Incentives & Funding

Grants and Funding Programs – General

Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships Program (Government of Alberta) – grant funding for Indigenous communities and organizations to deliver group-training projects designed in partnership with employers and other partners.

Wage subsidies and assistance programs (Government of Canada) – information on federal programs to help you hire the right employees for your business.

Training on the Job Program (WCB Alberta) –subsidy to employers to hire and train someone who is unable to return to their regular job due to a workplace injury. The worker develops skills and gains work experience while the employer receives financial support from WCB during the employee’s training period.

Workforce Partnership Grant (Government of Alberta) – grant program to support labour market adjustment strategies and workforce development through partnerships. The program includes Labour Market Partnerships and Workforce Attraction and Retention Partnership projects.

Workforce Strategies Grant (Government of Alberta) – grants to support organizations with innovative solutions that will help Albertans develop new skills and assist employers and industry to grow their workforce.

Workplace Training Program (Government of Alberta) – offers eligible Albertans work-site training and paid work experience. Participating employers provide on-the-job training and/or work experience with government funding contributions, with the expectation that participants maintain employment after completion of the program.

Aviation Skills Grant (Government of Alberta) - Private sector and non-profit employers in the aviation and aerospace industry in Alberta can apply for funding to offset employer training costs for new and unfilled jobs.

Ukrainian Rural Attraction Project website - Are you struggling to get employees? This is a new provincial funded program lead by Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) to match Ukrainian nationals with employers in rural Alberta.

Addressing the Agriculture Labour Task Force Grant Program - funding to increase public awareness of agricultural career opportunities and to provide human resources training to support worker retention.

Food Futures Program (Alberta Food Processors Association) – wage subsidies of 50% (to maximum of $5,000) are available to hire current post-secondary students and recent grads (within 6 months) for temporary work experience placements (minimum 200 hours). Placements can be in any area relevant to the industry, including nutrition and food science, agriculture, technologists, accounting and finance, human resources, IT, logistics, safety, engineering, business, etc.

Child Care Space Creation Grant (Government of Alberta) – funding for new non-profit licensed child care spaces.

Training & Wage Subsidies for Environmental Jobs (ECO Canada) - employment programs that stimulate environmental career pathways, skill development, business growth, workforce support and workforce advancement through wage and training funding.

Trucking HR Canada - Career Expressway - supports employers with recruitment efforts, helping them take advantage of industry specific financial incentives while connecting them with career seekers in the trucking and logistics sector.