Funding programs 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.

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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Funding opportunity	Status	Topic	Expected launch period	Application period - Open date	Application period - Closing date
Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women	Currently accepting applications	Career development and employment	Currently accepting applications	2018-04-01	2023-03-31
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	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
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Early Learning and Child Care small projects	Currently accepting applications	People with disabilities	Currently accepting applications	2021-12-03	2022-01-28
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy - Canada Summer Jobs	Currently accepting applications	Career development and employment	Currently accepting applications	2021-12-16	2022-01-25
Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity	Currently accepting applications	People with disabilities, Career development and employment, Aboriginal peoples	Currently accepting applications	2022-12-18	2022-02-15

Funding opportunities for solicited organizations

Open to applicants invited by Employment and Social Development Canada only.

The information from this list may change.

Funding opportunity	Status	Topic
Solicited call for funding under the Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) Skilled Newcomer Training Incentive Bond Pilot	Currently accepting applications	Career development and employment
Investment Readiness Program – Stream 1: Readiness support partners	Currently accepting applications	Social Development
Investment Readiness Program – Stream 2: Ecosystem builder	Currently accepting applications	Social Development

Closed funding opportunities

Funding opportunity	Topic
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: Projects for youth-serving organizations	Youth and students
Early Learning and Child Care Innovation	Early learning and child care, Children and family
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Small projects	People with disabilities
Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities	Communities
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Youth innovation projects for Youth accessibility leaders	People with disabilities, Youth and students
Foreign Credential Recognition Loans Program	Career development and employment
Foreign Credential Recognition Program – Innovation and skilled newcomer employment	Career development and employment
Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care - Quality Improvement Projects	Early learning and child care,Children and families
Labour Funding Program - International Trade and Labour	Career development and employment
Literacy and Essential Skills	Career development and employment
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
Reaching home - Designated Communities (Homelessness)	Homelessness
Reaching Home - Expansion of designated communities (Homelessness)	Communities, Homelessness
Reaching Home - Indigenous Homelessness	Aboriginal peoples, Homelessness
Reaching home - Innovative Solutions to Homelessness - Contribution projects	Homelessness
Reaching home - Innovative Solutions to Homelessness - Microgrants	Homelessness
Reaching Home - Rural and Remote Homelessness	Homelessness
Reaching Home funding streams	Homelessness
Sectoral Initiatives Program	Career development and employment
Skills and Partnership Fund	Aboriginal peoples
Social Development Partnerships Program - Children and Families - Early learning and child care	Early learning and child care, Children and family
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 - Projects to improve Black-led organizations’ workplaces and community spaces	Children and families
Social Development Partnerships Program Disability - Financial security	People with disabilities
Social Development Partnerships Program - Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative - Become a Western intermediary	Children and family
Sustainable Development Goals Program - Contributions	Sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals Program - Grants	Sustainable development
Union Training and Innovation Program - Innovation in Apprenticeship	Career development and employment
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program	Youth and students
Social Development Partnerships Program – Analysis and dissemination of the 2018 General social survey – Giving, volunteering and participating	Children and families
Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy - National Call for Concepts under the Community Capacity and Innovation stream	Communities, Homelessness
Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness program	Career development and employment
Women’s Employment Readiness pilot program	Career development and employment
Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families – Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Children and Youth	Children and families
Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families – Financial Empowerment of Low-Income People	Children and families
Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities - National Stream	People with disabilities
Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities - Regional Stream	People with disabilities
Enabling Accessibility Fund – Midsize projects	People with disabilities
Skills for Success	Career development and employment
Solicited process – Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity	Career development and employment
Union Training and Innovation (UTIP) - Equipment	Career development and employment
Apprenticeship Service Program – Intermediary	Career development and employment
Supports for Student Learning Program	Youth and students
Investment Readiness Program – Stream 1: Readiness support partners	Social development
Investment Readiness Program – Stream 2: Ecosystem builder	Social development
Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component - Disability Inclusion Action Plan	People with disabilities
Social Finance Fund – Become a social finance wholesaler	Social development
Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative - National Institute for People of African Descent	Communities
New Horizons for Seniors Program - Community-based projects (up to $25,000)	Seniors

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

We list the service standards for each program on their funding web page.

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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