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Amount

50% of the wages (to a maximum of $5,000) for each net new placement.
70% of the wages (to a maximum of $7,000) for each net new placement for under-represented groups including women in STEM, Indigenous students, newcomers, and persons with disabilities, visible minority as well as first-year students.

Eligibility
Registered Canadian businesses and not-for-profit organizations from the agriculture industry. Including but not limited to: field crops, primary producers, greenhouse, horticulture, aquaculture, veterinary clinics servicing farm animals/ livestock, farm equipment dealerships, input dealers and agriculture focused media agencies

How to Apply
Visit the and submit a funding application through .

Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council
1410 Blair Towers Place, Suite 404
Ottawa, Ontario
K1J 9B9

Tel.: 613-745-7457
Email: info@cahrc-ccrha.ca

Amount

Up to $5,000 – $7,000 per student (50-70% wage subsidies; up to $7,000 is specifically available for first-year co-op students and under-represented groups).

Eligibility

Organizations in Canada. To qualify for the program, either:

1. the position needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus or
2. the employer needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus.

Please visit for full eligibility requirements.

How to Apply

BioTalent Canada is only accepting applications submitted online. PDFs are no longer accepted. To access the online submission tools, please log into your biotalent.ca account. If you do not have an account, you can 

To ensure enough processing time, applications must be submitted at least six weeks before the work term end date.

Questions? Contact Colleen at 1-866-243-2472, ext. 218 or askme@biotalent.ca.

For employers within the aerospace and aviation industry.

Amount

Up to $5,000 – $7,000 per student (50-70% wage subsidies; up to $7,000 is specifically available for first-year co-op students and under-represented groups).

Eligibility

Organizations in Canada working in the aerospace and aviation industry.

How to Apply

Visit the website for more information. 

• The employer completes the simple online form: 
• CCAA accesses eligibility criteria within 48 hours and contacts the employer – See eligibility criteria: 
• Upon approval, the employer provides simple documents to support their application.
• CCAA and the employer sign a contract and agree to a payment schedule.

For employers that are members of the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) 

Amount

Mentee stipend - $7,800 (minimum)

• $5,850 from the program
• $1,950 from the mentor company

Eligibility

Mentee eligibility

• Must be a post-secondary student enrolled in an accredited educational institution
• Must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee status has been conferred
• Must be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations
• Cannot be an employee or family member of the mentor company

Mentor company eligibility

• Must be a member of the CMPA
• Must be co-applying with a mentee candidate* The CMPA will, on a case-by-case basis, endeavor to pair mentor companies with suitable candidates. This does not guarantee that an application will be successful given the limited number of spots available
• Must contribute a minimum of $1,950 toward the mentee stipend
• A mentor applicant cannot be an employer or family member of the mentee with whom they are submitting a joint application

How to Apply

*If you don’t have a candidate, your posting will be circulated to post-secondary educational institutions: 

If you already identified a candidate you’d like to work with, apply below: 

More information: 

Contact: Sarolta Csete sarolta.csete@cmpa.ca

Amount

75% wage subsidy, up to a maximum of $7,500

Eligibility

With funding from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), CHRC is launching the Student Work Placement (SWP) Program for the Canadian cultural sector. This program aims to connect students to Canadian cultural sector employers with wage subsidies for work terms that offer students relevant work experience to their field of study.

Organizations in Canada within the cultural sector, both for-profit and non-for-profit, including:

• creative and artistic disciplines
• cultural management
• technical and operational
• heritage collection and preservation 

Federal, provincial, municipal and territorial governments are not eligible.

How to Apply

Find a link to the "Employer Subsidy Intake Form" through

Email: info@culturalhrc.ca

CULTURAL HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL
CHRC, c/o Impact Hub Ottawa, 123 Slater St., 6th Floor, Ottawa ON  K1P 5H2
Tel. 613-562-1535 / Fax. 613-562-2982

For employers within the electrical power sector.

Students may be enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, arts, or business program.

Amount

The wage subsidy covers the cost of a co-op student’s salary by up to 70%, to a maximum of $7,000.

