Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
Apprenticeship Service
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGO26 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Learning, Skills Development and Employment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2022-23 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Apprenticeship Service aims to address a lack of skilled tradespeople and diversity in the trades by providing incentives for small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) for the creation of first year apprenticeship opportunities and hiring of individuals from key groups. This measure supports Departmental objectives to help Canadians participate and succeed in apprenticeship and careers in the skilled trades; to improve apprenticeship outcomes, including improving the participation and success of key groups; and to increase employer engagement of apprentices. The program funds organizations targeting SMEs. These organizations will provide up to $5,000 for each eligible first-year apprentice hired in a construction or manufacturing Red Seal trade. This incentive will be doubled to $10,000 for SMEs who hire women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, members of the LGBTQ2+ communities, newcomers and visible minorities including Black and other racialized communities. Employers could also be offered additional supports to help their participation in the skilled trades, such as help to navigate the apprenticeship system.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2021-22. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprenticeship Service | This program | 2021-22 – 2024-25 | $193M |
| Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy | Later program (name match, low confidence) | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $435M |
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Spending $193M, against $452K in 2021-22 (+42561%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Appears to be replaced by Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2024-25 | Planned spending $0, against $216M in 2023-24 (−100%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 15,000 | 2023 | — The Program expects to receive completed questionnaires on key performance indicators from the project recipients by Fall 2023. As such, results will be reported in the 2023-2024 Departmental Results Report. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | — | $452K |
| 2022-23 | $216M | $193M |
| 2023-24 | $216M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | — | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 16 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | 17* | — |
| 2024-25 | 0* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 plan | $215,619,677 | $215,739,716 | $0 |
| Actual | $192,893,395 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
