million, with funds disbursed in 5 years or less.
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Canadian small and medium size enterprises advancing innovative technologies that are pre-commercial and have the potential to demonstrate significant and quantifiable environmental and economic benefits in one or more of the following areas: climate change, clean air, clean water, and clean soil.
⠀Science Horizons Youth Internship Program by Clean Foundation⠀
Amount: wage subsidies up to $25,000 per intern hired
Application: via website
Deadline: reopening Spring 2023
Eligibility: able to create a position with an environmental focus for an internship 6-12 months, contact ScienceHorizons@cleanfoundation.ca
⠀Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada – Co-op Program⠀
Eligibility: For Employers in Canada. Learn more
Contact: coop@eco.ca
⠀A L B E R T A⠀
⠀Alberta Innovates⠀
Amount: varies by program
Application: via website
Deadline: varies
Eligibility: Alberta Innovates is the province’s largest research and innovation agency, providing comprehensive support services ranging from funding to commercialization.
⠀Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG)⠀
Amount: If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 100% of training costs could be covered, up to $15,000 per trainee.
Individual employers will have a cap of $300,000 for the amount of grant funding they can receive per fiscal year.
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: eligible employers, trainees, training providers, and record of training credential.
⠀N E W⠀B R U N S W I C K⠀
⠀Student Employment Experience Development (SEED)⠀
Amount: up to 50% for private sector and 100% for non-profit wage subsidy
Application: GNB or workingnb.ca
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Employers in New Brunswick who are hiring students enrolled full-time in a post-secondary institution. Students must be residents of New Brunswick and work for a maximum of 14 weeks between April 30 and the Friday after Labour Day each year.
⠀N E W F O U N D L A N D⠀
⠀Student Summer Employment Program (SSEP)⠀
Amount: private sector employers will be eligible to receive a wage subsidy reimbursement of 60% of the student’s hourly wage, and 100% of minimum wage subsidy plus 15% employment-related cost offset for non-profits
Application: gov.nl.ca
Deadline: by the 5th of April
Eligibility: Employers with an established operation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Employers must hire students for 5 – 12 weeks and must work 25 – 40 hours/week
⠀JobsNL Wage Subsidy⠀
Amount: two subsidy options: 42-week and 28-week period of employment
Application: via website
Eligibility: An individual hired prior to the date an application is submitted, is not eligible for funding.
⠀Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy (AWS) Program⠀
Amount: The program provides a wage subsidy of 75%, to a maximum of $14/hr, for all apprentices funded under the program, and is paid directly to the employers who hire the apprentice.
Application: via website
Eligibility: employer, online application, apprentice.
⠀N O V A⠀S C O T I A⠀
⠀Energy Training Program for Students⠀
Amount: up to 50% of student’s wages for a 12 – 17 week work term
Application: application forms
Deadline: typically late February
Eligibility: Business in Nova Scotia with a direct connection to the energy sector who are hiring students who have started work by May 21st and can work until Aug 24th
⠀Research & Development Tax Credit⠀
Amount: 15% of research expenditures, Federal credit claim on T661 and Nova Scotia credit claimed on schedule 340 of Nova Scotia T2 form
Application: application forms or novascotia.ca
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Corporations in Nova Scotia that incur qualified scientific research and development expenditures made in Nova Scotia
⠀Student Summer Skills Incentive Program (SKILL)⠀
Amount: varies based on industry
Application: application forms
Deadline: typically late January
Eligibility: Non-profit organizations that hire post-secondary students who are either residents of Nova Scotia or have resided in the province for at least 6 months before their work term. Students must work between April 23 and August 31 each year
⠀Q U E B E C⠀
⠀Tax Credit for OJT⠀
Amount: 24 – 30% credit for eligible expenses
Application: application forms
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Corporations in Quebec that incurred expenses by hiring a qualified student trainee as part of a qualified training period. The assignment period must be completed in Quebec and the student must be enrolled full time at a recognized educational institution.
