Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant (CAPG)

Overview

  • Purpose: CAPG replaces the Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG) and is designed to improve employer productivity through skills-based training for employees or new hires.

  • Employer-Driven Model: Only employers can apply (not individuals). They must co-share training costs and be based in Alberta for at least one year.

Eligible Trainees

  • Must live in Alberta and be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons

  • Includes: Current employees, laid-off staff, and unemployed individuals (must be unemployed 30+ days prior to hire or training)

  • Ineligible: Business owners, board members, volunteers, contractors, immediate family members of the employer, temporary foreign workers, and international students

Important to note for eligible training

  • Must be completed within 52 weeks of application receipt

  • Must occur in Alberta and align with one of three productivity skill categories:

    Business Process and Operations Management

    Technical

    Digital and Technological

Funding Model

  • Max $100,000 per employer per fiscal year

  • Employed trainees: 50% grant / 50% employer | Max $5,000 per employee

  • Unemployed trainees: 75% grant / 25% employer | Max $10,000 per trainee

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