Below is a comprehensive list of Training, Employment and Human Resource programs available by various levels of government, not-for-profits, and various other agencies. Subsidies, grants, tax credits and counselling may be available to fit your companies training and employment needs.

Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit
Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit
Collaborative Research Internships
Co-operative Education Credit
Employment Placement Training Subsidy/Career Development Centre
Job Connect
Mitacs Accelerate Program
Ontario Centres of Excellence Talent Program
Targeted Wage Subsidy
Yves Landry Foundation - AIME Initiative

Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit

The Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit is a non-refundable tax credit in order to encourage employers to hire new apprentices in eligible trades. This measure will provide eligible employers with credit up to a maximum $2,000 per year per apprentice.

For more information go to:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whtsnw/pprntcshp-eng.html

Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit

The Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit (ATTC) is a refundable tax credit available to employers who hire and train apprentices in certain skilled trades. The maximum credit available to employers is $5,000 per qualifying apprentice per taxation year.

For more information including eligibility and how to apply go to

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/tcu/employers/taxcredit.html

Collaborative Research Internships

Provides financial assistance and hiring support to innovative Canadian SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to hire post-secondary graduates. The employer must be collaborating in the development of products and processes with commercial potential in conjunction with the National Research Council (NRC) and/or the Communications Research Centre (CRC) of Industry Canada.

For more information including eligibility and how to apply go to

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ibp/irap/about/partnerships.html

Co-operative Education Credit

Provides employers operating unincorporated businesses with a refundable tax credit for hiring post-secondary education students enrolled in a recognized co-operative education program.

For more information including eligibility and how to apply go to

http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/credit/cetc/

Employment Placement Training Subsidy/Career Development Centre

Free recruitment services for employers including recruitment events, assessments, prescreening, matching and referrals from an extensive government database of job seekers. Employers who are recruiting for full-time permanent positions may be eligible to receive training subsidies, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage and Human Resources/Retention Support.

http://www.hamilton.ca/owjobs

Job Connect

Funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the Job Connect Program provides youth, adults and internationally trained individuals, who are out of school or training and out of work, with the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge needed to find and keep a job. This continuous intake program serves individuals at any level of education or job preparedness.

For more information including eligibility and how to apply go to

http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/Discover/Community/jobConnectHome.html

Mitacs Accelerate Program

A unique cost-shared internship program managed by MITACS Inc, a national research network, which connects companies, governments and community organizations with the vast research expertise in Canada's universities, from applied sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, arts, life sciences and much more.

For more information and criteria on how to apply please go to:

http://www.mitacs.ca/main.php?mid=10000220&pid=18

Ontario Centres of Excellence Talent Program

The OCE Talent Program generates the next-generation innovators and entrepreneurs. It consists of five initiatives that support innovators at various stages of their development. Funding is available for companies that companies and organizations that can benefit from young innovators and entrepreneurs.

For more information go to:

http://www.oce-ontario.org

Targeted Wage Subsidy

The Targeted Wage Subsidy enables employers to hire individuals who face barriers to employment by offering temporary wage subsidies.

For more information including eligibility and how to apply go to:

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/tcu/employers/wageSubsidy.html

Yves Landry Foundation - AIME Initiative

The Achieving Innovation & Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) program is a grant program for Ontario Manufacturers. In partnership with the Ontario Government, the Yves Landry Foundation is making available up to $50,000 per company in the form of a grant to foster training that will lead to advancements in innovation within the manufacturing sector in Ontario.

For more information including eligibility and how to apply go to:

http://www.yveslandryfoundation.com/article/48/aime_initiative.html