Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)
- Key changes to 2019-2020 Employment Ontario transfer payment agreements
- New reporting requirements for Labour Market Transfer Agreement-funded Employment Ontario programs
- Guidelines and Forms
- Business Planning and Program Monitoring
- Tools and Resources
- Training
- Communications
- UpSkill and Customized Training Pilots
Key changes to 2019-2020 Employment Ontario transfer payment agreements
- Memo: Key changes to 2019-2020 Employment Ontario transfer payment agreements (posted on March 29, 2019) (PDF, 174 KB)
- Questions and Answers for Service Providers (posted on April 25, 2019) (PDF, 213 KB)
New reporting requirements for Labour Market Transfer Agreement-funded Employment Ontario programs
- Memo: New reporting requirements for Labour Market Transfer Agreement-funded Employment Ontario programs (posted on March 29, 2019) (PDF, 103 KB)
- Questions and Answers for Service Providers (posted on April 25, 2019) (PDF, 213 KB)
Guidelines and Forms
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Process:
- Right click on the form that you want to download
- Select “Save Link As”, or the similar wording
- Choose the desired destination to save the form
If you are a member of the public seeking general information on Employment Ontario programs and services, please visit the Employment Ontario website.
Guidelines
- Memo: 2019-2020 COJG Guidelines (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 88 KB)
- 2019-2020 Guidelines (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 453 KB)
- Questions and Answers for Service Providers (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 221 KB)
- Updated: COJG 2017/2018 Guidelines (posted June 2017) (PDF, 242 KB)
- COJG Program Guidelines Changes
- Memo: 2017-2018 COJG Guideline Changes (posted on March 10, 2017) (PDF, 229 KB)
- COJG 2017/2018 Guidelines (posted on March 10, 2017) (PDF, 233 KB)
Forms
- COJG Statement of Revenue and Expenditure Repot (SRER) (posted on April 15, 2019) (PDF, 49 KB)
- Training Outcome Report (posted on May 11, 2018) (PDF, 2,505 KB)
- Service Provider Memo on Updated Training Agreement Form (posted August 2016) (PDF, 145 KB)
- Updated Training Agreement Form (posted August 2016)
- Training Outcome Report (posted May 2016) (PDF, 531 KB)
- Updated COJG Employer Application Form Qs and As (posted February 2015) (PDF, 153 KB)
- Memo: Additional COJG Forms (posted December 2014) (PDF, 94 KB)
- Memo - Canada-Ontario Job Grant Forms (posted November 2014) (PDF, 38 KB)
- COJG Section 25 Forms (posted November 2014)
- Section 25 Request Form (posted November 2014) (PDF, 42 KB)
- Section 25 Withdrawal Request Form (posted November 2014) (PDF, 42 KB)
Business Planning and Program Monitoring
- Memo: 2020-2021 Business Plan Templates (posted on November 22, 2019) (PDF, 135 KB)
- Memo: 2019-2020 Business Planning (posted on November 28, 2018) (PDF, 95 KB)
- Memo to EO Network – QSAR Automation (posted on June 19, 2017) (PDF, 32 KB)
- 2015-16 Business Planning for the COJG (posted March 2015) (PDF, 100 KB)
Tools and Resources
Assessment Tool
- COJG Reasonability Checklist (posted on June 21, 2017) (PDF, 509 KB)
- Memo: Updated COJG Assessment Tool (posted May 2016) (PDF, 104 KB)
- COJG Assessment Tool (posted May 2016) (PDF, 792 KB)
- Questions and Answers about the COJG Assessment Tool (Updated 1 June, 2016) (PDF, 126 KB)
Attestation Process
- COJG Employer and Training Provider Information Sheet (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 118 KB)
- Training Provider Attestation Form (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 1,416 KB)
- Employer Attestation Form (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 1,407 KB)
Training Provider Monitoring
- Memo – Updated COJG Training Form (posted October 2015) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Updated Training Site Visit Form (posted July 2015) (PDF, 44 KB)
- Memo to COJG Service Providers - Revised Training Provider Monitoring Requirements (posted June 2015) (PDF, 25 KB)
- Extract from COJG Service Provider Amended Agreement (posted June 2015) (PDF, 34 KB)
- Training Site Visit Form (Updated July 2015)
EOIS-CaMS and System Updates
- Memo: COJG Follow-Ups (posted May 2016) (PDF, 108 KB)
