Business Supports and Programs - Northern Sunrise County, AB

Business Grants and Programs

Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program (AEP): The AEP provides access to capital and access to business opportunities for Indigenous entrepreneurs and business owners in Canada.

Alberta Food Processors Association: Wage subsidies of 50% (to a maximum of $5000) are available to hire current post-secondary students and recent grads (within 6 months) for temporary work experience placements (minimum 200 hours). Placement can be in any area relevant to the industry, including nutrition and food science, agriculture, technology, accounting, and finance, human resources, IT, logistics, safety, engineering, business, etc.

ATB Entrepreneur Centre: You bring your ideas, questions and passion—we’ll provide the advice, tools, resources and connections so you can grow your business, your way. We understand the ambition. The sacrifice. The desire to get to that next level. ATB is here to help you navigate each stage of your business journey and build and grow your small business.

Eco Canada: Employment programs that stimulate environmental career pathways, skill development, business growth, workforce support and workforce advancement through wage and training funding.

Trucking HR Career Expressway: Supports employers with recruitment efforts, helping them take advantage of industry specific financial incentives while connecting them with career seekers in the trucking and logistics sector.

Government of Alberta offers business valuable information to help start or develop a business.

www.alberta.ca/small-business-resources

Labour Market Partnership Grants: These grants are project-based grants available to nonprofits, municipalities, charities, businesses, associations and Indigenous groups to support workforce development and initiatives to attract and retain workers. For example, the grant could be used for labor studies, career or job fairs, bring in labor speakers, etc. Contact your Workforce Consultant to learn more.

Workforce Partnership Grant: This grant program to support market adjustment strategies and workforce development through partnerships. The program includes Labour Market Partnerships and Workforce Attraction and Retention Partnership projects.

Workforce Strategies Grant: This grant program supports organizations with innovative solutions that will help Albertans develop new skills and assist employers and industry to grow their workforce.

Workforce Training Grant: Offers eligible Albertans work-site training and paid work experience. Participating employers provide on the job training and/or experience with government funding contributions, with the expectation that participants maintain employment after completion of the program.

Ukrainian Rural Attraction Project Website: This is a new provincial funded program lead by Alberta Association of Immigrant Servicing Agencies (AAISA) to match Ukrainian nationals with employers in rural Alberta.

Deanna Basarab

Workforce Consultant Labour and Workforce Strategies Jobs, Economy and Trade

Government of Alberta

Cell 780 536-4617 or deanna.basarab@gov.ab.ca

Government of Canada

Apprentice Job Creation Tax Credit: The apprenticeship job creation tax credit (AJCTC) is non-refundable investment tax credit (ITC) equal to 10% of the eligible salaries and wages payable to eligible apprentices in respect of employment after May 1, 2006. The maximum credit an employer can claim is $2,000 per year for each eligible apprentice. If your business hires an eligible apprentice, you qualify to claim the credit.

Canada Apprentice Loan: Grants, loans, and funding programs to help apprentices, employers, unions, and other organizations participate in apprenticeship. Grants and program funding are provided through the Canadian Apprentice Program.

Jobs and Growth Fund:

Support the transition to a green economy
Foster an inclusive recovery
Preserve competitiveness and enhance resilience through productivity improvement and digital adoption
Strengthen capacity in sectors critical to Canada’s recovery and growth.

Prairies Economic Development Canada: Prairies Can is the federal department that supports economic growth across the Canadian Prairies by helping people navigate federal economic programs and services. It provides funding for small business, innovation, and community economic development on the Prairies.

Student Work Placement Program: This Program offers wage subsidies for employers, up to $5,000 per student or $7,000 for students in underrepresented groups.

Wage Subsidies and Assistance Program: Information on federal programs to help you hire the right employees for your business.

Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP): Funding for agriculture employers hiring youth and youth facing barriers.

RBC: RBC’s social finance initiative is designed to ignite the growth of social finance in Canada. The initiative supports and nurtures businesses that deliberately seek to make positive contributions to the community. The initiative demonstrates the opportunity to invest in businesses that deliver social, environmental and financial returns.

Thrive Academy: Focused on supporting idea stage and pre-seed stage startups in the agri-food tech sector, the THRIVE Academy is a 12-week agri-food tech pre-accelerator program for idea stage entrepreneurs, early-stage startups and researchers looking to commercialize their innovations.

WCB Training on the Job Program: Subsidy to employers to hire and train someone who is unable to return to their regular job due to a workplace injury. The worker develops skills and gains work experience while the employer receives financial support from WCB during the employee's training period.