⠀École de
technologie
supérieure tax credit
About: more information
Deadline: End of work term (send original forms to the Ministere du Revenue)
Eligibility: Employers at corporations located in Quebec hiring students who are enrolled in a full-time post-secondary program that includes at least 140 hours of co-op employment
⠀Y U K O N⠀
⠀Yukon Research and Development Tax Credit⠀
Amount: 15 or 20% credit for eligible expenditures
Application: application forms complete SCH 442 form and file with T2 corporate income tax return
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Any corporation that has maintained a permanent establishment in the Yukon at any time during the taxation year for which the credit is being claimed. Eligible expenditures are those incurred during research and development in the field of science or technology.
⠀Alberta Innovates⠀
Amount: varies by program
Application: via website
Deadline: varies
Eligibility: Alberta Innovates is the province’s largest research and innovation agency, providing comprehensive support services ranging from funding to commercialization.
⠀Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG)⠀
Amount: If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 100% of training costs could be covered, up to $15,000 per trainee.
Individual employers will have a cap of $300,000 for the amount of grant funding they can receive per fiscal year.
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: eligible employers, trainees, training providers, and record of training credential.
⠀N E W⠀B R U N S W I C K⠀
⠀Student Employment Experience Development (SEED)⠀
Amount: up to 50% for private sector and 100% for non-profit wage subsidy
Application: GNB or workingnb.ca
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Employers in New Brunswick who are hiring students enrolled full-time in a post-secondary institution. Students must be residents of New Brunswick and work for a maximum of 14 weeks between April 30 and the Friday after Labour Day each year.
⠀N E W F O U N D L A N D⠀
⠀Student Summer Employment Program (SSEP)⠀
Amount: private sector employers will be eligible to receive a wage subsidy reimbursement of 60% of the student’s hourly wage, and 100% of minimum wage subsidy plus 15% employment-related cost offset for non-profits
Application: gov.nl.ca
Deadline: by the 5th of April
Eligibility: Employers with an established operation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Employers must hire students for 5 – 12 weeks and must work 25 – 40 hours/week
⠀JobsNL Wage Subsidy⠀
Amount: two subsidy options: 42-week and 28-week period of employment
Application: via website
Eligibility: An individual hired prior to the date an application is submitted, is not eligible for funding.
⠀Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy (AWS) Program⠀
Amount: The program provides a wage subsidy of 75%, to a maximum of $14/hr, for all apprentices funded under the program, and is paid directly to the employers who hire the apprentice.
Application: via website
Eligibility: employer, online application, apprentice.
⠀N O V A⠀S C O T I A⠀
⠀Energy Training Program for Students⠀
Amount: up to 50% of student’s wages for a 12 – 17 week work term
Application: application forms
Deadline: typically late February
Eligibility: Business in Nova Scotia with a direct connection to the energy sector who are hiring students who have started work by May 21st and can work until Aug 24th
⠀Research & Development Tax Credit⠀
Amount: 15% of research expenditures, Federal credit claim on T661 and Nova Scotia credit claimed on schedule 340 of Nova Scotia T2 form
Application: application forms or novascotia.ca
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Corporations in Nova Scotia that incur qualified scientific research and development expenditures made in Nova Scotia
⠀Student Summer Skills Incentive Program (SKILL)⠀
Amount: varies based on industry
Application: application forms
Deadline: typically late January
Eligibility: Non-profit organizations that hire post-secondary students who are either residents of Nova Scotia or have resided in the province for at least 6 months before their work term. Students must work between April 23 and August 31 each year
⠀Q U E B E C⠀
⠀Tax Credit for OJT⠀
Amount: 24 – 30% credit for eligible expenses
Application: application forms
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Corporations in Quebec that incurred expenses by hiring a qualified student trainee as part of a qualified training period. The assignment period must be completed in Quebec and the student must be enrolled full time at a recognized educational institution.
