Grants and Funding

The BC Employer Training Grant provides funding to small, medium and large enterprises to support skills training for their workforces, including prospective new hires. Grants are available to businesses and organizations of all sizes including self-employed people.

The business must have been fully operational in B.C. for at least one year at the time of application. Publicly funded entities like hospitals and regional health authorities are not eligible. Detailed eligibility criteria and program details are available.

Additional Details:

• Training must result in increased job security or a better job for a current employee once training is completed, or a job for an unemployed person.
• The Province will reimburse employers 80 per cent of eligible training costs. The employer must contribute the remaining 20 per cent.
• Employers are eligible to receive up to $10,000 per participant and up to $300,000 per fiscal year (April 1–March 31).
• At the time of application, participants must be unemployed or employed by the applicant employer.

For more information about the program, please email ETG@gov.bc.ca. 

Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC) offers grants and payments to family doctors in BC to support primary care. See availability, eligibility, application processes and more information from FPSC.