Career Launcher Apprenticeship Program
Canada
Financial incentive for employers in construction and manufacturing
grant_single_labels|summary
grant_single|eligibleFinancing
- grant_single|maxCount
grant_single|deadlines
- grant_single|openingDateMarch 01, 2023
- grant_single|closingDateMarch 01, 2024
grant_single|financingType
Wage Subsidies And Interns
grant_single|eligibleIndustries
- Construction
- Manufacturing
grant_single|grantors
- Colleges and Institutes Canada
grant_single|status
grant_card_status|open
grant_single_labels|preview
Employers can receive $5,000 to hire a first-year apprentice and $5,000 more for an equity-deserving apprentice, in one of the 39 Red Seal construction or manufacturing trades. Equity-deserving groups include women, Indigenous people, persons with disabil
grant_single_labels|projects
- Career Launcher Apprenticeships
grant_single|admissibleProjectsExample
$10,000
Hire a first-year apprentice with disability for a plumbing project
$10,000
Hire two first-year apprentices for a woodworking project
$10,000
Engage an equity-deserving apprentice for a welding project
$10,000
Engage a first-year female apprentice in a welding project
$10,000
Employ a first-year apprentice to support an HVAC installation
$10,000
Hire a first-year apprentice from an Indigenous group for an electrical project
grant_single_labels|admissibility
- Employers must be small or medium-sized in the construction or manufacturing sectors
- Employers can receive $10,000 to hire a first-year apprentice who self-identifies as a member of an eligible equity-deserving group
- Employers receive $5,000 if the apprentice is not from an equity-deserving group
- Eligible equity-deserving groups include women, Indigenous people, newcomers, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, including racialized communities, and 2SLGBTQI+ people
grant_eligibility_criteria|who_can_apply
- Small and medium-sized employers in construction
- Small and medium-sized employers in manufacturing sectors
grant_eligibility_criteria|eligible_expenses
- Employer incentives for hiring first-year apprentices
- Financial support for small and medium-sized employers in construction and manufacturing sectors
- Support for apprentices from eligible equity-deserving groups
grant_eligibility_criteria|zone
- Canada
grant_single_labels|criteria
- Financial incentives for small and medium-sized employers in construction and manufacturing sectors
- Hiring first-year apprentices in 39 Red Seal trades
- Promoting equitable work and learning opportunities for all Canadians
- Preference for apprentices who self-identify as members of eligible equity-deserving groups
- Specific focus on women, Indigenous people, newcomers, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and 2SLGBTQI+ people
- Total of 5,360 apprentices benefiting over two years, with 1,300 from equity-deserving groups
grant_single_labels|register
- Check if your organization qualifies as a small or medium-sized employer in the construction or manufacturing sectors.
- Identify the eligible equity-deserving groups for apprenticeship under the Career Launcher Apprenticeships program.
- Determine the Red Seal trades in which you plan to hire first-year apprentices.
- Review the application process and requirements for the grant funding.
- Submit your application for the Career Launcher Apprenticeships program.
grant_single_labels|otherInfo
- Financial incentives for small and medium-sized employers in construction and manufacturing sectors
- Promotes equitable work and learning opportunities for all Canadians
- $10,000 available to hire a first-year apprentice from an equity-deserving group
- $5,000 available if the apprentice is not from an equity-deserving group
- 5,360 apprentices will benefit over two years, including 1,300 from equity-deserving groups
- Eligible equity-deserving groups include women, Indigenous people, newcomers, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and 2SLGBTQI+ people
- Funded by the Government of Canada’s Apprenticeship Service Program
