Funding: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant – Eligibility
Change to Apprenticeship Incentive Grant
Note: The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) will end March 31, 2025. Applications will not be accepted after this date. If you progressed on or after March 31, 2024, your deadline to submit an AIG application is March 31, 2025. You should apply by this date, even if you have not received supporting documents from your apprenticeship authority. The deadline for submitting supporting documents is 12 months from your application deadline date.
The Government of Canada will continue to support apprentices financially as they are unemployed and progress through their technical training. Apprentices can access Employment Insurance benefits and up to $20,000 in interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans. Apprentices can apply for a CAL as early as 3 months before the start of their technical training and can receive funding as early as day one of their training while they wait for their Employment Insurance claim to be processed for payment.
Project funding for organizations providing apprenticeship support to individuals is available under the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy.
Visit Supports for skilled trades and apprenticeship for information.
In order to be eligible for the grant, you must have successfully completed the first year (level/block) or second year (level/block) within an eligible apprenticeship program, by March 31, 2025.
To be eligible for the AIG, you must:
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or a protected person
- not be a high school student
- demonstrate registration and completion with acceptable provincial/territorial AIG supporting documents
- be registered with a provincial/territorial apprenticeship authority as an apprentice in a designated Red Seal trade.
Eligibility while attending school
You can apply for the AIG if you meet the eligibility requirements and you are a:
- registered apprentice enrolled in adult learning classes
- registered apprentice taking professional development courses, or
- Quebec apprentice completing your vocational training
Deadline to submit an application
Progression date between January 1, 2021 and March 30, 2024
- Application deadline: 12 months from progression date
- Deadline for submitting supporting proof document(s): 12 months from application deadline
Example
If your progression date is February 12, 2023, you have until February 12, 2024 to apply and until February 12, 2025, to provide supporting proof document(s).
Progression date on or after March 31, 2024
- Application deadline: March 31, 2025. You should apply even if you have not received supporting documents from your apprenticeship authority
- Deadline for submitting supporting proof document(s): 12 months from application deadline
Example
If your progression date is January 12, 2025, you have until March 31, 2025, to apply. The last date to submit supporting proof documents is March 31, 2026.
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