NAICS Industry group 5613 · in Administrative and support services
Federal grants for employment services
Programs that fund recipients the department coded with this industry. Departments record an industry code on about one agreement in ten, mostly business programs, so this is a guide to which programs fund businesses like yours, not a full count.
- Total value
- $176M
- Agreements
- 141
- To named organizations
- 140
- $175M
- To individuals or unnamed
- 1
- $392K; never named here
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.
Programs that fund this industry
The programs that put the most money here.
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunities Fund - Project | Employment and Social Development Canada | 52 | $88.2M |
| Youth Employment and Skills Strategy | Employment and Social Development Canada | 38 | $61.9M |
| Enabling Fund - OLMC - EAS | Employment and Social Development Canada | 2 | $11.8M |
| Skills and Partnership Fund - CRF | Employment and Social Development Canada | 4 | $7.2M |
| Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $2M |
| Western Diversification Program | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 2 | $1.5M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 1 | $882K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 7 | $420K |
| Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $399K |
| CanExport SMEs | National Research Council Canada | 9 | $316K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada | 3 | $300K |
| CanExport SME | National Research Council Canada | 6 | $129K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – AI Assist | National Research Council Canada | 2 | $120K |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 1 | $110K |
| Women Entrepreneurship Fund | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $100K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 3 | $90K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $60K |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 2 | $57K |
| CanExport | National Research Council Canada | 3 | $35K |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – For Profit | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $29K |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 1 | $20K |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
Plus 1 agreements ($392K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | $2M |
| 2017 | 2 | $1.5M |
| 2018 | 24 | $31.7M |
| 2019 | 9 | $3.1M |
| 2020 | 8 | $234K |
| 2021 | 3 | $159K |
| 2022 | 6 | $1M |
| 2023 | 30 | $50.8M |
| 2024 | 31 | $48.8M |
| 2025 | 22 | $33.5M |
| 2026 | 5 | $2.9M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 76 | $129M |
| Indigenous recipients | 13 | $25.2M |
| For-profit organizations | 51 | $20M |
| Academia | 1 | $1.1M |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Hollyburn Community Services Society | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Wayfinder: Helping Youth Find a Way Forward to Employment and OpportunityContribution | $1,199,672 |
| Apr 2026 | Open Door Social Services Society | Opportunities Fund - ProjectEmployment and Social Development Canada | Entrepreneurs on the Rise - A Journey to Self-Employment for Women with DisabilitiesContribution | $1,054,710 |
| Feb 2026 | Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Design and Deployment of Specialized AI AgentsContribution | $75,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Corporation GoodJob Inc | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | ARP - Canada-wide expansionContribution | $75,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Afro-Canadian Entrepreneurs Association/Association des Entrepreneurs Afro-Canadiens | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Empowering Futures: Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program (YESS Program)Contribution | $493,860 |
| Sep 2025 | Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Contribution | $997,533 |
| Sep 2025 | Auticon Canada | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Experimentation to optimize business processes for neuroinclusive workplace and technology solutionsContribution | $75,000 |
| Aug 2025 | H2O Lifeguard & Recreational Management Inc./ H2O Sauvetage Et Gestion Récréative Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Research on Assisting Lifeguards with AI TechnologyContribution | $150,000 |
| Jun 2025 | RDÉE Î.-P.-É. inc. | Enabling Fund - OLMC - EASEmployment and Social Development Canada | Emplois & Carrières ÎPÉContribution | $4,040,574 |
| Jun 2025 | African Canadian Civic Engagement Council | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Timbuktu Trailblazers Employment ProgramContribution | $457,010 |
| Jun 2025 | Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Youth Empowerment Through Inclusive Employment (YETIE)Contribution | $1,077,659 |
| May 2025 | Collège La Cité | Enabling Fund - OLMC - EASEmployment and Social Development Canada | Le Phare emploi La Cité – Une solution de services d’aide à l’emploi 360° pour les CFSMContribution | $7,807,589 |
| May 2025 | Canadian Virtual Gurus Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $92,000 |
| Apr 2025 | Kibbi Technologies Inc | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Kibbi Marketing Research and DevelopmentContribution | $30,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Witset First Nation | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | YESS Witset 2025-2026Contribution | $300,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Ilitaqsiniq | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Empowering Northern Youth Career Development ProgramContribution | $7,318,995 |
| Mar 2025 | Mine Training Society | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Youth Employment Program (YEP)Contribution | $437,500 |
| Mar 2025 | Alberta Somali Community Center | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Contribution | $188,000 |
| Feb 2025 | Peepeekisis Cree Nation No. 81 | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Peepeekisis Cree Nation YESS ProjectContribution | $1,024,400 |
| Feb 2025 | ACE Community College Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Contribution | $1,141,694 |
| Feb 2025 | Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Trail MakersContribution | $1,675,347 |
| Jan 2025 | Trade Winds to Success Training Society | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Empowering an Indigenous Future: Indigenous Youth as Skilled TradespeopleContribution | $400,000 |
| Jan 2025 | H2O Lifeguard & Recreational Management Inc./ H2O Sauvetage Et Gestion Récréative Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – AI AssistNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $45,000 |
| Jan 2025 | Parallèle Alberta | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | JET : Jeunes - Entrepreneuriat – TravailContribution | $2,430,000 |
| Jan 2025 | Community Futures Treaty Seven | Youth Employment and Skills StrategyEmployment and Social Development Canada | Treaty 7 Regional Skills Link ProjectContribution | $3,297,851 |