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APPRENTICESHIP INCENTIVE GRANT (AIG)

The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) brochure reads that AIG is a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year, up to $2,000 per person. It is available to registered apprentices once they have successfully completed their first or second year/level (or equivalent) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades. 

For more information on how to apply and edibility for the grant are available at: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/trades_apprenticeship/AIG/index.shtml  

More Incentives for Apprentices and Employers

Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit for employers

Tradesperson's Tools Deduction for apprentices

British Columbia Training Tax Credit for apprentices and employers

Additional Links

Industry Training Authority- BC Industry Training Authority

Skilled Trades- A Career You Can Build On

Canadian Apprenticeship Forum

Skills Canada BC

Apprenticeship Search (Recruitment, Resources, Results)

Northern Opportunities

Aboriginal Apprenticeship & Industry Training

TRU Apprenticeship Course Calendar

Discovery to Apprenticeship- Building Stronger Futures

RCABC Education Foundation- A guide to Apprenticeship

Made with the Trades

The Skilled Life- Desk less

Top in Trades

BC Work Futures – for Trades and Technical Occupations

Alberta Apprenticeship Industry and Training

Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Programs

Industry Training Authorities in Other Provinces/Territories