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Empowering Futures — Student Work Placement Program
Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC)
Taking applications?
Taking applications; no deadline stated
The official page says: “EHRC has secured additional funding and is currently accepting applications for placements in net new positions starting on or after Aug. 1, 2026.”
Read from the official page on October 13, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Up to $7,000
- Cost share
- Not stated on the page
- Who can apply
- Businesses
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
Limited to: Utilities and energy; Manufacturing.
What it is
Money for electricity firms to hire students
Get a wage subsidy of up to $5,000 per student when you provide work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for post-secondary students, including remote work placements in the field of electricity and up to a maximum of $7,000 per placement for underrep
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.