Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Wage Subsidy

Access Ability

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Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Wage Subsidy

Description:

Access Ability is an employment wage subsidy program, dedicated to providing inclusive hiring through federal wage subsidies to employers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is a Pay- for - Performance wage subsidy, 100% coverage for up to 20 weeks of work experience.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be employers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador,
  • provide a minimum 35-hour work week,
  • cover the mandatory employment related costs (CPP, EI, Vacation Pay),
  • provide $15/hr wage to their new hire,
  • assign an organization supervisor to act as a mentor for the participant.

The participant must:

  • self identify as a person living with a disability,
  • be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada,
  • be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations,
  • not be in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefit.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must complete the online application form.

Other Things to Note:

Access Ability is an employment wage subsidy program funded by Service Canada and facilitated by the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre.

Program Contact:

Access - Ability website

Wage Support for Potato Exporters

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Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Wage subsidy

Description:

The Wage Support for Potato Exporters assists the Prince Edward Island potato industry and trucking companies impacted by the closure of the US border to the export of table stock potatoes. 

Comments on Funding:

Funding is a wage subsidy of 100% of wage and benefit costs at the rate of pay up to a maximum of $3,000 per month per employee.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicants must:

Eligible employees must:

  • be employees of the eligible employer directly affected by the United States ban on the export of table stock potatoes,
  • be residents of Prince Edward Island and eligible to work in Canada.

Application Steps:

1

must complete the Wage Support for Potato Exporters application and submit it to SkillsPEI via email at skillspei@gov.pe.ca. 

2

must demonstrate the number of employees and their wages affected by the United States ban on table stock potatoes. 

Documentation Needed: 

​Applicants must submit:

  1. 1
    a complete application form,
  2. 2
    the project details. 

If approved, employers may be required to provide payroll documentation for affected employees for reimbursement.

Program Contact:

​Wage Support for Potato Exporters

​WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND​​​

Youth Employment Fund

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  • This program is currently closed.

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Wage Subsidy

Description:

The Youth Employment Fund (YEF) provides funding to create an entry point to long-term employment for unemployed individuals between 18 and 29 years of age who require a work experience opportunity as identified through their employment action plan. The program provides a job placement for up to eighteen weeks with a New Brunswick employer.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is 100% of the minimum wage for 30 hours a week, subsidized for up to 18 weeks. It includes the following Mandatory Employment Related Costs (MERCs): Employment Insurance (EI), Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) and Vacation Pay for each approved position. The Employer is responsible for the Workplace, Health, Safety and Compensation Commission premiums.
Employers may, and are encouraged to, increase the hours per week and duration of the placement to reflect employment duration for the sector.  

When It Ends:

Closed

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

​Applicants/employers must:

  • be private sector businesses (they are the priority),
  • be non-profit organizations,
  • be municipalities;
  • be provincial government departments/agencies only,
  • First Nations,
  • be located in New Brunswick,
  • provide a quality (i.e. orientation, coaching and mentoring) work experience opportunity,
  • have demonstrated commitment and positive experience in previous placements, if applicable. Priority will be given to employers who express an intent to retain the participant after the placement period.
  • pay youth based on an hourly wage.

Youth employees must:

  • be legally entitled to work in Canada,
  • be unemployed, underemployed or working less than 15 hours per week,
  • be a resident of New Brunswick,
  • have an employment action plan and be referred by an employment counsellor / case manager from one of the following: Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, Social Development, Employment Assistance Services organizations, Aboriginal organizations, Public Safety, Office of Human Resources (Equal Opportunity Program),
  • be between 18-29 (at least 18 years old but less than 30 years old at the time of application). Youth do not need to have graduated from high school in order to participate in the program (i.e. there is no minimum education requirement
  • not be a full-time student (Youths aged 18-years-old, who will be graduating in June that are not planning to attend full-time post-secondary education and are planning to enter the labour force immediately after high school may apply to the program after May 1st for placements starting after obtaining their diploma),
  • have a resume before being placed with an employer,
  • have not previously participated in a YEF placement,
  • not be an immediate family member of the employer (spouse, children, parents, brother, sister), nor can they be an officer or director of the organization or a member of their immediate families.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must submit their information online on https://www.nbjobs.ca/ and a staff member from their local Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour office will contact them to assist with the application process and determine eligibility.

Other Things to Note:

"Please note that applications for this program have now closed, and the Youth Employment Fund Program has been replaced with other services."

Program Contact:

Youth Employment Fund

Youth Employment Fund Guidelines

Youth Employment Fund - For Employers


Ready-To-Work (RTW) Youth Program

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  • This program is currently closed.

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Wage Subsidy

Description:

The RTW Youth Program is a fully funded federal program and is intended for youth aged 15-30 who are facing a barrier in their life holding them back from obtaining meaningful employment. The program has an 8 weeks classroom training component and a 12-week work placement of their choice in the tourism industry. It will supplement half the participants’ pay (to a maximum of 50% of minimum wage for 40hrs per week) to help the employers provide an optimal learning environment for participants.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is up to 50% of the minimum wage for 40hrs per week. 

When It Ends:

Closed

Deadline:

2020 dates to be announced

Eligibility:

  • Employers must be PEI tourism-industry businesses.
  • Employees must be youth aged 15-30 who are facing a barrier in their life holding them back from obtaining meaningful employment. Barriers can include, but are not limited to, recent immigrants to Canada, single parents, people who did not complete high school, etc. 

Application Steps:

1

can complete the online RTW WAIT-LIST to be notified when there is new session starting,

2

must contact Kim Smith or call 902-566-5008 for more information and questions/concerns.

Other Things to Note:

No new start dates have been announced since 2019.

Program Contact:

Ready-to-Work Youth Program

Research Assistantships Initiative (RAI)

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Amount:

$60,000.00

Type of Program:

Wage Subsidy

Description:

The Research Assistantships Initiative (RAI) provides applied researchers funding to hire undergraduate and graduate student research assistants. Funding is advanced to the college or university first, and then paid out to the student(s) in the form of a salary, award, or stipend. 

Comments on Funding:

Funding is in the form of stipends of up to $7,500 per undergraduate, and up to $15,000 per graduate. A maximum of up to $60,000 may be requested in each application.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

February 7, 2022

Eligibility:

The applicants must:

  • be universities, colleges or applied researchers.
  • hire undergraduate and graduate student research assistants.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants should apply through the NBIF Research Portal 

Documentation Needed: 

​Applicants must submit the application form.

Other Things to Note:

The duration of the award is two years.  

Program Contact:

Research Assistantships Initiative (RAI)