Dear businesses, not-for-profits, and BIAs,
As your Member of Parliament, I am happy to announce that the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program is back for the summer of 2023.
Applications must be submitted online by January 12, 2023 11:59 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time).
Applications are recommended to be submitted online. For applications and other methods of submission with deadlines, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/canada-summer-jobs/apply.html
The CSJ program aims to provide flexible and holistic services to help all young Canadians develop the skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition into the labour market. The program provides wage subsidies to employers from not-for-profit, public sector and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create quality summer work experiences for young people aged 15 to 30 years for a duration of 6-16 weeks over the summer months. The program can offset payroll costs for up to 50% of Ontario’s new minimum wage for small businesses, and 100% for not-for-profit agencies.
Successful applicants will be notified starting in April. This allows for funding agreements to be established earlier, when many post-secondary students are ready to begin summer jobs.
If you have questions, please contact Service Canada directly at 1-800-935-5555, or contact my office by email or at 416-467-0860.
To download the application, click here
Key dates:
Application deadline is Jan. 12, 2023.
Earliest job start date is April 24, 2023.
Latest job start date is July 24, 2023.
Latest job end date September 2, 2023.
CSJ Has Three Objectives:
- Provide quality work experiences for youth
- Respond to national and local priorities to improve access to the labour market for youth who face unique barriers
- Provide opportunities for youth to develop and improve their skills
Assessment Criteria:
The criteria used to assess applications for funding focus on:
- Jobs that respond to national and local priorities to improve access to the labour market for youth who face unique barriers.
National Priorities for CSJ in 2023:
Youth with disabilities
Black and other racialized youth
Indigenous youth
Small business and not-for-profit organizations that self-report as having leadership from groups that are underrepresented in the labour market
Small Business and Not-For-Profit Organizations in Environmental Sectors
- Job provides a salary above the provincial or territorial minimum wage
- Employer’s intention to retain the youth as an employee following the end of the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) agreement
- Employers who identify skills (client service, teamwork, communication, digital skills, leadership and other) that will be developed during the work placement.
- Employers who provide supervision and mentoring
Assessment of applications will be carried out on a constituency by constituency basis, ensuring that local priorities are considered. Local priorities for each federal electoral constituency are posted on the CSJ website. National priorities are also taken into consideration as part of the above assessment criteria.