Skills Development Fund
The Skills Development Fund will support projects that will help relieve pandemic-induced barriers to hiring, training and retaining workers.
The ministry is seeking projects that will enable market-driven solutions and unlock the economic potential of skilled trades and broader workforce development initiatives to facilitate the province’s economic recovery.
Communications
- Memo: myEOIS Registration for SDF Recipients (posted on April 13, 2023) (PDF, 100 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- 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: Skills Development Fund (Round 3) (posted on September 29, 2022) (PDF, 148 KB)
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ADM Memo: Service Provider Survey on Administrative Costs
Spending
(posted on September 15, 2022)
(PDF, 153 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Administrative Costs Survey (posted on September 15, 2022) (PDF, 395 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: Delay of SDF Round 2 Activity Report (posted on July 29, 2022) (PDF, 86 KB)
- Approved 2021-2022 Skills Development Fund Round 2 Project Organizations (posted on May 2, 2022) (PDF, 184 KB)
- Memo: Wrongdoing Expectations in Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on April 14, 2022) (PDF, 102 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: 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: 2021-2022 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on June 21, 2021) (PDF, 170 KB)
Application Materials
- Round 3 Application Guidelines (posted on December 13, 2022)
- Round 2 Application Guidelines (posted on September 15, 2021) (PDF, 780 KB)
- Prospective applicants should apply through Transfer Payment Ontario.
Forms
- Participant Registration Form (posted on May 26, 2023) (PDF, 220 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Participant Registration Form (posted on August 11, 2022) (PDF, 197 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Employer Registration Form (posted on August 11, 2022) (PDF, 54 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Training Placement Agreement (posted on August 11, 2022) (PDF, 61 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Request for Agreement Change (posted on June 14, 2021) (PDF, 1170 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Section 25 Approval Request Form (posted on April 28, 2023) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Section 25 Withdrawal Request Form (posted on April 28, 2023) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
Resources
- myEOIS Registration Guide - Logging in for the First Time (posted on July 29, 2022) (PDF, 304 KB)