Canada Retraining and Opportunities Initiative
Employment and Social Development Canada
The initiative supports communities and workers significantly impacted by a mass layoff. It funds community-based projects that bring together local organizations for workforce planning and reskilling. The continuous intake is now closed and expressions of interest are no longer accepted.
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Who qualifies
Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, municipal governments, Indigenous organizations or governments, and educational institutions. Organizations submit an expression of interest to confirm whether a mass layoff event is eligible for funding.
Good to know
- Notes: The page does not state a funding amount. The page was last updated 2026-02-17. Found automatically by the portal's discovery job from an official page; review before relying on it.
Evidence from the official page
- status“the continuous intake is closed. expressions of interest are no longer being accepted.” source ↗
- eligibility“not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, municipal governments, indigenous organizations or governments, and educational institutions.” source ↗
Verified 2026-10-28 · Medium confidence. Always confirm on the official page before applying.