Training grants and skills funding in Manitoba

Eligible small and medium-sized Manitoba employers receive cost-shared funding to offset expenses related to employee training and human resources strategy development. The program helps organizations build stronger workforces while assisting workers in gaining in-demand skills and securing well-paying jobs.

Workers, employers, and service partners receive support and funding to address impacts from global trade tariffs. The program provides six pathways for employment, training, and business adaptation.

Apprentices, employers, unions, and organizations receive funding and taxable cash grants to support participation in apprenticeship and the skilled trades. The program helps equity-deserving groups, including women and Indigenous people, prepare for and succeed in careers.

Organizations can apply for funding to develop community workforce plans and help workers affected by mass layoffs transition to new jobs through training and work experiences. The program supports communities through workforce planning and skills training to meet local economic development needs.

Official language minority community organizations receive funding to strengthen community economic development, support human resources, promote partnerships, and deliver employment assistance services. The program enhances the vitality and economic development of official language minority communities across Canada.

Canadians receive help to make informed choices about future skills and access training for the changing labour market. The program includes a focus on underrepresented groups to help them adapt to the evolving workplace.

Private, for-profit companies locating or expanding operations in Manitoba receive custom-prepared financial assistance. The program contributes to employee skills training investments based on net new positions, project costs, and economic benefits.

Provinces and territories receive funding to design and deliver skills training and employment assistance. Canadians get customized training, job search services, career counselling, and employment benefits to help them find and keep jobs.

Open to employers across Canada, administered by Government of Canada.

Internationally educated professionals in Manitoba receive non-repayable financial assistance for assessment and training costs to work in non-nursing self-regulated professions. Eligible immigrants get help covering expenses such as language training, exams, living costs, and childcare while pursuing professional registration.

Provinces and territories may offer employer training support under their own programs and rules.

Growing industries receive seed funding to develop workforce skills and increase the number of skilled workers. Projects must be delivered through partnerships with post-secondary schools, training providers, and employers while including private sector investment.

Canadians, particularly groups facing barriers, get career exploration, skills training, and work experience. The program prepares individuals for careers in the skilled trades with a budget of $10 million per year.

Skilled trades industry members receive national standards and exams for Red Seal trades developed through this program. Tradespeople who pass the Red Seal exam receive a Red Seal endorsement as proof they met national standards.

Indigenous organizations receive project funding to partner with industry employers. This support provides skills development and training-to-employment services for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people to secure long-term jobs.

Post-secondary students get short, technology-based work-integrated learning opportunities related to their studies. ESDC partners with third-party groups to create learning activities, job skills alignment, and partnerships with employers, students, and educational institutions.

A grant for companies across Canada from Government of Canada.

Unions, training trust funds, and training providers receive funding to support apprenticeship training and innovation in Red Seal trades. The program aims to improve training quality and workforce participation for key groups.

Organizations receive funding to test pre-employment and training supports for multi-barriered women. The pilot also helps employers remove workplace barriers for women.