ESDC | Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program (SWSP)

The Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program (SWSP) helps key sectors of the economy to develop and implement solutions to address current and emerging workforce needs.

The Program will support projects that focus on a range of industry-driven activities such as training and reskilling workers, helping employers retain and attract a skilled and diverse workforce and other creative solutions to help sectors address labour market needs. Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with other sectoral stakeholders and provincial or territorial governments to implement wide-scale industry solutions.

Eligible organizations can apply for funding at a minimum of $5,000,000* and maximum of $50,000,000.

Note: Projects that focus on Health Care Sector are exempt from this minimum funding level.

We expect that successful projects will begin as early as fall 2022 and must end by March 31, 2024.

The objective of this open call is to provide support to organizations to implement industry solutions that support skills and employment needs.

Projects will need to focus on addressing workforce challenges in one or more of the following 3 policy priority areas.

Building Talent for the Clean Economy:

To contribute to Canada’s Climate Action Plan and Just Transition by supporting workforce development needs in sectors that are directly or indirectly involved in protecting the environment, oceanic or aquatic ecosystems, managing natural resources, and/or contribute to the low carbon economy in key areas, such as:

• Agriculture and agri-food
• Clean technology
• Construction (building retrofits/energy efficiency)
• Natural resources and environment
• Transportation

Supporting Demand-Driven Solutions for Sectors Hardest Hit by the Pandemic and Those Key to Recovery

To support demand-driven initiatives that can be established quickly and launch activities within 2 months of project start, that support the workforce development needs of workers and employers in key sectors.

Sectors that may be prioritised for funding include:

• Agriculture and agri-food
• Construction
• Information and communications technology
• Manufacturing
• Natural resources
• Tourism and hospitality
• Transportation

Investing in the Health Care Sector:

To address challenges faced by in-demand health care occupations, such as:

• Skills and labour shortages
• Labour mobility
• Workforce mental health needs
• Labour market integration of internationally trained health care professionals

Priorities

Project proposals may be prioritized according to the following:

• To ensure that program objectives in the three policy priority areas are met
• To ensure program results by maximizing targets for training participants, including the participation of equity-deserving groups
• To ensure geographical and sectoral representation
• To support alignment with workforce development needs of other federal departments or agencies
• To support projects that focus on increasing the participation of equity-deserving groups in their sector(s)

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