Wage subsidies
Are high wage expectations making you reluctant to put up that Help Wanted sign? A wage subsidy program can put the perfect employee within your reach.
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Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1083/
Applies to: All of Canada
If you hire an eligible apprentice, you could receive a tax credit equivalent to 10% of their salary.
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Canada Summer Jobs
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/5926/
Applies to: All of Canada
If you hire students for the summer, this subsidy could help you cover 50% of their wages.
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Career Focus
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/4959/
Applies to: All of Canada
This wage subsidy could help you pay part of the salary of college or university graduates, if you provide them with relevant work experience.
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Child Care — Quality Improvement Funding Support
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/3116/
Applies to: New Brunswick
You can apply for funding to increase the wages of eligible employees at your child day care facility, or to offer them bonuses.
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Employer wage subsidy
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/2063/
Applies to: New Brunswick
You could receive temporary wage reimbursements when you create permanent jobs or annually-recurring seasonal jobs in your business.
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Export Internship for Trade Graduates
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/857/
Applies to: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island
Hire a graduate with exporting know-how under this wage subsidy program.
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Housing Internship Initiative for First Nations and Inuit Youth
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/5139/
Applies to: All of Canada
Your housing-related Aboriginal business may qualify for wage subsidies of up to $10,000 to hire and train First Nations or Inuit youths.
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Industrial Research Assistance Program — Youth Employment Program
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/6440/
Applies to: All of Canada
Financial assistance to hire a skilled post-secondary graduate to work on your innovative project.
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Opportunities Fund
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/4937/
Applies to: All of Canada
If you are a person with disabilities who wants to start a business or an employer who would like to hire someone with a disability, you could qualify for funds.
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Science and Technology Internship Program
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1459/
Applies to: All of Canada
If your business is in the geomatics, geology, mining, forestry or energy sector, you could get money to hire recent graduates in science, engineering or business.
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Skills Link
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1995/
Applies to: All of Canada
Need employees? You could receive money to hire and train young Canadians between the ages of 15 and 30 to work on your project.
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Small Business Internship Program
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1050/
Applies to: All of Canada
You could get money to hire a student to help you implement e-business practices and technologies that can increase your sales and productivity.
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Work Ability
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/3122/
Applies to: New Brunswick
Get wage subsidies to hire individuals and make them "job ready" and you can be reimbursed for an amount equivalent to the minimum wage (to a maximum of 40 hours / week).