Funding: Apprenticeship Completion Grant – Apply

Change to the Apprenticeship Completion Grant

The Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG) will end March 31, 2025. Applications will not be accepted after this date. If you completed your apprenticeship on or after March 31, 2024, your deadline to submit an ACG application is March 31, 2025. You should apply by this date, even if you have not received supporting documents from your apprenticeship authority. The deadline for submitting supporting documents is 12 months from your application deadline date.

The Government of Canada will continue to support apprentices financially as they are unemployed and progress through their technical training. Apprentices can access Employment Insurance benefits and up to $20,000 in interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans. Apprentices can apply for a CAL 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.

To complete your application and/or submit supporting documents, follow steps 1 to 4.

1. Gather your supporting documents

2. Gather your personal information

3. Complete your online application

4. Submit your supporting documents online, by mail or in person

1. Gather your supporting documents

You will need to provide supporting documents in order for Service Canada to make a decision on your application.

If you do not have your supporting documents, contact your provincial or territorial apprenticeship issuing authority. However, please submit your application to secure your submission date.

The deadline for submitting supporting documents is 12 months from your application deadline date.

Supporting documents by province or territory

• Province of Alberta

  Journeypersons certified prior to July 20, 2022:

  • Copy of the Journeyman Certificate, or
  • Copy of the Occupational Certificate

  
  

  Journeypersons certified on or after July 20, 2022:

  • Copy of the Journeyperson Certificate.
• Province of British Columbia

  • Copy of the Certificate of Apprenticeship (except Welder A and B), and
  • Copy of the Certificate of Qualification

  Note: Welder A and B must submit a copy of the Certificate of Qualification and a copy of the Confirmation of Apprenticeship Completion letter.

  Gasfitter A must submit a copy of the Certificate of Qualification.

• Province of Manitoba

  • Copy of the Certificate of Qualification, and
  • Signed copy of the Confirmation of Apprenticeship Completion letter
• Province of New Brunswick

  • Signed copy of the Completion letter
• Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Signed copy of the Confirmation of Certificate Issued letter
• Territories of Northwest Territories

  • Signed copy of the Completion of Apprenticeship Certificate, and
  • Signed copy of the Certificate of Qualification.
• Province of Nova Scotia

  • Copy of the Certificate of Apprenticeship
• Territories of Nunavut

  • Copy of the Completion of Apprenticeship Certificate, and
  • Copy of the Certificate of Qualification
• Province of Ontario

  • Copy of the Certificate of Apprenticeship, and
  • Copy of the Certificate of Qualification
• Province of Prince Edward Island

  • Signed copy of the Proof of Apprenticeship Completion letter
• Province of Québec – Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ)

  • Copy of the Eligibility for the Apprenticeship Completion Grant letter.
• Québec – Emploi-Québec (E-Q) - Compulsory trades:

  • copy of the Certificat de qualification professionnelle and
  • copy of the Confirmation of your Eligibility letter ((document number 1009A) except Gasfitters). Note: Gasfitters from École Technologie Gazière must submit a copy of the Certificat pour le programme d'accès à la qualification TAG-1, TAG-2, TAG-3N or TAG-3P

  Note: All Gasfitters Class A or B must also submit a copy of their Certificat de qualification de Technique d'appareils au gaz TAG-1 or TAG-2 and a copy of their Certificat de qualification de Technique d'installation de tuyauterie de gaz (ITG). The Certificat de qualification ITG is not required for the Certificat de qualification TAG-3N or TAG-3P.

• Province of Quebec – Emploi-Québec (E-Q) Voluntary trades:

  • copy of the Vocational Qualification Process (document number 1002A), and
  • copy of the Certificat de qualification professionnelle
• Province of Saskatchewan

  • Copy of the Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship.
• Territories of Yukon

  • Signed copy of the Confirmation of Apprenticeship Completion letter

Applicants who are permanent residents or have protected status must also provide the following:

• Permanent Resident

  • If your Social Insurance Number (SIN) starts with any number other than 9, you do not need to provide any documentation; or

  If your SIN is a 900 series, you must provide:

  • a permanent resident Card, or
  • a Confirmation of Permanent Residence status document (IMM 5292, or IMM 5688, or IMM 5509) issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that has not expired, or
  • a Verification of Status document (IMM 5716) issued by IRCC, or
  • a Verification of Landing document (IMM 5617) issued by IRCC, or
  • a Record of Landing document (IMM 1000) issued by IRCC, or
  • a Notice of Decision issued by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)

• Protected persons

  • 900 series SIN number, and
  • A Confirmation of Permanent Residence status document (IMM 5292, or IMM 5688, or IMM 5509) issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that has not expired, or
  • A Verification of Status document (IMM 5716) issued by IRCC, or
  • A Notice of Decision issued by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)

2. Gather your personal information

Make sure you have all of the information listed below to complete your application:

• Social Insurance Number (SIN)
• provincial apprentice ID number
• banking information for direct deposit

3. Complete your online application

It takes an estimated 28 calendar days for Service Canada to make a decision and to process your application.

Estimated processing times only apply to application that:

• are complete
• do not have errors, and
• include all required supporting documents

Applying online takes about 30 minutes.

• • Apply online

You will not receive a decision on your file until you submit your supporting documents. The deadline for submitting supporting documents is 12 months from your application deadline date.

4. Submit your supporting documents online, by mail or in person

Before submitting your supporting documents, ensure that you have previously submitted an application.

We must receive your supporting documents within 12 months from your application deadline date by 1 of the 3 options below.

Online

• Along with your application or after previously submitting your application. Ensure to prepare your documents in advance:
• acceptable document types: .pdf, .tiff, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp
• maximum document size is 5MB.
• file name cannot contain special characters, such as: [# % & { } < > * ? $ ! ' " + `  | =]
• if scanning or taking a photo of your document, please ensure you capture the entire document as well as all pages: the top and the bottom must be visible as well as all the text in-between.

Submit your supporting documents online

By mail

Apprentices registered in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon:

Apprenticeship Grants Western Processing Centre
Service Canada Centre
Harry Hays Bldg.
220 4th Avenue SE, Room 270
Calgary AB  T2G 4X3

Apprentices registered in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec:

Apprenticeship Grants Eastern Processing Centre
Service Canada Centre
139 Douglastown Blvd
Miramichi NB  E1V 0A4

In person

Find out if your local Service Canada Centre is open.

Other ways to apply

You can call the Apprenticeship Grants toll-free number to request an application form:

• 1-866-742-3644
• TTY: 1-866-909-9757

Fill out your paper application

Use a pen to complete your paper application. If you complete it in pencil, it will not be processed.

Submit your paper application

You can choose 1 of the 2 options below to submit your completed paper application and supporting documents:

• mail your application and all your supporting documents to an Apprenticeship Grant processing centre, or
• bring them to a Service Canada Centre near you

We must receive your supporting documents within 28 calendar days from the date we receive your application at the processing centre.

It takes an estimated 28 calendar days to process your application from the date we have your completed application and supporting documents.

Service Canada will honour the postmark date on your mailed application.

Estimated processing times only apply to applications that:

• are complete
• do not have errors, and
• include all required supporting documents