Targeted Initiative for Older Workers

The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers helps unemployed older workers in communities experiencing ongoing high unemployment and/or with a high reliance on a single industry affected by downsizing.

Projects are designed to improve the employability of participants from 55 to 64 years of age, and may assist them through activities such as prior learning assessment, skills upgrading, and experience in new fields of work.

This initiative is cost-shared between the Government of Canada and provinces and territories. Participating provinces and territories are responsible for targeting programming and the funding of projects.