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 | Winter 2025 term placements with the earliest start date of December 1, 2024 and the latest end date of March 31, 2025; the application intake will be between December 2, 2024, to March 31, 2025. |
| Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace (CCAA) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) |
CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada - Co-op Program | OPEN |
| Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) | OPEN |
| Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) | OPEN |
| Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)/ e-Talent (WIL Digital) | OPEN |
| Magnet | We are currently accepting applications for Winter 2025 (funding term: January 1 to March 31, 2025). |
| Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS - Please check back on April 1, 2025 for details about the next wave of wage subsidies. |
| The Talent Opportunities Program (TOP) | The application portal is open for the Fall 2024 term (September – December 2024). Please note that funding is limited, and applications are not guaranteed funding. New applications will be placed on the waitlist and will only be moved into processing if funding becomes available. |
| TECHNATION | NOW OPEN - Winter 2025 Program (January 1 – March 31) – Registration |
| Trucking HR Canada | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |
| Venture for Canada | CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS |