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Apprenticeship Completion Grant
Government of Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada
Taking applications?
Deadline passed (31 Mar 2025)
The official page says: “The Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG) closed on March 31, 2025.”
Read from the official page on October 14, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Up to $2,000
- Cost share
- Not stated on the page
- Who can apply
- Individuals
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
What it is
A grant for registered apprentices who successfully complete their apprenticeship training program, and get their journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade.
$2000. Not accepting applications
Description from ESDC funding programs, the funder’s own list of programs. The Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025) doesn’t include it.
What applicants actually got
From the federal records of every agreement signed under this program. Advertised: up to $2,000.
- Agreements, last 12 months
- 0
- starting Oct 2025 or later
- Typical award
- —
- the middle half, since Oct 2023
- Median award
- —
- 1 agreements since Oct 2023
- All agreements
- 6
- $230M
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026. Filed as “Apprenticeship Completion Grant” (Employment and Social Development Canada, 6).
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program, all years.
None in this data.
Plus 6 agreements ($230M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
Who got it in your province
Open a province to see the organizations there with the most funding under this program, all years.
Quebec6 agreements · $230M
None in this data.
Latest agreements
No agreements to named organizations.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | $44.6M |
| 2020 | 1 | $27.2M |
| 2021 | 1 | $43.7M |
| 2022 | 1 | $38.7M |
| 2023 | 1 | $38.5M |
| 2024 | 1 | $37.7M |
The full record: Apprenticeship Completion Grant.
More programs: all provinces.