Provincial Funding

Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development & Employment Ontario

The Employment Ontario Partners’ Gateway (EOPG) website provides an overview of funding programs aimed at supporting workforce development, training, and employment services across Ontario. These programs are designed for individuals, employers, training providers, and community organizations.

Employer-focused programs include:
Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG): The COJG is intended to encourage employers to invest in the skills of job seekers and employees.
Ontario Job Creation Partnerships (OJCP): The OJCP program provides funding to eligible employers that support projects while creating opportunities to eligible job seekers to gain meaningful work experiences.
Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream: The SDF Training Stream targets projects that address challenges with respect to hiring, training or worker retention.
Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream: The SDF Capital Stream supports projects in relation to education and skills development enablement, including providing major capital investments for building new or upgrading existing training centers or converting existing facilities into training centers.
Skills Advance Ontario: Skills Advance Ontario is a sector-based workforce development program delivered by the Government of Ontario, jointly funded with the Government of Canada. It funds strategic partnerships between employers and employment and training service providers to address evolving labour demands by supporting employer access to skilled talent and enabling individuals to upskill, reskill, and advance within high‑potential sectors.
Achievement Incentive Program: The Achievement Incentive Program is a systems-based grant program designed and developed to increase apprenticeship employer participation and the number of apprentice registrations and certified journey persons.

Furthermore, the Apprenticeship Capital Grant provides capital funding for Training Delivery Agents (TDAs) to upgrade their equipment and training facilities in order to keep up with evolving technology and to train apprentices on equipment that is relevant to employers.

Moreover, the Ontario Labour Market Partnerships program offers funding to local communities, industry groups, employee/employer associations, and employers in developing and implementing strategies for addressing and responding to local economic (employment) development, labour force adjustments and human resource planning.

The Grid Innovation Fund

The Grid Innovation Fund advances innovative opportunities to achieve electricity bill savings for Ontario ratepayers by funding projects that either enable customers to better manage their energy consumption or that reduce the costs associated with maintaining reliable operation of the province’s grid. The Fund makes investments in specific projects – not companies – with clear objectives. It supports projects that validate the performance and business case of promising new technologies, practices, and services. The Fund also supports projects that identify and mitigate market barriers, or otherwise accelerate the adoption of competitive cost-effective energy solutions.