⠀École de
technologie
supérieure tax credit
About: more information
Deadline: End of work term (send original forms to the Ministere du Revenue)
Eligibility: Employers at corporations located in Quebec hiring students who are enrolled in a full-time post-secondary program that includes at least 140 hours of co-op employment
⠀Y U K O N⠀
⠀Yukon Research and Development Tax Credit⠀
Amount: 15 or 20% credit for eligible expenditures
Application: application forms complete SCH 442 form and file with T2 corporate income tax return
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Any corporation that has maintained a permanent establishment in the Yukon at any time during the taxation year for which the credit is being claimed. Eligible expenditures are those incurred during research and development in the field of science or technology.
⠀Canada’s Business Benefits Finder⠀
Amount: varies
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Find government programs to help grow your business.
⠀Achieving Innovation & Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) – AIME Green⠀
Amount: up to a maximum of $100,000 with 50% shared costs
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Have between 10-1000 employees in southern Ontario;
Have been continuously in business for at least three years (3 years);
Must be able to demonstrate a solid financial footing over the three year period;
Manufacturing facility or facilities in Southern Ontario (see map);
Manufacture a specific product for sale in Ontario or elsewhere
⠀Eastern Ontario Development Fund⠀
Amount: 15 – 50% of eligible project costs up to $1.5 million
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Businesses that support economic development in Eastern Ontario. This includes job creation, innovation, and the ability to attract private sector investment.
⠀Eco-Canada Wage Subsidy Program⠀
Amount: up to 50% of a new employee’s wage
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Employers who work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or natural resources are are looking to hire new full-time environmental jobs. This program may be used to fund multiple new positions.
⠀Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)⠀
Amount: varies
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: The Canada-Ontario Job Grant provides direct financial support to individual employers or employer consortia who wish to purchase training for their employees. It is available to small, medium and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees.
⠀Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)⠀
Amount: 50 – 75% of eligible expenses
Application: via website
Deadline: typically end of March
Eligibility: Businesses in Northern Ontario who fall under one of the programs available through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation: Northern Business Opportunity Fund, Northern Innovation Program, Strategic Economic Infrastructure Program, Northern Community Capacity Building Program, Northern Event Partnership Program, or the Northern Ontario Internship Program.
⠀NRC – IRAP⠀
Amount: varies
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: SMEs in Canada with the objective to grow and generate profits through technology innovation projects and youth employment strategy programs.
⠀OCI SmartStart Seed Fund⠀
Amount: up to $60,000
Application: currently closed
Deadline: typically early May
Eligibility: Entrepreneurs who are founding Ontario-based start-ups
⠀OCI Collaborate 2 Commercialize⠀
Amount: 50% (maximum) of total eligible project costs, from $20,000 to $150,000
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Research partner, industry partner and project. The Collaborate 2 Commercialize (C2C) supports the collaboration between Academia and Industry to solve an industry‐based problem and drive the commercialization of Intellectual Property (IP).
⠀Southwestern Ontario Development Fund⠀
Amount: 15 – 50% of eligible costs up to $1.5 million
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Businesses that support economic development in Southwestern Ontario. This includes job creation innovation, and the ability to attract private sector investment.
Amount: varies
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Find government programs to help grow your business.
⠀Achieving Innovation & Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) – AIME Green⠀
Amount: up to a maximum of $100,000 with 50% shared costs
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Have between 10-1000 employees in southern Ontario;
Have been continuously in business for at least three years (3 years);
Must be able to demonstrate a solid financial footing over the three year period;
Manufacturing facility or facilities in Southern Ontario (see map);
Manufacture a specific product for sale in Ontario or elsewhere
⠀Eastern Ontario Development Fund⠀
Amount: 15 – 50% of eligible project costs up to $1.5 million
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Businesses that support economic development in Eastern Ontario. This includes job creation, innovation, and the ability to attract private sector investment.
⠀Eco-Canada Wage Subsidy Program⠀
Amount: up to 50% of a new employee’s wage
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Employers who work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or natural resources are are looking to hire new full-time environmental jobs. This program may be used to fund multiple new positions.
