Funding programs and grants for jobs, training, and social development projects

From: Employment and Social Development Canada

Funding programs from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) are government grants and contributions that help support jobs, training, and social development.

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Current and upcoming funding opportunities

Open to applicants that meet eligibility criteria. Consult funding opportunities for more information on eligibility criteria.

The information from this list may change.
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Not all submitted applications will be selected for funding, as funding is limited. Please note that decisions are final and there is no appeal process.

Funding opportunity	Status	Topic	Expected launch period	Application period - Open date	Application period - Closing date
Apprenticeship Completion Grant	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	Career development and employment	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	n/a	n/a
Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women	Currently accepting applications	Career development and employment	Currently accepting applications	2018-04-01	2023-03-31
Apprenticeship Incentive Grant	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	Career development and employment	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	n/a	n/a
Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	Families	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	n/a	n/a
Compensation for Employers of Reservists Program	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	Career development and employment	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	n/a	n/a
Foreign Credential Recognition Program	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	Career development and employment	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis	n/a	n/a
Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care - Quality Improvement Projects	Currently accepting applications	Early learning and childcare	Currently accepting applications	2023-01-31	2023-04-11

Closed funding opportunities

Funding opportunity	Topic
Accessible Canada Contributions funding - Phase 1 - Partnerships projects	People with disabilities
Accessible Canada Grants funding - National AccessAbility Week	People with disabilities
Apply for funding to support the labour market integration of internationally educated health professionals - Foreign Credential Recognition Program	Career development and employment
Apply for funding to support workers and employers towards economic recovery - Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program	Career development and employment
Apprenticeship Service Program – Intermediary	Career development and employment
Black-Led Philanthropic Endowment Fund	Children and families
Call for Concepts – Step 2 – Solicited Call - WORBE: Workplace opportunities: Removing barriers to equity	Career development and employment
Canada Learning Bond - Grants and Contributions Pilot Project - Phase II	Education Savings, Children and families
Canada Service Corps - Regional and Local	Youth and students
Canada Service Corps Micro-grants Diversity stream	Youth and students
Canada Service Corps Micro-grants stream	Youth and students
Canada Service Corps Service Placements National stream	Youth and students
Canada Service Corps Service Placements Regional stream	Youth and students
Canada Service Corps: Projects for youth-serving organizations	Youth and students
Canada Summer Jobs wage subsidy	Career development and employment
Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy - Women in the Skilled Trades Initiative	Career development and employment
Community Services Recovery Fund / National Funders	Children and families
Early Learning and Child Care Innovation	Early learning and child care, Children and family
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Early Learning and Child Care small projects	People with disabilities
Enabling Accessibility Fund – Midsize projects	People with disabilities
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Small projects	People with disabilities
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Youth innovation projects for Youth accessibility leaders	People with disabilities, Youth and students
Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities	Communities
Foreign Credential Recognition Loans Program	Career development and employment
Foreign Credential Recognition Program – Innovation and skilled newcomer employment	Career development and employment
Funding to support airport orientation and community-based services under the Migrant Worker Support Program	Career development and employment
Funding to support skills development and training-to-employment for Indigenous people - Skills and Partnership Fund	Aboriginal peoples, Career development and employment
Funding under the Community Workforce Development Program - Regional Stream	Career development and employment
Funding WHVPF: The Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Fund	Career development and employment
In-Home Support Pilot Project stream of the Age Well at Home initiative	Seniors; Social development
Investment Readiness Program – Stream 1: Readiness support partners (Round 2)	Social development
Investment Readiness Program – Stream 2: Ecosystem builder (Round 2)	Social development
Labour Funding Program - International Trade and Labour	Career development and employment
Literacy and Essential Skills	Career development and employment
National operating funding stream - Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability	People with disabilities
National report stream - Work Integration Social Enterprises Research Program Phase II	Social development
New Horizons for Seniors Program - Community-based projects (up to $25,000)	Seniors
New Horizons for Seniors Program - Community-based projects (up to $5,000)	Seniors
New Horizons for Seniors Program - Pan-Canadian projects	Seniors
Occupational Health and Safety	Career development and employment
Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities – National or Regional Component	People with disabilities
Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities - National Stream	People with disabilities
Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities - Regional Stream	People with disabilities
Scaling Up for Seniors stream of the Age Well at Home Initiative	Seniors; Social development
Sectoral Initiatives Program	Career development and employment
Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness program	Career development and employment
Skills and Partnership Fund	Aboriginal peoples
Skills for Success	Career development and employment
Skills for Success Program – Research and Innovation Stream	Career development and employment
Skills for Success Program – Training and Tools Stream	Career development and employment
Social Development Partnerships Program - Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative - Become a Western intermediary	Children and family
Social Development Partnerships Program – Analysis and dissemination of the 2018 General social survey – Giving, volunteering and participating	Children and families
Social Development Partnerships Program - Children and Families - Early learning and child care	Early learning and child care, Children and family
Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families – Financial Empowerment of Low-Income People	Children and families
Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families – Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Children and Youth	Children and families
Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability - Performance and Accountability Framework	People with disabilities
Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability - Youth leadership	People with disabilities
Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component - Disability Inclusion Action Plan	People with disabilities
Social Development Partnerships Program - Projects to improve Black-led organizations’ workplaces and community spaces	Children and families
Social Development Partnerships Program Disability - Financial security	People with disabilities
Social Finance Fund – Become a social finance wholesaler	Social development
Solicited call - Canada Service Corps – Accelerator Micro-grants Stream	Youth and students
Solicited call for funding for organizations to support development and enhance community vitality under the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities (EF-OLMC)	Communities
Solicited call for funding to provide loans and support services to skilled newcomers - Foreign Credential Recognition Program	Career development and employment
Solicited call for funding to support workers and employers towards economic recovery - Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program	Career development and employment
Solicited call for funding under the Community Workforce Development Program - National Stream	Career development and employment
Solicited call for funding under the Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) Skilled Newcomer Training Incentive Bond Pilot	Career development and employment
Solicited Call for Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Fund - Step 2	Career development and employment
Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative - National Institute for People of African Descent	Communities
Supports for Student Learning Program	Youth and students
Sustainable Development Goals Program - Contributions	Sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals Program - Grants	Sustainable development
Targeted Call for Proposals: Reaching Home - Indigenous Homelessness funding stream	Aboriginal peoples
Union Training and Innovation Program - Innovation in Apprenticeship Stream	Career development and employment
Union Training and Innovation Program - Investments in Training Equipment Stream	Career development and employment
Women’s Employment Readiness pilot program	Career development and employment
Work Integration Social Enterprises – Longitudinal Research Projects stream	Social development
Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity	People with disabilities, Career development and employment, Aboriginal peoples
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program	Youth and students
Solicited process - Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity (WORBE)	Career development and employment

Service standards

For most grants and contributions programs, we commit to meeting 3 service standards 80% of the time (under normal circumstances):

acknowledgment of proposals
notification of funding decisions
issuance of payments

Acknowledgment of proposals

We will issue an application acknowledgment letter within 14 calendar days of:

the end of the submission period
the date we receive an application when the submission period has no end date

Notification of funding decisions

We will issue a notification of funding decision letter within 12 to 22 weeks of:

the end date of the submission period
the date we receive an application when the submission period has no end date

Issuance of payments

We will issue payments within 14 calendar days of:

the date we receive a completed claim package for contribution projects
the start date of approved grant projects

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