EHRC Destination Trade Program for Third and Fourth-Year Apprentices

May 14, 2026

Providing financial incentives of up to $5,000 to employers who create new Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities for third and fourth-year apprentices.

Electricity Human Resources Canada’s (EHRC) Destination Trade program is Canada’s third- or fourth-year apprentice work placement initiative for the electricity industry, providing wage subsidies of up to $5,000 to small to mid-sized employers who create Work opportunities and support the completion of apprentices’ Certificate of Qualification.

With these incentives, employers can offer more placement opportunities, building their talent pool and strengthening our industry’s workforce.

Start Date: November 15, 2023

End Date: March 30, 2028

• This program is open and accepting applications.

Employer Organizations Eligibility

Employer Organizations are eligible if they meet the following criteria: 

• Firms whose primary activity is the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.
• Sector support including renewables, in any of the following areas: R & D, business development, energy efficiency.
• Firms engaged in manufacturing of equipment and the provision of services necessary to generation, transmission or distribution.
• Firms that are a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME) in any province/territory except Quebec*** – a business establishment with 499 employees or less at the time that it receives funding.

Participants Eligibility

Participants are eligible if they meet the following criteria: 

• They are registered as a third or fourth-year apprentice in one of the construction/manufacturing Red Seal trades identified below.
• They are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person with refugee protection in Canada.
• They are legally able to work in Canada according to the laws and regulations of the province or territory where they live.

Employment Eligibility

Employment is eligible if it meets the following criteria: 

• The employer must not enter into another Sub-Agreement with any other organization receiving funding under the Union Training and Innovation Program  within the same fiscal year, for the purpose of receiving a financial incentive or wage/training subsidy.
• The company must provide a full or part-time work opportunity for a third or fourth-year apprentice in one of the a fore mentioned Red Seal trades.
• The work opportunity would not otherwise have been feasible without support funding from EHRC
• The company must not recruit and retain friends or family members as participants to this program, or have a sufficient nepotism policy in place.
• The placements must be meaningful work-integrated learning opportunities for the apprentices. As such they should be generally at least 12 weeks long (exceptions can be discussed).
• Placements must not be longer than one year.