Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP)
The Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP) is designed to help internationally trained immigrants (ITIs) get
employment in the field in which they were trained or in a related field without duplicating their existing
skills and education. The program targets regulated and non-regulated high-skill occupations. OBTP projects
deliver targeted and short-term training to help participants meet requirements for licensure and/or
registration in regulated professions, and employer needs in non-regulated, high-skill occupations.
General
Request for Applications (RFA) 2021
The ministry is interested in applications that fall under any of the two project categories:
- Category A: Service Delivery Projects
- Category B: Changing the System Projects
Applications serving all sectors with a proven labour market need will be reviewed and evaluated. However,
given that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented Ontario’s labour market with specific challenges in both the
healthcare and essential services sectors, in the selection process the ministry will give priority to
applications intended to serve occupations having a direct contribution toward addressing the pandemic, e.g.,
healthcare occupations (NOC 3), cyber-security occupations (NOC 217 and 228). For more information on the
definition and applications of the National Occupational Code (NOC), please visit the Government of Canada’s
website.
The ministry is also interested in receiving applications under the following areas of focus:
- Projects that prepare eligible, highly skilled ITIs qualified in occupations with low demand labour market
opportunities to transfer their skills and experience into commensurate employment in alternative careers.
- Projects that investigate and establish opportunities to engage employers in smaller, rural and remote
communities to promote the workforce integration of ITIs.
- Projects that prepare highly skilled Francophone ITIs for employment in bilingual (English and French)
positions in Ontario.
More details on the project categories and focus areas are provided in the OBTP RFA application materials on
the Transfer Payment Ontario platform.
Schedule
Announcement Date: February 16, 2021
Closing Date: no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2021
Resources
Prospective applicants should apply for the RFA through Transfer Payment Ontario here:
To request further information on the 2021 OBTP RFA, send an email to bridgetraining@ontario.ca
Questions are to be submitted no later than March 5, 2021. The ministry will post a Question and Answer
document on the Employment Ontario Partners’ Gateway on March 19, 2021 addressing the questions received.
Business Planning
Communications
- Memo: Concurrent Service Plans in Effect for Ontario Bridge Training Program Participants (posted on March 11, 2024) (PDF, 151 KB)
- Memo: Concurrent Service Plans for Ontario Bridge Training Program participants (posted on February 7, 2024) (PDF, 214 KB)
- Memo: 2024-2025 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on January 29, 2024) (PDF, 130 KB)
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Memo: Six Month Extension for 2021-2024 Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP) Transfer Payment Agreements (TPAs)
(posted on December 8, 2023) (PDF, 180 KB)
-
Memo: Administration of OBTP and OBPAP 2023-2024 Additional In-Year Funding
(posted on November 17, 2023) (PDF, 142 KB)
-
Memo: OBTP and OBPAP 2023-2024 Additional In-Year Funding
(posted on August 10, 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.)
-
Memo: Revisions to
Submitting a Certificate of Insurance (COI)
or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry
(posted on December 7, 2022)
(PDF, 125 KB)
- ADM Memo: Service Provider Survey
on Administrative Costs Spending (posted on September 15, 2022)
(PDF, 153 KB)
- ADM Memo: Reminder
about External Communications Activities (posted on September 8, 2022)
(PDF, 169 KB)
- ADM Memo: Ministry of Labour,
Immigration, Training and Skills Development Name Update
(posted on September 9, 2022) (PDF, 125 KB)
- Memo: External Project
Evaluation Guidelines (posted on August 4, 2022) (PDF, 125 KB)
- Memo: Monitoring
Questionnaire for Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP) (posted on July 19, 2022)
(PDF, 121 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: 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 December 28, 2022)
(PDF, 194 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 to the EO Network:
Participant and Employer forms for the Ontario Bridge Training Program
(posted on November 29, 2021) (PDF, 298 KB)
- Memo: Ontario Bridge
Training Program - New Program Guidelines (posted on November 24, 2021)
(PDF, 132 KB)
- ADM Memo: Ontario Bridge
Training Program - New Transfer Payment Agreements (October 2021 - September 30, 2024)
(posted on October 1, 2021) (PDF, 122 KB)
- Memo:
2021-2022 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements
(posted on June 21, 2021) (PDF, 170 KB)
- Memo: Submitting a Certificate of Insurance
or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on April 29, 2021)
(PDF, 117 KB)
Reports
Employment Ontario Forms by Program Name and Type