Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)

Canada-Ontario Job Grant (the Job Grant) provides an opportunity for employers to invest in their workforce, with help from the government.

The Job Grant will provide direct financial support to individual employers who wish to purchase training for their employees. It will be available to small, medium and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees, and will:

• Provide up to $10,000 in government support per person for training costs.
• Employers with 100 or more employees need to contribute 1/2 of the training costs. Small employers with less than 100 employees need to contribute 1/6 of the training costs.
• Require training to be delivered by an eligible, third-party trainer.

If you’re an employer with a particular skills demand, the Canada-Ontario Job Grant might be right for you. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

• Questions and Answers for Employers
• Employer Training Presentation

As part of the Canada-Ontario Job Grant, the ministry has launched two, new, employer-driven skills training pilots—Canada-Ontario Job Grant: Customized Training and Canada-Ontario Job Grant: UpSkill.
These pilots test different ways of working with employers to provide short-term, flexible training targeted at workplace needs:

• The Canada-Ontario Job Grant: Customized Training pilot will assist in the development and delivery of firm-specific training solutions that meet employers’ workforce development needs, where no such training exists.
• The Canada-Ontario Job Grant: UpSkill pilot will support employers in participating sectors meet their workforce development needs by providing employees with short-term technical and essential skills training aligned with the shared needs of the sector. These pilots are based on research and evidence from successful workforce training programs. We know that:
  • Greater employer participation in workforce training benefits businesses, employers and job seekers.
  • Partnerships between employers and training providers have been proven to produce a more efficient, effective and resilient workforce.

This Employment Ontario Service is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

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This Employment Ontario service is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario and is administered by Algonquin College in Pembroke, Eganville and Barry's Bay.