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Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage (employers) │Canadian Heritage

January 15, 2027

Value

Varies.

Description

Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage (YCWBCH) is an internship program. Eligible employers may benefit from wage subsidies and access a pool of college and university graduates with innovative ideas and competitive skills.

Eligible Applicants

An employer may be eligible for funding if it is:

  • an incorporated, non-profit organization in Canada with a heritage mandate such as a museum, archive, a library, an organization managing built heritage (heritage sites), or an arts organization;
  • an educational or cultural institution that has distinct objectives, programs and a budget related to heritage;
  • a non-profit organization under a provincial, territorial, regional or municipal government, that has distinct objectives, programs and a budget related to heritage;
  • a professional heritage or arts service organization;
  • an Indigenous regional government or governing body (band or tribal council) and/or Indigenous organization with a mandate to preserve and support Indigenous heritage (First Nations, Inuit and Métis); and
  • stable and financially healthy.

Note: Priority will be given to employers that submit applications for full-time internships.

Eligible Expenses

YCWBCH generally contributes approximately 50% of total eligible employment costs (wages, benefits and other eligible expenditures), and may, if justified, contribute a higher percentage.

The maximum YCWBCH contribution is in general $15,000 per internship in Canada and $17,000 for an international museum internship.

Deadline Date

The Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage program for employers had an application deadline of January 15, 2026, for the 2026-2027 program year. This deadline has passed. The program operates on an annual cycle, and the next anticipated deadline for the 2027-2028 cycle is January 15, 2027. Please visit the official grant website for the most up-to-date information on the upcoming funding cycle.

Contact

Contact Name: Government of Canada's Youth Info Line

Phone Number: 1-800-935-5555 (toll-free)

Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/young-canada-works/employers/careers-heritage-employers.html

Industry:

Employment, Indigenous, Non-Profit

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Internship, museum, Wage Subsidy

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