CanCode Program
“Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)”
$5,000,000.00
Maximum Eligible Amount
Government Grant
Fund Type
The Department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has launched the third phase of the CanCode Program, under Budget 2021. This program is a non- repayable contribution program that will invest up to $80 million over three fiscal years (starting in 2021-2022 and ending in 2023-24) to provide Canadian students (kindergarten to grade 12) and their teachers opportunities to develop digital skills including coding, data analytics and digital content development. CanCode is focused on traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM including girls, Indigenous youth, youth with disabilities, black youth and youth residing in rural and remote communities including the North.
Digital skills
Digital skills are skills needed to engage with computers and the internet. CanCode is designed to provide students (kindergarten to grade 12) the opportunity to learn digital skills, including coding, data analytics, and digital content development with the intention of moving youth from passive consumers of digital content to active creators of digital technology and content.
Traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM
- Girls (including those identifying as girls)
- Youth with disabilities
- Black youth
- Indigenous youth
- Youth residing in rural and remote* areas including the North
*Rural and remote areas are non-metro localities (i.e., with a population density less than 100,000 inhabitants and with a distance that is outside the commuting zone of these metro centres).
The CanCode Program objectives are as follows:
- provide students (kindergarten to grade 12) opportunities to develop digital skills including coding, data analytics and/or digital content creation);
- provide digital skills training and professional development to pre-service, elementary, and secondary teachers, and;
- develop educational resources to support and enhance digital skills and coding learning initiatives and teacher training and development initiatives;
- encourage participation and intensity of training for underrepresented groups;
- to be fully self-sustainable at the end of the program (financing from other sources), with the exception of organizations serving primarily underrepresented groups. These organizations are still expected to demonstrate progress to self sustainability.
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