Grants you can apply for · Program · Wage subsidy
WILWorks program — Skilled Trades in Advanced Manufacturing
EMC - Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium
Taking applications?
Taking applications; no deadline stated
The official page says: “Start Your Funding Application Today!”
Read from the official page on October 13, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Up to $5,000
- Cost share
- Up to 50% of eligible costs
- Who can apply
- Businesses
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
Limited to: Manufacturing.
What it is
Wage subsidies for manufacturing employers
Employers in the advanced manufacturing industry can receive 50% of participant's wages to a maximum of $5,000 in financial support to hire employees aged 15 to 29 for a period of 8 to 20 weeks in the pre-apprenticeship program.
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.