Government Grant

Skills Development Fund: Training Stream | SDF

The Skills Development Fund – Training Stream provides funding for innovative, partnership-based projects that address labour shortages and skills gaps across Ontario. The program supports employer-led and community-based training initiatives that help workers develop in-demand skills, improve workforce participation, and strengthen Ontario's economic competitiveness.

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Description

The Skills Development Fund – Training Stream provides funding for innovative, partnership-based projects that address labour shortages and skills gaps across Ontario. The program supports employer-led and community-based training initiatives that help workers develop in-demand skills, improve workforce participation, and strengthen Ontario's economic competitiveness.



Proposals should demonstrate how they will support one or more of the following objectives:  

  • Help develop a resilient workforce by supporting access to the labour market, and retention and capacity-building for employers.
  • Empower workers and job seekers who face higher barriers of entry and enhance pathways into meaningful and gainful employment.
  • Encourage partnerships across the economy and support new innovative training solutions and improve the capacity of communities to respond to shocks to labour market conditions in in-demand, emerging and essential sectors.