This program strengthens Northern Ontario's workforce by funding limited-term internships of 52 weeks with at least 35 hours per week. It covers up to 90% of intern salaries for municipalities, Indigenous communities, and non-profits, and up to 50% for businesses, focusing on new workforce entrants or career transitioners aged 18+ legally entitled to work in Canada. Applicants must recruit fairly and provide onsite supervision.
Eligible applicants include businesses, municipalities, Indigenous communities, and non-profits in Northern Ontario operating at least one year with one full-time employee. Interns must be new workforce entrants or career transitioners, 18+, legally entitled to work in Canada, and recruited via a fa