⠀Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)⠀
Amount: varies
Application: via website
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: The Canada-Ontario Job Grant provides direct financial support to individual employers or employer consortia who wish to purchase training for their employees. It is available to small, medium and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees.
⠀Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)⠀
Amount: 50 – 75% of eligible expenses
Application: via website
Deadline: typically end of March
Eligibility: Businesses in Northern Ontario who fall under one of the programs available through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation: Northern Business Opportunity Fund, Northern Innovation Program, Strategic Economic Infrastructure Program, Northern Community Capacity Building Program, Northern Event Partnership Program, or the Northern Ontario Internship Program.
⠀NRC – IRAP⠀
Amount: varies
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: SMEs in Canada with the objective to grow and generate profits through technology innovation projects and youth employment strategy programs.
⠀OCI SmartStart Seed Fund⠀
Amount: up to $60,000
Application: currently closed
Deadline: typically early May
Eligibility: Entrepreneurs who are founding Ontario-based start-ups
⠀OCI Collaborate 2 Commercialize⠀
Amount: 50% (maximum) of total eligible project costs, from $20,000 to $150,000
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Research partner, industry partner and project. The Collaborate 2 Commercialize (C2C) supports the collaboration between Academia and Industry to solve an industry‐based problem and drive the commercialization of Intellectual Property (IP).
⠀Southwestern Ontario Development Fund⠀
Amount: 15 – 50% of eligible costs up to $1.5 million
Application: by contact
Deadline: ongoing
Eligibility: Businesses that support economic development in Southwestern Ontario. This includes job creation innovation, and the ability to attract private sector investment.
⠀Canada Summer Jobs Wage Subsidy⠀
Amount: 50% coverage, non-profit organizations 100%
Application: by contact
Deadline: early January
Eligibility: If you are a non-profit, public, or private sector employer who is hiring a post-secondary student during the summer for 6 – 16 weeks
⠀Government of Ontario – Summer Experience Program⠀
Amount: varies
Application: by contact
Deadline: typically early March
Eligibility: Non-for-profit organizations, municipalities, Indigenous organizations, and First Nation communities who want to create meaningful summer employment opportunities for students. Jobs must be support either: the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Ministry of the Status of Women, or the Ministry of Seniors Affairs.
Amount: 50% coverage, non-profit organizations 100%
Application: by contact
Deadline: early January
Eligibility: If you are a non-profit, public, or private sector employer who is hiring a post-secondary student during the summer for 6 – 16 weeks
⠀Government of Ontario – Summer Experience Program⠀
Amount: varies
Application: by contact
Deadline: typically early March
Eligibility: Non-for-profit organizations, municipalities, Indigenous organizations, and First Nation communities who want to create meaningful summer employment opportunities for students. Jobs must be support either: the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Ministry of the Status of Women, or the Ministry of Seniors Affairs.
⠀Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit⠀
Amount: up to $3000. Claim on Schedule 550 of your T2 corporation income tax return. Unincorporated businesses claim on Form ON479 in their personal tax return.
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Any Ontario non-government employer hiring from a post-secondary co-op program
⠀Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)⠀
Amount: 8 – 10% refundable credit up to $300,000/yr. Claim on Schedule 556 and file with T2 corporation income tax return.
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Corporations in Ontario that carry out scientific research and experimental development can claim qualified expenditures, including expenses related to a co-op student.
⠀Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC)⠀
Amount: 18 – 40% for eligible expenditures
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Ontario’s cultural entrepreneurs from the book and magazine publishing, film and television production, sound recording, and interactive digital media content production industries who want to grow their businesses
⠀Ontario Research and Development Tax Credit (ORDTC)⠀
Amount: 15 – 35% for eligible expenditures. Claim on Schedule 508 and file with T2 corporation income tax return.
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors who complete research and development in Canada. This includes basic research, applied research, and experiential development.
Amount: up to $3000. Claim on Schedule 550 of your T2 corporation income tax return. Unincorporated businesses claim on Form ON479 in their personal tax return.
