Agreements with Provinces and Territories (Labour Market)
The Government of Canada provides funding to provinces and territories for skills and employment programs in order to help Canadians to receive training and develop skills and experience leading to good jobs and better opportunities for themselves and their families.
The Government invests almost $2.5 billion annually through two types of federal-provincial/territorial agreements:
- Labour Market Development Agreements
- Provide support to unemployed persons, particularly those who are eligible for Employment Insurance benefits.
- Labour Market Agreements
- Provide support to:
- unemployed persons who are not eligible for Employment Insurance; and
- employed persons who do not have a high school diploma or a recognized certification or who have low levels of literacy and essential skills.
- Provide support to:
Canada’s Economic Action Plan (Budget 2009), which laid out the Government's response to the global economic downturn, committed an additional temporary investment of $1.5 billion over two fiscal years, 2009-10 and 2010-11. This helped respond to the higher demand for labour market programs and training, due to the increased unemployment that resulted from the global economic downturn. Of this amount, $1 billion flowed through the existing Labour Market Development Agreements and $500 million through Labour Market Agreements. These investments helped workers receive training and employment support so they were able to stay employed or move into new jobs.
Through the Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD), the Government of Canada helps provinces fund programs and services to help Canadians with disabilities develop skills and secure employment. These agreements support a broad range of provincially-delivered programs and services, including job coaching and mentoring; pre-employment training and skills upgrading; post-secondary education; assistive aids and devices, and a variety of workplace supports.
Other Government of Canada labour market programs
Through Service Canada, the Government continues to deliver some labour market programs directly.
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