Government of Canada: Accepting Applications for Canada Summer Jobs Program

Deadline: 25 January 2019

Applications are now open for Canada Summer Jobs, an initiative of the Youth Employment Strategy, which is the Government of Canada’s commitment to help young people between the ages of 15 and 30, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to transition successfully into the labour market.

The program provides wage subsidies to employers from not-for-profit organizations, the public-sector, and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create quality summer work experiences for young people aged 15 to 30 years.

Objectives

The program objectives have been updated to:

Provide quality work experiences for youth;
Respond to national and local priorities to improve access to the labour market for youth who face unique barriers; and,
Provide opportunities for youth to develop and improve their skills.

Funding Priority

Funding priority will be given to projects that provide quality job placements and support the following priorities:

improving access to the labour market for youth who face unique barriers; and,
supporting the program objectives as well as local and national priorities.

Eligibility Criteria

Not-for-profit employers
- Entities under the “not-for-profit” category are established for purposes other than financial gain for their members. This category includes:
  - Community, charitable or voluntary organizations, including faith-based organizations (e.g. churches, synagogues, temples, mosques);
  - Associations of workers or employers as well as professional and industrial organizations;
  - Indigenous not-for-profit organizations;
  - Non-governmental organizations;
  - Unions;
  - Sector councils; and,
  - Not-for-profit Band Councils.
Public sector employers
- Public sector employers include public health and public educational institutions and municipal governments. This category includes:
  - Public community colleges and vocational schools;
  - Public health, including public hospitals, nursing homes, senior citizen homes, rehabilitation homes;
  - Public degree-granting universities and colleges;
  - Municipal governments and agencies, including regional legislative bodies and departments; and,
  - School boards and elementary and secondary institutions.
Private sector employers
- Private sector entities are established in order to generate a profit or to provide an economic advantage to their proprietors,members or shareholders. Private sector employers must have 50 or fewer full-time employees across Canada to be eligible for Canada Summer Jobs funding. Full-time employees are those working 30 hours or more per week.
- This category includes:
  - Bodies, incorporated or unincorporated,including partnerships and sole proprietorships;
  - Financial Institutions;
  - Business, incorporated or unincorporated bodies,which include:
    - federal Crown corporations operating in a competitive environment and not ordinarily dependent on appropriations for operating purposes as indicated in Schedule III, Part II of the Financial Administration Act;
    - provincial and territorial Crown corporations recognized as operating in a competitive environment and not ordinarily dependent on appropriations for operating purposes;
    - private health and educational institutions;and,
    - independent owners of franchises (franchise operators are eligible if there are 50 or fewer full-time employees working full-time in the franchise owner’s operations across Canada, regardless of the number of business numbers involved);
  - Indian Band corporations;
  - Private Band Councils; and,
  - Private universities or colleges.
What youth participants are eligible?
- To be eligible, youth must:
  - be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
  - be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment; and,
  - have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.