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Any Ontario non-government employer hiring from a post-secondary co-op program
⠀Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)⠀
Amount: 8 – 10% refundable credit up to $300,000/yr. Claim on Schedule 556 and file with T2 corporation income tax return.
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Corporations in Ontario that carry out scientific research and experimental development can claim qualified expenditures, including expenses related to a co-op student.
⠀Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC)⠀
Amount: 18 – 40% for eligible expenditures
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Ontario’s cultural entrepreneurs from the book and magazine publishing, film and television production, sound recording, and interactive digital media content production industries who want to grow their businesses
⠀Ontario Research and Development Tax Credit (ORDTC)⠀
Amount: 15 – 35% for eligible expenditures. Claim on Schedule 508 and file with T2 corporation income tax return.
Application: application
Deadline: tax season
Eligibility: Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors who complete research and development in Canada. This includes basic research, applied research, and experiential development.
⠀Employment and Social Development Canada⠀
Amount: Up to 50% of wage cost up to $5000 per placement and 70% up to $7000 for under-represented students including first-years, women in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disabilities and newcomers
Application: by contact
Deadline: based on the program applied, see available programs
Eligibility: Employers who partner with local post-secondary institutions that are delivering programs in the fields of STEM and business to provide work placements for these students
⠀NEW* Magnet Student Work Placement⠀
Eligibility: For registered Canadian businesses or non-profits. Learn more
Contact: swpp@magnet.today
⠀Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) – Empowering Futures⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the electrical power sector*. Learn more
Contact: Yoana Turnin, Program Manager
Phone: (613) 235-5540 ext. 243
Email: turnin@ehrc.ca
⠀Technation (*Formerly known as ITAC) – Career Ready Program⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the information and communications technology sector. More information here.
Contact: careerready@technationcanada.ca
⠀Information and Communication Technology Council – WIL Digital Subsidy⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the technology sector (or related projects). More information here.
Contact: wil_digital@ictc-ctic.ca
⠀Canadian Council for Aerospace and Aviation⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the aerospace and aviation industry. Website
Contact: Kethy S-K Sangaré, Project Coordinator, Phone: (613) 727-8272, ext. 261, Email: ksossokolle@avaerocouncil.ca
⠀Biotalent Canada⠀
Eligibility: For Employers within the Biotechnology Industry (or related projects). Learn more
Contact: Benita Uruhisho, Outreach and Business Development Representative, Phone: 1-866-243-2472, ext. 234, Email: buruhisho@biotalent.ca
Colleen Hayes, Outreach and Business Development Officer, Phone: 1-866-243-2472, ext. 221, Email: chayes@biotalent.ca
⠀Toronto Finance International (TFI) – Aspire⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the financial services sector. Please note that ASPIRE does not provide wage subsidies. ASPIRE offers educational resources to help employers with recruitment and forming strong industry/academic links. Learn more
Contact: Phone: (416) 933-6780
Email: aspire@tfi.ca
⠀Venture for Canada – Internship Program⠀
Eligibility: For startups or related entrepreneurial projects and innovation in Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, and the Prairies. Learn more
Contact: Send an email through this form
⠀WILWorks Student Work Placement Program by EMC Canada⠀
Eligibility: up to $7,000 per student work placement, subsidy to Canada’s employers in manufacturing and related sectors Learn more
Contact: Wendy Gray, Senior Project Coordinator wgray@emccanada.org
⠀Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) Gearing Up Program⠀
Eligibility: Gearing Up is the student work placement program for Canada’s mining sector (or related projects). The program offers wage subsidies up to $7,000. Learn more
Contact: Priya Pandit, Manager, Employment Initiatives ppandit@mihr.ca (613) 270-9696 ext.63 gearingup@mihr.ca
⠀Mitacs Accelerate Program⠀
Eligibility: All sectors. Augment your R&D budget. Get better leveraging for projects with three or more interns and six or more internships. Learn more
Contact: accelerate@mitacs.ca If you are a for-profit corporation, an eligible not-for-profit organization, a municipality or a hospital needing academic expertise for an upcoming project, please complete this form.
