Apprenticeship Grants

Apprenticeship Grants are designed to encourage more apprentices to complete their training.

Through the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant and the Apprenticeship Completion Grant, registered apprentices who complete their apprenticeship training and receive their journeyman/journeywoman certification in a designated Red Seal trade could be eligible to receive up to a maximum of $4,000.

Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)

The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) is a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year, up to a maximum of $2,000 per person, available to registered apprentices once they have successfully completed their first or second year/level (or equivalent) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades.

Apprentices should be aware that there is a deadline to apply.

Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG)

The Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG) is a $2,000 taxable cash grant designed to encourage apprentices registered in a designated Red Seal trade to complete their apprenticeship program and receive their certification. Eligibility is retroactive to January 1, 2009.

The completion grant will be offered to apprentices who complete their training, become certified journeymen/journeywomen in a designated Red Seal trade and who obtain either the Red Seal endorsement or a provincial or territorial Certificate of Qualification.

Apprentices should be aware that there is a deadline to apply.

Trades included in the Red Seal Program

Eligible apprentices must be registered in or have completed an apprenticeship program in a trade that is designated as a Red Seal trade in the province or territory where they become certified.

To date, there are 50 trades included in the Red Seal Program on a national basis which account for over 88% of all apprentices and more than 80% of the total trade workforce in Canada .

Please note that not all the trades listed are designated as Red Seal in all provinces and territories and the names of the Red Seal trades in your province or territory may be different from the ones listed below.

List of designated Red Seal Trades in Canada:

• Agricultural Equipment Technician
• Appliance Service Technician
• Automotive Painter
• Automotive Service Technician
• Baker
• Boilermaker
• Bricklayer
• Cabinetmaker
• Carpenter
• Concrete Finisher
• Construction Craft Worker
• Construction Electrician
• Cook
• Electric Motor
• Electronics Technician (Consumer Products)
• Floorcovering Installer
• Glazier
• Hairstylist
• Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
• Industrial Electrician
• Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
• Instrumentation and Control Technician
• Insulator (Heat and Frost)
• Ironworker (Generalist)
• Ironworker (Reinforcing)
• Ironworker (Structural/ Ornamental)
• Landscape-Horticulturist
• Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
• Machinist
• Metal Fabricator
• Mobile Crane Operator
• Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal and paint)
• Motorcycle Mechanic
• Oil Burner Mechanic
• Painter and Decorator
• Partsperson
• Plumber
• Powerline Technician
• Recreation Vehicle Service Technician
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
• Rig Technician
• Roofer
• Sheet Metal Worker
• Sprinkler System Installer
• Steamfitter/ Pipefitter
• Tilesetter
• Tool and Die Maker
• Transport Trailer Technician
• Truck and Transport Mechanic
• Welder

More about the Red Seal trades designated in your province or territory.