Eligibility

How to Apply

To qualify for the Electricity Human Resources Canada's program:

1. Ensure your organization meets all terms and conditions stated above and on the Empowering Futures website.
2. Apply through the platform. (Using Funding for Futures, create an account, choose the program you wish to apply for by answering a  question, and then manage the process from application to claim. 

The Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) delivers the Student Work Placement Program to Canadian manufacturers.

The program offers wage subsidies ranging from up to $5,000 to $7,000 per student placement.

SWPP provides 50% (or up to $5,000) per placement, or 70% (up to $7,000) for students from underrepresented groups:

• Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
• First-year students
• Recent immigrants (within last 5 years)
• Visible minorities
• Indigenous people
• Persons with disabilities

International students are not eligible.

Students may be hired into direct or indirect roles, including human resources, finance, graphic design, and I.T. The WIL experience must be recognized by the student’s post secondary institution to be eligible.

To apply online for the WILWorks wage subsidy placement please visit the platform.

If you require assistance, please contact Wendy Gray, Senior Project Coordinator, at wgray@emccanada.org or 519-377-5709, or Susan McLachlan, Project Coordinator, at smclachlan@emccanada.org.

Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium
PO Box 396
Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 5P7
1-866-323-4362

For employers within the environmental sector or who have related projects.

Amount

Up to $5,000 per student (50% wage subsidies).

Eligibility

Organizations in Canada working in the environmental sector and are looking to hire students Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) or Business.

How to Apply

Complete Eco Canada's

For Quebec organizations and companies to fund internships at the professional, collegial and university levels. 

Amount

Receive up to:

• 50% of the gross salary of each eligible intern, for a maximum of $5,000 per student.
• 70% of the gross salary of each intern from a diverse background or first year, for a maximum of $7,000.

Eligibility

The employer must:

• Be a non-profit organization or a private sector company.
• Be based in Quebec.
• Commit to paying at least minimum wage to interns for the duration of the WIL experience (copies of interns’ first and last pay stubs will be required).
• Comply with all federal and provincial human rights and labour laws and regulations, as well as all other relevant standards, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  and the Labour Standards Act.
• Ensure coverage of interns by the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de
  la sécurité du travail (CNESST) or other workplace insurance, if applicable.
• Not apply for grants for paid interns who are federally funded under another federal funding program.

Ineligible companies:

• Federal, provincial, territorial or municipal governments, and related organizations such
  as educational institutions, hospitals, etc.
• Companies in the financial sector with 500 or more employees.
• Members of the House of Commons and the Senate.
• Organizations engaged in partisan political activities.

For more information: 

How to Apply

For information on how to apply:  

Amount

75% wage subsidy, up to a maximum of $7,500

Eligibility

Employers within the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

Work terms should be relevant to food and beverage manufacturing and related sectors.

How to Apply

Project Manager:
Deborah McGowan
902.616.2317
dmcgowan@fpsc-ctac.com

Project Specialist:
Tiffany Gelvez
613.237.7988
tgelvez@fpsc-ctac.com

Food Processing Skills Canada
3030 Conroy Road, Suite 201 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 6C2
Phone 613.237.7988
Toll Free 1.877.96 FPHRC (963-7472)
info@swpp-fpsc.com

For employers within the technology sector or who have related projects.

Amount

WIL Digital provides 50% of the student’s salary up to $5,000, or 70% up to $7,000 for underrepresented students.

Eligibility

Applications must be from a registered business or not-for-profit organization that provides a student with a meaningful work placement which includes a Digital or Technology component and uses technology in some capacity.

See the  for more information.

How to Apply

Visit the site to apply. 

Employers must have a candidate before applying.

Information and Communications Technology Council
275 Slater Street, Suite 802
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5H9

Application Assistance: 613-237-8551 extension 159
wil_digital@ictc-ctic.ca

For businesses and not-for-profit organizations.

Amount

• 50% of the wages (to a maximum of $5,000) for each net new placement.
• 70% of the wages (to a maximum of $7,000) for each net new placement for under-represented groups including women in STEM, Indigenous students, newcomers, and persons with disabilities, visible minority as well as first-year students.

Eligibility

Registered, Canadian business or not-for-profit organization with the financial capacity to pay the student for the full duration of the work term, as Magnet administers the wage subsidy after the work term has ended.

