Want to work in the trades?

Employment Ontario has services right across Ontario that can help you become an apprentice.
For more information:
www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/apprentices
www.collegeoftrades.ca/trades-in-ontario

Please fill out the online application for apprenticeship.
www.ontario.ca/page/start-apprenticeship

This program is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

Training & Funding Programs

This Employment Ontario program is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. "Your job is out there. We'll help you find it." Eligible job seekers must meet with one of our Employment Advisor's to discuss his/her needs and the best route to secure employment.
Apprenticeship

Employment Ontario has services right across Ontario that can help you become an apprentice.

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Youth Job Connection Program

The Youth Job Connection program serves youth aged 15 to 29 who experience multiple and/or complex barriers to employment by providing more intensive supports beyond traditional job search and placement opportunities.

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Youth Job Connection: Summer

YJCS will provide summer, part-time opportunities for high school students, aged 15 to 18, who are facing challenging life circumstances.

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Supports

The supports funding program can help to assist eligible individuals with work clothing, workbooks, safety gear etc.

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Employer Incentives

The Employer Incentive program is a wage subsidy encouraging employers to hire eligible individuals to assist them with long-term employment opportunities and with gaining new skills relevant to the market place.

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Skills Link

The Skills Link program helps youth overcome barriers to employment, develop a broad range of skills and knowledge in order to participate in the current and future labour market and to promote education and skills as being key to labour market participation.

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Better Jobs Ontario

Effective April 29, 2022, we expanded the program to better help people who may face challenges finding stable jobs such as gig workers, youth and people on social assistance. If you have been unemployed for six months or longer, and are part of a low-income household, you may benefit from these changes. To better reflect the expansion of the program, we renamed the program Better Jobs Ontario.

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