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 | CLOSED TO APPLICATONS FOR WINTER 2025 |
| Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace (CCAA) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER 2025 |
| Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) |
OPEN |
| Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada - Co-op Program | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER 2025 |
| Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) | OPEN |
| Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) | OPEN |
| Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)/ e-Talent (WIL Digital) | CLOSED TO APPLICATOINS FOR WINTER 2025 |
| Magnet | OPEN |
| Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER 2025 |
| The Talent Opportunities Program (TOP) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER 2025 |
| TECHNATION | OPEN |
| Trucking HR Canada | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Venture for Canada | OPEN |