The Manitoba government has opened the first of two intake periods for the 2022-23 Canada–Manitoba Job Grant, with a total budget of $10 million, to support Manitoba’s workforce training needs, Economic Development, Investment and Trade Minister Cliff Cullen announced today.

The Canada–Manitoba Job Grant provides funding to address an employer’s workforce training needs. Employers can apply for up to $10,000 per employee, with an overall maximum of $100,000. Employers with 100 or fewer employees can receive 75 per cent of eligible training costs and employers with more than 100 employees can receive 50 per cent of eligible training costs. To qualify, the training must be delivered by a third-party trainer.

For more information on the Canada–Manitoba Job Grant and to access the application form, visit https://gov.mb.ca/jec/busdev/financial/cmjg/index.html.

Update as of Fall 2023: The application intake for the Canada-Manitoba Job Grant is now CLOSED. They are no longer accepting applications.