Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program
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The purpose of the Women's Employment Readiness (WER) pilot program is to fund organizations to test new ways to provide pre-employment and training supports for multi-barriered women.
- Total value
- $36.7M
- Agreements
- 20
- Apr 2022 to Feb 2023
- Median agreement
- $1.9M
- Typical range
- $690K–$2.5M
- the middle half of agreements
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.
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Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19 | $36.2M |
| 2023 | 1 | $541K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 8 | $19.2M |
| British Columbia | 4 | $5.8M |
| Manitoba | 2 | $5.1M |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | $3M |
| Nova Scotia | 2 | $2.6M |
| Quebec | 3 | $946K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 17 | $32.2M |
| For-profit organizations | 1 | $2.3M |
| Government | 1 | $2M |
| Academia | 1 | $191K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2023 | Éco-Maris | Route des possiblesContribution | $540,544 |
| Oct 2022 | Groundswell Operations Society | Communities of Practice for Livelihood DevelopmentContribution | $505,696 |
| Aug 2022 | Success Skills Centre Inc. | Skills for Success: IEP Women's Digital and Work-Related TrainingContribution | $1,678,188 |
| Aug 2022 | Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | Career HERizonsContribution | $2,017,542 |
| Aug 2022 | Up With Women | Rise Up to Readiness Project (UP)Contribution | $740,479 |
| Aug 2022 | Achev | Preparing Women and Workplaces for SuccessContribution | $2,165,332 |
| Aug 2022 | Ccrw | Empower Program: Employment Services for WomenContribution | $2,274,613 |
| Jul 2022 | Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology | SCWIST - Accessing Canada's Employment FutureContribution | $1,875,807 |
| Jul 2022 | PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs | Women First: Building skills for successContribution | $3,613,614 |
| Jul 2022 | ETHOS Career Management Group Ltd. | Contribution | $2,304,037 |
| Jun 2022 | Mount Saint Vincent University | Pre-Employment Skills Development in Atlantic First Nations CommunitiesContribution | $191,399 |
| Jun 2022 | UBCJA - Canadian District United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners | Sisters in the Brotherhood Women's Employment Readiness ProgramContribution | $3,457,948 |
| Jun 2022 | S.U.C.C.E.S.S. | Integrated Employment Training for WomenContribution | $1,164,114 |
| Jun 2022 | Maison d'hébergement pour femmes francophones | Projet de (Ré)insertion socio-économique Couture PetitsPoints Sewing (Emploi-CPPS)Contribution | $1,785,904 |
| Jun 2022 | Dress for Success Canada Foundation | A Gender-Based First Responder for Economic RecoveryContribution | $2,673,003 |
| Jun 2022 | CWB Welding Foundation | Women of Steel "Forging Forward" - Connections and CollaborationsContribution | $3,952,273 |
| Jun 2022 | Canadian Refugee Initiative | Strengthening the Employment Readiness of Racialized Refugee/Immigrant Women: Montreal RegionContribution | $149,213 |
| May 2022 | Youth Employment Services Foundation | WERQ (Women's Employment Readiness Quebec) Towards Work!Contribution | $256,706 |
| May 2022 | Women in Resource Development Committee | Digital ReBoot: Co-Designing Supports with WomenContribution | $2,980,969 |
| Apr 2022 | Halifax Young Women's Christian Association | Contribution | $2,401,068 |