Employment and Social Development Canada · Grant program
Work Integration Social Enterprises - Grant
To support research and innovative projects to identify better ways of helping persons prepare for, return to or keep employment and be productive participants in the labour force.
- Total value
- $5.6M
- Agreements
- 11
- Mar 2023 to Mar 2023
- Median agreement
- $546K
- Typical range
- $533K–$550K
- 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.
Applying? Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) — Longitudinal Research Projects (Phase II). Taking applications? No. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.
Applying? Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) — National report (Phase II). Taking applications? No. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Employment and Social Development Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Dream Legacy Foundation | 1 | $550K |
| The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) | 1 | $550K |
| Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | 1 | $550K |
| Melanyn Alliance | 1 | $550K |
| Thompson Rivers University | 1 | $549K |
| The Bridge Co-Net Inc. | 1 | $546K |
| Solid State Community Society | 1 | $543K |
| Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | 1 | $537K |
| Mainland Community Services Society | 1 | $529K |
| 795 Main Limited Partnership | 1 | $491K |
| Social Planning Council of Ottawa | 1 | $228K |
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | $5.6M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 5 | $2.4M |
| British Columbia | 3 | $1.6M |
| Alberta | 1 | $550K |
| Quebec | 1 | $550K |
| Manitoba | 1 | $491K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 7 | $3.5M |
| Academia | 3 | $1.6M |
| For-profit organizations | 1 | $491K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | Thompson Rivers University | Building WISE for Black and racialized Canadians: Evidence from British Columbia and AlbertaGrant | $549,135 |
| Mar 2023 | Solid State Community Society | Black and Racialized Co-op Development in Surrey BC, the GTA and Sydney, NSGrant | $543,000 |
| Mar 2023 | Melanyn Alliance | Unraveling the extent to which social enterprises contribute to the social and labour market integraGrant | $549,500 |
| Mar 2023 | Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | Assessing the Impact of Social Enterprises on the Integration of Black and Racialized Persons acrossGrant | $549,997 |
| Mar 2023 | Social Planning Council of Ottawa | Evaluating long-term impact of two ITC social enterprises on BIPOC youth integration in OttawaGrant | $227,981 |
| Mar 2023 | Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | Impact Evaluation of Work Integration Social Enterprises Serving Black and Racialized GroupsGrant | $536,700 |
| Mar 2023 | Mainland Community Services Society | Social Enterprise and Labor Market Integration of Black and Racialized Canadians in British ColumbiaGrant | $529,050 |
| Mar 2023 | The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) | Longitudinal Examination of Newcomer-serving Social Enterprises (LENS)Grant | $549,997 |
| Mar 2023 | Dream Legacy Foundation | The Social Enterprise Black Impact Longitudinal StudyGrant | $550,000 |
| Mar 2023 | The Bridge Co-Net Inc. | Evaluation des entreprises sociales d'insertion par le travail d'OttawaGrant | $545,776 |
| Mar 2023 | 795 Main Limited Partnership | A pan-institutional ethnography of Black and racialized WISE participants and employersGrant | $491,246 |