How to Apply

Apply through  and its  recruiting platform.

No candidate needed at the time of application.

For employers within the mining and mineral exploration sectors.

Amount

Up to $5,000 – $7,000 per student (50-70% wage subsidies; up to $7,000 is specifically available for first-year co-op students and under-represented groups).

Eligibility

Canadian-owned company, or a Canadian subsidiary, or a not-for-profit, involved in the mining and mineral exploration sectors.

More information is available in the

How to Apply

Complete the . Contact gearingup@mihr.ca for more information.

Employers may apply for the Gearing Up wage subsidy before or after hiring a co-op student.

50 Frank Nighbor Place
Unit 105
Kanata, ON K2V 1B9
(613) 270-9696
1-877-424-8913
info@mihr.ca

For registered Canadian businesses or non-profits. 

Amount

Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).

Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.

Placements must be ‘net new’ to qualify for funding. Net new is determined by subtracting the number of students hired by an employer in the fiscal year prior to first receiving SWPP funding (through TOP or another SWPP delivery partner).

Eligibility

Employer Eligibility

• A registered, Canadian business or non-profit.
• Committed to paying the student for the role for the duration of the placement in full (subsidy administered after receiving final pay stub).
• Must be compliant with Human Rights and Labor legislation, regulations, and laws
• Covered by WSIB or alternate workplace insurance
• Only submitting applications for paid placements that are not subsidized by the federal government under another funding program.

Exclusions: 

• Federal, provincial, territorial or municipal governments. Organizations which are extensions of a federal, provincial, territorial or municipal government, such as crown corporations, hospitals, public long-term care facilities, and post-secondary institutions are not eligible.
• Members of the House of Commons and the Senate.
• Organizations that engage in partisan political activities.
• Major and other financial sector employers, including businesses that underwrite loans (see FAQs for more information).
• Please note that this list of exclusions may not be exhaustive. The OCC reserves the right to amend eligibility criteria at our discretion.

Student Eligibility

Students hired on WIL placements must be registered at a recognized Canadian college or university, be enrolled in a program or course where a work placement is part of their study plan, and be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or persons to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

How to Apply

See details on the 

Application due dates: See the .

.

Contact: top@occ.ca

An eligible employer must be willing to employ a student in a tech-immersive role. Tech and non-tech focused organizations are encouraged to apply.

Amount

The program provides 50% (to a maximum of $5,000) of a student’s pay in wage subsidies to employers.

An increased subsidy of 70% (to a maximum of $7,000) is awarded to employers hiring students from under-represented groups:

• Women studying Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM)
• Indigenous students
• Visible minorities
• New Canadians (within 5 years)
• Persons with disabilities
• Students in their first year of study

Eligibility

Registered Canadian businesses and non-profits who can provide a meaningful, tech-focused work term opportunity to a student.

Employers are required to show that they have created a net new student position for the current year. 

Technation will accept up to five applications per employer.

Preference will be given to tech immersive roles that are within high-growth sectors:

• Digital technology (IT, digital marketing, software engineering, etc.)
• AI / IoT / Machine Learning / Advanced Manufacturing
• Cybersecurity
• Agri-Tech
• Clean Tech
• Health Tech

How to Apply

Please visit .

Employers must have a candidate before applying.

5090 Explorer Drive, Suite 510, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 4T9
Phone: 905-602-8345
careerready@technationcanada.ca

For employers related to the tourism and hospitality

Amount

50% of total gross wages up to a maximum of $5,000 to provide students with meaningful WIL opportunities.

70% of total gross wages up to a maximum of $7,000 to provide students with meaningful WIL opportunities for the following under-represented students: women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Indigenous students, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and newcomers.

Eligibility

Propel offers registered Canadian businesses, startups, and not-for-profits related to the tourism and hospitality sector a subsidy on each qualifying student’s wages.

How to Apply

Read the information on , register on the , post the position you wish to fill, hire a student, and then apply for a wage subsidy. For more information, write to propel@tourismhr.ca.

