Skills Development Fund Training Stream
by Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Also known as: SDF · SDF Training Stream
Ontario's Skills Development Fund Training Stream funds projects that tackle hiring, training or retaining workers, focused on in-demand sectors and occupations. Employers can apply directly, along with non-profits, associations, unions, municipalities and hospitals; colleges and school boards join as co-applicants. It runs in rounds, and the latest application period has closed.
Key facts
- Amount
- Project funding for innovative projects that address hiring, training or retaining workers; amounts are set in each round's application guideline.
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The Skills Development Fund ( SDF ) Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training, or retaining workers
- Instrument
- Grant (non-repayable)
- Status
- Intake closed next window not yet announced
- Who qualifies
- Businesses Nonprofits and charities Other applicants Municipalities and local boards Colleges, universities and research institutions
- business
- nonprofit
- association
- union
- municipality
- hospital
- minister-approved non-college apprenticeship training delivery agent
- District Social Services Administration Board or Consolidated Municipal Service Manager
- Employers in Ontario can apply (school boards, colleges, universities and career colleges only as co-applicants)
- Projects must focus on in-demand and key growth sectors and occupations
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employers in Ontario, other than the educational organizations listed as eligible to be co-applicants
- Where
- Algoma District · Cochrane District · Greater Sudbury (single-tier census division) · Kenora District · Manitoulin District · District Municipality of Muskoka · Nipissing District · Parry Sound District · Rainy River District · Sudbury District (excl. Greater Sudbury) · Thunder Bay District · Timiskaming District
11 of 11 Northern Ontario districts are eligible for this program. A filled dot is eligible, an outline is not.
When can you apply?
| Cycle | Opens | Closes | Status | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDF Training Stream, latest round | - | - | Closed | ontario.ca · Last verified Oct 29, 2026 · Auto-checked against official source |
How do you apply?
- Watch for the next application round
- Apply under that round's guideline
- Assessed against the guideline's evaluation criteria
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The application period for the Skills Development Fund Training Stream has now closed.
Common questions
Can a single employer apply to the Skills Development Fund?
Yes. Employers in Ontario are eligible applicants, as are non-profits, associations, unions, municipalities and hospitals. Colleges, universities and school boards can only be co-applicants.
Is the SDF Training Stream open?
Not as of the last check: Ontario's page says the application period has closed. The fund runs in rounds.
Where else could this money come from?
Chosen by what these programs have in common with this one, not by hand. The reason is shown for each, so you can judge whether it holds.
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Ontario Job Grant
Open, continuous intake same funder (MLITSD); both for small business, expansion and nonprofits & charities; training, workforce, skills · Up to $10,000
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OCI Digital Modernization and Adoption Plan (DMAP)
Open while funds last both for small business, expansion; ontario wide · Up to $15,000
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Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF)
Intake closed both for small business, expansion and nonprofits & charities; periodic calls · Up to $3,000,000
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Starter Company Plus
Next intake not announced both for small business, expansion; training · Up to $5,000
Notes on this record
A separate SDF Capital Stream funds building or upgrading training centres.
Apply
Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: