Better Jobs Ontario

You may qualify if you are an Ontario resident, a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, are unemployed (laid off, or unemployed long-term from a low-income household), and can show there is demand for the skills you want to train for. You generally cannot have completed government-funded training in the last 24 months or be enrolled elsewhere.

Proof of Ontario residency, Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status, proof of layoff or long-term unemployment and low income, and evidence of local demand for the skills training you are requesting.

Apply through an Employment Ontario service provider in your area. You must be approved by the ministry before starting any training, or the training will not be funded.

A common mistake is starting training before being approved, which makes you ineligible. Another is not demonstrating that there is local demand for the skills you want to train for. People also miss that recent government-funded training in the last 24 months can disqualify you.