Tourism HR Canada
4-71 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1P 5N2
+1 613-231-6949
 info@tourismhr.ca

• Organizations within the truck transportation and logistics industry.
• The placement must be in the trucking or logistics sector or fulfilling a trucking and logistics job function.
• International students are not eligible.

How to Apply

Visit the  and click "".

104-720 Belfast Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 0Z5
Phone: 613-244-4800
Email: theteam@truckinghr.com

Please see Venture Canada's Internship Program  and note the following program updates:

• Employers are currently eligible to receive a subsidy of 75% per student, up to $7,500.
• We will continue to support work-from-home and remote work terms.
• Applications are reviewed within three business days, and funding is allocated on a rolling basis to fully eligible and approved matches. Employers should for their best chance to secure funding. Applications will be accepted until funding is fully allocated.

Amount

Up to $5,000 - $7,000 per student.

All eligible internships qualify for a 50% wage subsidy. To receive a 70% wage subsidy, employers must hire a student from an underrepresented group, such as:

• a women studying in STEM;
• a disabled student;
• an indigenous student;
• a newcomer to Canada;
• a first-year student

Eligibility

Employers must be:

1. Small to medium sized business; fewer than 500 employees.
2. Located in the Northern Territories, BC, AB, SK, MB, QC, NB, NS, PE or NL.
3. Any industry, offering an entrepreneurial role.

How to Apply

For more information, visit the  and complete the .

No candidate needed at the time of application.

CSI Annex
720 Bathurst St.
Toronto, ON M5S 2R4

Volta
1505 Barrington St. #100
Halifax, NS B3J 3K5

The NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program is regarded world-wide as one of the best programs of its kind. It provides necessary funding for small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada.

Amount

Covers a portion of intern salary; contact.

Eligibility

This program is great for any organizations looking to hire young talent to assist and work on projects related to research and development, engineering, multimedia/market analysis components, or to help develop a new product/process.

• Eligible for-profit corporations in Canada and not-for-profit corporations in Canada.
• Must be a small or medium-sized business (500 or less full-time employees).
• Must be ready to enhance your innovation capacity and willing to partner with NRC IRAP.

The candidate's internship must last a minimum of six months and a maximum of 12 months, and the candidate must be:

• 15 to 30 years of age at the start of the internship
• a post-secondary graduate
• a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada or person granted refugee status in Canada
• legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial legislation and regulations
• a first-time participant in a Youth Employment Strategy work experience program targeted at post-secondary graduates

Please visit the for full eligibility requirements.

How to Apply

To access this program, take the following steps:

• Talk to the NRC IRAP team. Call them toll-free at 1.877.994.4727. They will ask you some questions about your business to determine if you are eligible, including your business objectives and your capacity and willingness to grow through innovation.
• Discuss your needs with one of the NRC industrial technology advisors. If they determine your development and growth strategies could benefit from NRC IRAP support, they will refer you to an industrial technology advisor (ITA). The ITA may want to meet with you in person to understand your business in more detail — such as your strategy, the issues you're facing, the opportunities you see for growth and your plans for the future — to determine if our youth employment program is right for you.
• Develop a project proposal. The ITA will work with you to develop a project proposal for submission to NRC IRAP.
• Find a youth candidate. Your ITA can connect you with networks to help you find candidates.

You will hear back from NRC IRAP within two weeks whether or not your project was approved. Once approved, you will need to submit monthly reimbursement claims to NRC IRAP.

Please visit the for full details.

Amount

Employer will contribute $7,500 per four- to six-month unit, which receives a $15,000 research award.

For six or more units with three or more interns, you have the option to contribute $6,000 per project unit, which receives a $13,300 research award.

Eligibility

This program is great for any organizations looking to hire for their research and development projects. Eligibility include:

• Eligible for-profit corporations in Canada and not-for-profit corporations in Canada.
• For-profit businesses operating outside Canada.
• Not-for-profit corporation eligibility and project economic orientation must be assessed prior to proposal submission.
• Available for all sectors.
• Must hire full-time students at all Canadian colleges and full-time grad students at all Canadian universities for the internships.

Please visit the for full eligibility requirements.

How to Apply

Contact a Mitacs representative to discuss your research needs. They can identify potential academic collaborators, help refine research objectives, and assist you with your proposal.