⠀Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) Program⠀
Eligibility: Mitacs provides students with 4-to-6-month internships, up to $15,000 in funding plus an additional employer contribution of $7,500. Learn more
Contact: Rachel Sung, Mitacs Advisor (York University), Phone: 647.616.5817, rsung@mitacs.ca, general inquiries: bd@mitacs.ca
Amount: Up to 50% of wage cost up to $5000 per placement and 70% up to $7000 for under-represented students including first-years, women in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disabilities and newcomers
Application: by contact
Deadline: based on the program applied, see available programs
Eligibility: Employers who partner with local post-secondary institutions that are delivering programs in the fields of STEM and business to provide work placements for these students
⠀NEW* Magnet Student Work Placement⠀
Eligibility: For registered Canadian businesses or non-profits. Learn more
Contact: swpp@magnet.today
⠀Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) – Empowering Futures⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the electrical power sector*. Learn more
Contact: Yoana Turnin, Program Manager
Phone: (613) 235-5540 ext. 243
Email: turnin@ehrc.ca
⠀Technation (*Formerly known as ITAC) – Career Ready Program⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the information and communications technology sector. More information here.
Contact: careerready@technationcanada.ca
⠀Information and Communication Technology Council – WIL Digital Subsidy⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the technology sector (or related projects). More information here.
Contact: wil_digital@ictc-ctic.ca
⠀Canadian Council for Aerospace and Aviation⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the aerospace and aviation industry. Website
Contact: Kethy S-K Sangaré, Project Coordinator, Phone: (613) 727-8272, ext. 261, Email: ksossokolle@avaerocouncil.ca
⠀Biotalent Canada⠀
Eligibility: For Employers within the Biotechnology Industry (or related projects). Learn more
Contact: Benita Uruhisho, Outreach and Business Development Representative, Phone: 1-866-243-2472, ext. 234, Email: buruhisho@biotalent.ca
Colleen Hayes, Outreach and Business Development Officer, Phone: 1-866-243-2472, ext. 221, Email: chayes@biotalent.ca
⠀Toronto Finance International (TFI) – Aspire⠀
Eligibility: For employers within the financial services sector. Please note that ASPIRE does not provide wage subsidies. ASPIRE offers educational resources to help employers with recruitment and forming strong industry/academic links. Learn more
Contact: Phone: (416) 933-6780
Email: aspire@tfi.ca
⠀Venture for Canada – Internship Program⠀
Eligibility: For startups or related entrepreneurial projects and innovation in Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, and the Prairies. Learn more
Contact: Send an email through this form
⠀WILWorks Student Work Placement Program by EMC Canada⠀
Eligibility: up to $7,000 per student work placement, subsidy to Canada’s employers in manufacturing and related sectors Learn more
Contact: Wendy Gray, Senior Project Coordinator wgray@emccanada.org
⠀Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) Gearing Up Program⠀
Eligibility: Gearing Up is the student work placement program for Canada’s mining sector (or related projects). The program offers wage subsidies up to $7,000. Learn more
Contact: Priya Pandit, Manager, Employment Initiatives ppandit@mihr.ca (613) 270-9696 ext.63 gearingup@mihr.ca
⠀Mitacs Accelerate Program⠀
Eligibility: All sectors. Augment your R&D budget. Get better leveraging for projects with three or more interns and six or more internships. Learn more
Contact: accelerate@mitacs.ca If you are a for-profit corporation, an eligible not-for-profit organization, a municipality or a hospital needing academic expertise for an upcoming project, please complete this form.
⠀Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) Program⠀
Eligibility: Mitacs provides students with 4-to-6-month internships, up to $15,000 in funding plus an additional employer contribution of $7,500. Learn more
Contact: Rachel Sung, Mitacs Advisor (York University), Phone: 647.616.5817, rsung@mitacs.ca, general inquiries: bd@mitacs.ca