Apprenticeship
The Apprenticeship programs combine on-the-job and in-school training for employment in a skilled trade. The goal of Apprenticeship training is to enable workers to obtain the workplace and classroom training they require to successfully become certified in their trade of choice.
If you are seeking general information on hiring and training incentives for employers or financial incentives for apprentices, please visit the ministry’s website for more information.
Communications
- Memo: 2024-2025 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on January 29, 2024) (PDF, 130 KB)
- Memo: Support for Asylum Seekers (posted on November 27, 2023) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Employment Ontario 2024-25 Business Plan Template Release in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on November 27, 2023) (PDF, 204 KB)
- Memo: Claimant Information Sessions and Service Canada Live Sessions (posted on August 28, 2023)
- ADM Memo: Important Update Regarding the Canadian General Educational Development Test (posted on August 11, 2023)
- Memo: 2023-2024 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on January 27, 2023) (PDF, 161 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Notice of Collection of Personal Information and Consent (posted on December 8, 2022) (PDF, 579 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Memo: Revisions to Submitting a Certificate of Insurance (COI) or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on December 7, 2022) (PDF, 125 KB)
- Memo: Employment Ontario 2023-24 Business Plan Template Release in EOIS-SP Connect (posted on December 6, 2022) (PDF, 125 KB)
- ADM Memo: Reminder about External Communications Activities (posted on September 8, 2022) (PDF, 169 KB)
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ADM Memo: Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills
Development Name Update
(posted on September 9, 2022)
(PDF, 125 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Ministry Name Change (posted on September 9, 2022) (PDF, 108 KB)
- Memo to the EO Network - Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on May 10, 2022) (PDF, 145 KB)
- Questions and Answers - Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on May 4, 2022) (PDF, 128 KB)
- Memo: Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on April 12, 2022) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Memo: Business Day Definition and Public Holidays (posted on March 29, 2022) (PDF, 123 KB)
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ADM Memo: Update on Transformation of the Skilled Trades
System
(posted on January 26, 2022)
(PDF, 182 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See
instructions.)
- Questions and Answers: Reforming Apprenticeship and Supporting the Skilled Trades (posted on January 26, 2022) (PDF, 158 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Memo to Apprentices: New Skilled Trades Ontario Portal for Apprentices and Sponsors (posted on January 26, 2022) (PDF, 172 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Memo to Sponsors: New Skilled Trades Ontario Portal for Apprentices and Sponsors (posted on January 26, 2022) (PDF, 214 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Memo: 2021-2022 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on June 21, 2021) (PDF, 170 KB)
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ADM Memo: Introduction of Legislation to establish the Building
Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act and closure of the
Ontario College of Trades
(posted on May 6, 2021)
(PDF, 127 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Reforming Apprenticeship and Supporting the Skilled Trades (posted on May 6, 2021) (PDF, 184 KB)
- Memo: Submitting a Certificate of Insurance or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on April 29, 2021) (PDF, 117 KB)