Canada-Alberta Job Grant

The Canada-Alberta Job Grant is a training program where an employer applies on behalf of their present or future employee(s) for eligible training costs. Employers decide who gets training and what type of training may be needed for their employees. +Eligible employers are required to contribute a minimum of one-third of the total training costs for existing employees +Government contributes two-thirds of the cost to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee per fiscal year +If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 100% of training costs could be covered, up to $15,000 per trainee. +Individual employers will have a cap of $300,000 for the amount of grant funding they can receive per fiscal year

2025-03-31

Range between $1 - $300,000

Grant, Training, Hiring

All Sectors

For Profit, Non Profit

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

The CAJG is available to:

private sector employers, including sole proprietors and partnerships
non-profit sector employers
First Nations and Metis Settlements
the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (if in a community with a population of 100,000 or less)
Alberta Treasury Branches (if in a community with a population of 100,000 or less)
To be eligible, Alberta employers must have current or potential employees who need training to fill current or future positions.

CAJG trainees must be one of the following:

Canadian citizens
permanent residents
protected people under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) who are entitled to work in Canada
business owners (incorporated, unincorporated, sole-proprietor, partnerships) with 4 or fewer employees, including all owners, are now eligible trainees
employed family members

Connect with the Canada-Alberta Job Grant processing centre:

Phone: 780-638-9424 (in Edmonton)

Toll free: 1-855-638-9424

Email: jobgrant@gov.ab.ca