Apprenticeship Grants
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Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)
Current status: Closed
The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) closed on March 31, 2025. Applications and supporting documents are no longer accepted.
Changes to the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant
The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) was a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year or level, for a lifetime maximum amount of $2,000 per person.
To have been eligible for the AIG, you needed to:
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected person
- not be a high school student
- have the required AIG supporting documents
- register with your provincial/territorial apprenticeship authority as an apprentice in a designated Red Seal trade, and
- provide proof that you have successfully completed either the first year (level/block) or second year (level/block) (or equivalent) in a designated Red Seal trade
If you progressed between January 1, 2021, and March 30, 2024, your deadline to submit an application was 12 months following your date of progression.
If you progressed on or after March 31, 2024, your deadline to submit an application was March 31, 2025. You had to submit an application by this date, even if you had not received supporting documents from your apprenticeship authority.
In all cases, the deadline for submitting supporting documents was 12 months from your application deadline date but no later than March 31, 2026.
Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG)
Current status: Closed
The Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG) closed on March 31, 2025. Applications and supporting documents are no longer accepted.
Changes to the Apprenticeship Completion Grant
The Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG) was a one-time taxable cash grant lifetime amount of $2,000 per person for registered apprentices who complete their apprenticeship training and obtain their journeyperson certification.
To be eligible for the ACG, you needed to:
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected person
- not be a high school student
- have the required ACG supporting documents
- show that you have completed an apprenticeship program as a registered apprentice in a designated Red Seal trade, and
- provide proof of your journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade
If you completed your program between January 1, 2021, and March 30, 2024, your deadline to submit an application was 12 months following your date of completion.
If you completed on or after March 31, 2024, your deadline to submit an application was March 31, 2025. You had to submit an application by this date, even if you had not received supporting documents from your apprenticeship authority.
In all cases, the deadline for submitting supporting documents was 12 months from your application deadline date but no later than March 31, 2026.
Other support
The Government of Canada will continue to support apprentices financially as they are unemployed and progress through their technical training. Eligible apprentices can access Employment Insurance benefits while attending technical training and up to $20,000 in interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans.
Apprentices can apply for a Canada Apprentice Loan as early as 3 months before the start of their technical training and can receive funding as early as day one of their training while they wait for their Employment Insurance claim to be processed for payment.
Project funding for organizations providing apprenticeship support to individuals is available under the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy.
Visit Supports for skilled trades and apprenticeship for information.
Help and contact information
To get information on your previously submitted application, you will need your Social Insurance Number to be identified. Contact us by phone:
Canada toll-free: 1-866-742-3644
North America TTY: 1-866-909-9757
The hours of operation are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, Eastern Time