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Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program

Workplace Skills Initiative

Helps pilot innovative models that will mobilize and transform Canadian workplaces to meet both present and future challenges.

Total value
$37.8M
Agreements
27
Dec 2006 to Oct 2008
Median agreement
$1M
Typical range
$491K–$1.8M
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.

YearAgreementsTotal
20064$4.4M
200714$27.3M
20089$6.1M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario10$12.6M
Quebec5$6.3M
New Brunswick1$4.9M
Saskatchewan3$4.8M
British Columbia2$3.2M
Manitoba4$3.2M
Newfoundland and Labrador1$2.2M
Nova Scotia1$561K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Other organizations27$37.8M

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Oct 2008Centre d'orientation et de recherche d'emploi de l'Estrie$471,038
Sep 2008Saskatchewan Tourism Education Council$1,024,124
Aug 2008Saskatchewan Labour Market Commission$900,000
May 2008Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association$560,504
Apr 2008La Cité collégiale$1,406,008
Apr 2008Syndicat des Producteurs forestiers du Bas-Saint-Laurent$49,999
Feb 2008Seven Oaks General Hospital$443,120
Feb 2008Winkler & Disctrict Chamber of Commerce$755,260
Feb 2008Action interculturelles de developpement et d'education (AIDE) Inc.$471,445
Nov 2007Information and Communications Technology Association of Manitoba (ICTAM)$1,144,912
Oct 2007Community Futures Development Corporation of 16/37$361,627
Aug 2007Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations$2,884,235
May 2007Commission des partenaires du marché du travail$3,744,430
Apr 2007Canadian Society for Training and Development$978,966
Mar 2007Canadian Career Development Foundation$1,164,092
Mar 2007Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada$2,249,369
Mar 2007Vancouver Coastal Health Authority$2,864,481
Mar 2007Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec$1,575,000
Feb 2007Union Culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes$511,302
Feb 2007Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology$1,827,994
Jan 2007Settlement and Integration Services Organization$319,504
Jan 2007Ottawa University$2,789,469
Jan 2007Centre Financier aux entreprises du Restigouche$4,908,853
Dec 2006London Economic Development Corporation$411,680
Dec 2006Catholic Family Counselling Centre (Region of Waterloo)$1,703,710