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BioTalent — Digital Skills for Youth Program
BioTalent Canada
Taking applications?
Not taking applications
The official page says: “Please note that the Digital Skills for Youth program has reached capacity.”
Read from the official page on October 13, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Up to $24K
- Cost share
- Up to 80% of eligible costs
- Who can apply
- Universities and colleges; Businesses; Indigenous organizations and businesses; Municipalities; Non-profits and charities
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
What it is
Money for SMEs and non-profits to hire youth
Get a subsidy of up to $24,000 to cover the wages and associated training costs when you hire a post-secondary graduate 15 to 30 years old. You must provide the intern with digital and soft-skills experiences through work and training opportunities.
Description from the Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025), Open Government Licence – Canada.
Who got it before
This program isn’t in the federal grants and contributions records, which cover federal departments only, so there is no record here of who got it.
More programs: all provinces.