As part of the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP), a variety of funding opportunities are available for employers to hire students for the purposes of experiential learning. This funding is being administered by Employment and Social Development Canada.
Through SWPP, organizations within Canada that offer full-time employment opportunities between 12-16 weeks for full-time Canadian post-secondary students can receive wage subsidies:
- up to 50% of the wage cost for the placement (up to a maximum of $5,000 per placement) per student OR
- up to 70% (up to a maximum of $7,000 per placement) for under-represented students including first-year students, women in STEM, indigenous students, persons with disabilities and newcomers.
There are a total of 13 delivery partner organizations that help distribute this funding.
Outlined below are the funding partners for the Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) Engineering Co-op program:
Delivery Partner Organization
| BioTalent Canada | OPEN FOR FALL 2025 ON AUG. 5, 2025 APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR WINTER 2026 ON DEC. 1, 2025 APPLICATIONS |
| Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace (CCAA) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) |
OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada - Co-op Program | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)/ e-Talent (WIL Digital) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Magnet | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| The Talent Opportunities Program (TOP) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| TECHNATION | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| Trucking HR Canada | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |
| Venture for Canada | OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS |