Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant (CAPG)
CAPG reimburses Alberta employers 50–75% of eligible training costs — up to $5,000 per current employee and $10,000 per new hire each fiscal year, to a maximum of $100,000 per employer. Canada Career Training is an eligible third-party provider, and our 24-hour AI productivity program qualifies under two CAPG categories: Digital & Technological Skills and Business Process & Operations Management.
CAPG replaced the former Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG). Employers apply on behalf of their staff — not individual learners. Training must be approved before it starts.
CAPG funds employers, not individuals. Your organization qualifies to apply if it meets all four requirements below.
Your organization must be…
- One of three eligible types: a for-profit business (incorporated or unincorporated), a non-profit organization, or a First Nations or Métis Settlement
- Operational in Alberta for at least one year before you apply
- Active in legal-entity status (if registered with the Alberta Corporate Registry) and in good standing under the Employment Standards Code, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Workers' Compensation Act
- Carrying WCB-Alberta coverage for the employees you enrol, or holding a valid exemption
These employers cannot apply
- Federal, provincial, or municipal governments
- Publicly funded bodies such as hospitals and health authorities
- Public post-secondary institutions, schools, and school boards
- Political parties
- Holding companies whose main purpose is owning assets
Which of your staff can you fund?
Eligible trainees
- Current employees receiving wages and working in day-to-day operations (Employed stream)
- New hires who were unemployed no more than 30 consecutive days before starting (Unemployed stream)
- Every trainee must live in Alberta and be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected person
Not eligible as trainees
- Business owners, voting shareholders, and board members
- Immediate family members of the employer, a shareholder, a board member, or anyone with authority over the employer
- Contractors and volunteers — anyone without a paid employer-employee relationship
- Temporary foreign workers and anyone with temporary status in Canada
Yes. CAPG requires training to be delivered by a third party that is separate and distinct from the employer — in-house training does not qualify. Canada Career Training meets every provider test the grant sets: we are independent of your organization, delivering training is our main business activity, we have been established for more than the two years CAPG requires, and our instructors meet its Qualified Instructor standard. Our program goes onto your CAPG application as eligible third-party training, and we supply the course documentation, schedule, cost breakdown, and certificates of completion your reimbursement claim requires.
Your program is led by three instructors
- Thabani Conrad Bhala
- Claude Levi
- Yanyu Zhou, Ph.D.
CAPG funds training in three productivity-skill categories. Our flagship AI program qualifies under two of them at once.
The program moves through four stages — Understand, Converse, Integrate, Command. Click a stage for detail.
What CAPG will not fund
The grant excludes soft-skills, interpersonal, and basic-skills training, along with leadership development, coaching, and mentorship. Our Interpersonal Skills and Personal Development programs fall outside CAPG and cannot be claimed under it. Only the AI productivity program above qualifies.
You pay 100% of the course upfront, then CAPG reimburses you after the training finishes and you file a Training Completion form.
What you pay for the 24-hour AI productivity program
CAPG covers 50% of this program's cost for a current employee and 75% for a new hire, up to the caps above — you pay the remainder. Your exact per-person figure depends on how many staff you enrol and whether they are current employees or new hires, so we confirm it in your quote, with the net-after-grant amount shown line by line.
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Eligible costs
- Tuition and instructional fees
- Textbooks or software tied to the course
- Examination fees
- Required course materials
- Approved travel (rural small/medium employers)
Not reimbursed
- Employee wages during training
- Business assets — computers, hardware, software licences for the business
- Membership, subscription, or professional-association fees
- Facility rental and annual fees
If you use another grant or bursary toward the same course, CAPG reduces its reimbursement dollar-for-dollar.
CAPG must approve your application before training starts. These steps are in the order the grant requires.
Request a course quote and outline from Canada Career Training
Your CAPG application can't be submitted without provider course documentation showing a per-person cost. We supply the outline, schedule, and cost breakdown you attach — this is step one, not registration.
Open an Alberta.ca Account for Organizations and register your business in the CAPG Portal
The portal hosts the Employer Application. Support line: 1-844-643-2789.
Submit your Employer Application, attaching our quote and course outline
Apply at least 30 days before your planned start date. Applications are processed first-come, first-served.
Wait for "Application Received," then approval — do not start training first
Training that starts before your application is received cannot be reimbursed. Starting after "received" but before approval puts 100% of the cost at your own risk if the application is declined or partly funded.
Run the 24-hour program
Pay the provider, keep receipts and proof of completion, and finish within 52 weeks of the application-received date. Participants who complete all 24 hours and the Capstone receive a Certificate of Completion.
Submit your Training Completion form within 30 days of finishing
This triggers your reimbursement. Missing the 30-day window risks losing it.
We can help you prepare the application and provide all required documentation — but the employer must sign the application and grant agreement.
Common questions
24 hours of live, instructor-led training across 4 stages and 8 modules, delivered over about 5.5 weeks. Participants must complete all 24 hours and the Capstone to receive the Certificate of Completion. The published CAPG guidelines set no minimum hour count; training must be instructor-led and finish within 52 weeks.
It can start once your application status reads "Application Received," but if it is later declined or only partly funded, you carry the full cost. We recommend waiting for approval.
For employers with 49 or fewer (small) or 50–499 (medium) staff located outside the Edmonton and Calgary metro areas, CAPG can help with travel of 100 km or more one way, up to a maximum of 5 training days.
The employer signs the application and the grant agreement. We can assist with preparing it and provide the required course documentation, but a third party cannot sign on your behalf.