APPRENTICESHIP

Ontario has Apprenticeship programs for more than 150 trades and occupations in four sectors:

Construction
Industrial/Manufacturing
Motive Power
Service

Financial Help for Apprentices:

The Apprenticeship Scholarship provides a $1000 scholarship to young people who participate in apprenticeship programs if they:

Have completed their academic upgrading
Are employed
Are registered as an apprentice

Employers may be eligible for the:

New $2,000 Employer Signing Bonus
New $15,000 Apprenticeship Tax Credit
Wage subsidy for on the job training of your apprentice.

For more information, check out these website:

Tradeability
A great starting place. This site includes a Skilled Trades Guide, Case Studies, Labour Market Information and more.

Skilled Trades
A great website with lots of information on apprenticeship.

Skills Canada
Skills/Competences Canada is a national, not-for-profit organization that actively promotes careers in skilled trades and technologies to Canadian youth

Made with the Trades
Contains apprenticeship and skilled trades information for the construction sector

Skills Work
A not-for-profit organization that dispels myths and provides information to young people, their parents and their teachers

Apprentice Search
A great tool to search online for opportunities and information about the skilled trades

Red Seal Program
This website provides information on apprenticeship, trades and the Red Seal. It also contains a comparative chart of apprenticeship training programs across Canada.