SkillsAdvance Ontario Pilot
The SkillsAdvance Ontario (SAO) pilot project is intended to support workforce development in identified key growth sectors.
It funds partnerships that connect employers with the employment and training services required to recruit and advance workers with the right essential, technical, and employability skills. It also supports jobseekers to obtain employment by providing them with sector-specific employment and training services, and connecting them to the right employers.
SkillsAdvance Ontario embodies a sector-focused strategy that takes into consideration the dynamic nature of regional economies and labour markets, as well as the evolving requirements of different industrial sectors. SkillsAdvance Ontario projects provide the ministry the opportunity to test the effectiveness and efficiencies of sector-focused, partnership-based programming.
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)
Communications
- Memo: Wrongdoing Expectations in Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on April 14, 2022) (PDF, 102 KB)
- Memo: Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on April 12, 2022) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Memo: Employment Ontario Supports for People Affected by the Conflict in Ukraine (posted on April 11, 2022) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Memo: Access to Employment Ontario Programs for Individuals with 900-Series Social Insurance Numbers, including Ukrainian and other visitors under Emergency Travel measures (posted on April 11, 2022) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Memo: Employment Status Questionnaire Guide (posted on April 6, 2022) (PDF, 228 KB)
- Memo: Business Day Definition and Public Holidays (posted on March 29, 2022) (PDF, 123 KB)
- Memo: New Transfer Payment Requirement -Tax Compliance Verification and Attestation of Compliance with Labour and Environment Laws (posted on February 10, 2022) (PDF, 169 KB)
- ADM Memo: 2022-2023 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on February 8, 2022) (PDF, 193 KB)
- Memo: Incorporation of Employment Status Questionnaire in EOIS-CaMS for Clients' Outcome Data Collection (posted on October 4, 2021) (PDF, 160 KB)
- Memo: 2021-2022 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on June 21, 2021) (PDF, 170 KB)
- Memo: Access to Employment Ontario Programs for Individuals with 900-Series Social Insurance Numbers (posted on June 18, 2021) (PDF, 110 KB)
- Memo: Ongoing Availability of Emergency Response Funding in 2021-2022 (posted on May 28, 2021) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Memo: 2020-2021 Year-End Financial Reporting Requirements (posted on May 19, 2021) (PDF, 114 KB)
- Memo: Submitting a Certificate of Insurance or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on April 29, 2021) (PDF, 117 KB)
- Memo: 2021-2022 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on March 30, 2021) (PDF, 111 KB)
- Memo: EO Transfer Payment Use of Funds (posted on February 2, 2021) (PDF, 108 KB)
- Memo: SkillsAdvance Ontario Agreement Reporting Revision (posted on January 20, 2021) (PDF, 119 KB)
- Memo: 2020-2021 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on November 10, 2020) (PDF, 167 KB)
- ADM Memo: SkillsAdvance Ontario (SAO) Phase 1 Evaluation Report (posted on August 24, 2020) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Final Evaluation Report (posted on August 24, 2020) (PDF, 2,218 KB)
- Memo: Announcement of a Third-Party Program Evaluation of SkillsAdvance Ontario (SAO) Phase Two (posted on February 24, 2020) (PDF, 179 KB)
- Questions and Answers: SkillsAdvance Ontario (SAO) Phase Two Evaluation (posted on February 24, 2020) (PDF, 173 KB)
- Memo: SkillsAdvance Ontario Phase 2 (posted on May 11, 2018) (PDF, 182 KB)
- ADM Letter to EO Network (posted December 2016) (PDF, 225 KB)
Questions and Answers
- Questions and Answers: SkillsAdvance Ontario Agreement Reporting Revision (posted on January 20, 2021) (PDF, 109 KB)
- Service Provider Questions and Answers (posted December 2016) (PDF, 101 KB)
Program Monitoring
- SkillsAdvance Ontario Quarterly Status and Adjustment Report (posted on July 27, 2021) (PDF, 47 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- SkillsAdvance Ontario Quarterly Status and Adjustment Report (posted on June 18, 2021) (PDF, 47 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- SkillsAdvance Ontario Estimate of Expenditure Report (posted on June 18, 2021) (PDF, 1,132 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Pilot Start-up Progress Report (PSPR) & Compliance Questionnaire (posted on June 18, 2021) (PDF, 48 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- SkillsAdvance Ontario Statement of Revenue and Expenditure Report (posted on May 26, 2021) (PDF, 49 KB)(Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
Reports
- Employment Status Questionnaire Guide (posted on April 6, 2022) (PDF, 402 KB)
Forms
- SAO Participant Registration (posted on September 15, 2017)
- SAO Employer Registration (posted on September 15, 2017)
- 3035 – SAO Placement Agreement (posted on September 15, 2017)