Grants you can apply for · Program · Wage subsidy
WILWorks program — Student Work Placement Program
EMC - Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium
Taking applications?
Taking applications; no deadline stated
The official page says: “EMC's WILWorks Post Secondary SWPP funding platform is still open for eligible applications for the 2026 Summer placement term.”
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
- Not stated on the page
- Who can apply
- Businesses
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
Limited to: Manufacturing.
What it is
Wage subsidies for manufacturing employers
Get a wage subsidy of up to $7,000 per post-secondary student placement offering student learning opportunities including internships, co-op placements, mentorship programs or applied research projects to solve particular problems.
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.