Student Work Placement Program
Get up to $5,000 in wage reimbursements when you hire a student currently attending a post-secondary institution.
Grow your workforce with new talent
Employers can take advantage of this wage subsidy to help reduce the overhead costs of hiring new talent. Participating in student work placements also helps highlight the variety of opportunities available within your company to soon-to-be graduates, building your talent pipeline with experienced workers.
Why employers are using it:
✔ Up to $5,000 per student to offset costs
✔ Access to post-secondary talent with in-demand skills
✔ Support to make hiring simple
Meet some of the employers already having success under this program.
Ways to participate
Work placements must offer:
Full-time or part-time work opportunity (minimum 4 weeks, maximum 16 weeks; minimum of 10 hours/week)
A safe and harassment-free work environment
Work experience with clear educational value to the student’s area of study
Details
Employers must:
Be a business registered in Canada
Be in the trucking and logistics industry
Hire more students than they did before accessing SWPP
Hire a current post-secondary student into a role relevant to their studies
Hire students as employees. Participants are not eligible for the program as contractors.
Hire students who are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or granted refugee status in Canada
Hire students legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations
Please note: we are unable to fund placements of international students, Canadian students enrolled outside of Canada, or students pursuing education in the skilled trades. Placements cannot also be funded by another Federal Grant Program.
Funded by the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program.