- Bulletin - COJG Interim Report Back (posted November 2014) (PDF, 305 KB)
- COJG Interim Report Back (posted November 2014) (PDF, 582 KB)
Training
- COJG Product Vendor and Business Consulting Examples (posted on August 30, 2019)(PDF, 311 KB)
- Employer Overview Presentation (posted on August 12, 2019) (PDF, 698 KB)
- Questions and Answers for Employers (posted on June 31, 2017)
- COJG Technical Training Deck for 2017-2018 (posted April 4 2017) (PDF, 109 KB)
- Questions and Answers for Service Providers about the COJG (posted October 2016) (PDF, 264 KB)
- COJG Technical Training Presentation (posted November 2014)
- COJG Employer Training Presentation (posted November 2014) (PDF, 232 KB)
- COJG Service Provider Section 25 Presentation (posted November 2014) (PDF, 166 KB)
- COJG Service Provider Monitoring Presentation (posted November 2014) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Key Concepts from Technical Q’s and A’s Presentation (posted November 2014) (PDF, 91 KB)
- COJG Service Provider Technology Infrastructure Presentation (posted November 2014) (PDF, 1,662 KB)
- COJG Service Provider Training Agreement Presentation (posted November 2014) (PDF, 249 KB)
Communications
- ADM Memo to the EO Network: Update on Employment Ontario Allocations for 2020-2021 (posted on March 20, 2020) (PDF, 86 KB)
- Memo: Announcement of a Third-Party Evaluation of the Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG) Program (posted on February 24, 2020) (PDF, 180 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Evaluation of the Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG) Program (posted on February 24, 2020) (PDF, 82 KB)
- Memo: 2019-2020 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements: Audited Financial Statements Submission Instructions (posted on September 18, 2019) (PDF, 82 KB)
- Access to Employment Ontario Programs for Individuals with 900-Series Social Insurance Numbers (posted on August 16, 2019) (PDF, 95 KB)
- Memo – COJG Document (posted on January 21, 2019) (PDF, 203 KB)
- Memo - COJG Under 25 Acceptance Letter Changes (posted on May 11, 2018) (PDF, 72 KB)
- ADM Memo to EO Service Providers: COJG Program Changes (posted on March 5, 2018) (PDF, 171 KB)
- General Questions and Answers: COJG Program Changes (posted on March 7, 2018) (PDF, 203 KB)
- Employer Memo template (posted on March 5, 2018) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Memo 2017 COJG Training and Travel Expenses Process for Service Providers (posted on August 18, 2017) (PDF, 263 KB)
- Memo to COJG Service Providers: New and Revised COJG Documents (posted on June 21, 2017) (PDF, 32 KB)
- COJG Program Update Qs and As (posted on June 21, 2017) (PDF, 166 KB)
- Memo: COJG Program Changes (posted May 2017) (PDF, 40 KB)
- Memo: COJG Changes for 2017-2018 (posted April 4 2017) (PDF, 191 KB)
- Memo to COJG Service Providers: 2016-2017 Operational Funding Changes (posted August 2016) (PDF 118 KB)
- Memo to COJG Service Providers - Changes Related to the Job Fund Agreement Reporting Requirements (posted April 2016)
- COJG 2016–17 Budget Allocation Changes (posted February 2016)
The Canada-Ontario Job Grant acceptance letters for employers are now available on the Employment Ontario Partners’ Gateway. Please use this business process and the acceptance letters as of today.
The business process for using the letter is as follows:
- Enter the following information in the designated fields: application ID, date application was submitted, amount approved, contact name and address.
- Distribute this letter, along with the employer agreement, to the employer.
Please send this letter to all employers who have been approved for a Canada-Ontario Job Grant.
- Acceptance Letter for 25 and Under Trainees Stream (posted on May 11, 2018) (PDF, 50 KB)
- Memo - COJG Application: Business Number (BN) vs Business Identification Number (BIN) (posted December 2014) (PDF, 103 KB)
UpSkill and Customized Training Pilots
- Memo: COJG UpSkill Deadline Extended (posted August 2015) (PDF, 24 KB)
- COJG: Customized Training and COJG: UpSkill Pilots - Frequently Asked Questions for Employers (posted July 2015) (PDF, 97 KB)
- Employer Training Presentation (posted June 2015) (PDF, 307 KB)