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Skills Development Fund Training Stream │ Government of Ontario

October 1, 2025

Value

Varies.

Description

The Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training, or retaining workers, including apprentices, to drive Ontario’s economic growth.

Eligible Applicants

The following organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream:

  • employers in Ontario, other than the educational organizations listed as eligible to be co-applicants
  • minister-approved, non-college apprenticeship training delivery agents (TDAs)
  • non-profit organizations, including Indigenous Band offices and Indigenous Skills and Employment Training agreement holders
  • professional associations, industry associations, or employer associations
  • trade unions or union-affiliated organizations
  • municipalities, District Social Services Administration Boards, Consolidated Municipal Service Managers, hospitals

Eligible Expenses

The SDF Training Stream supports project that:

  • develop a resilient workforce by supporting access to the labour market, strengthening efforts to attract, train, and retain workers, and building employer capacity to adapt and innovate
  • encourage partnerships and drive innovation through collaborative training initiatives that build local capacity and help communities respond to shocks in labour market conditions and pivot to in-demand, emerging and essential sectors
  • support skilled trades and construction labour includes enhancing the adaptability, technical skills, and knowledge of participants to support key industries by working with community partners to help participants develop advanced skill sets
  • provide a targeted response to U.S. tariffs as support for in-demand skilled trades and industrial sectors such as automotive and manufacturing

Deadline Date

The Skills Development Fund Training Stream (Round 6) accepted applications until October 1, 2025. The program is currently closed for new applications. As this is a periodic program, future intake periods may be announced. Please visit the official website for any updates on upcoming rounds and specific guidelines.

Contact

Contact Name: Skills Development Fund Training Stream

Phone Number: 416-326-5656; Toll-free: 1-800-387-5656

Website: https://www.ontario.ca/page/skills-development-fund-training-stream

Industry:

Employment, Indigenous, Municipalities, Non-Profit

Location:

Ontario

Tags:

Economic Development

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