Eligible employers are required to contribute a minimum of one-third of the total training costs for existing employees. Government contributes two-thirds of the cost to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee per fiscal year. If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 100% of training costs could be covered, up to $15,000 per trainee.

Individual employers will have a cap of $100,000 for the amount of grant funding they can receive per fiscal year. This ensures that funding is available for as many Alberta employers as possible.

The CAPG is available for direct training costs only, including:

• tuition fees or instructional fees charged by the training provider
• mandatory student fees
• examination fees
• textbooks or software
• other required materials directly relevant to the training course and distinct from materials required to run the employer’s business
• eligible travel cost for participant and trainers (outside of Edmonton and Calgary) when training is over 100 km one way within Alberta for small and medium-sized organizations (see Canada Alberta Productivity Grant for details)

Employee wages cannot be reimbursed through the grant and Income Support is not available for workers who are in grant-funded training.

Eligible employers

The CAPG is available to:

• private sector employers, including sole proprietors and partnerships
• non-profit sector employers
• First Nations and Metis Settlements
• the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (if in a community with a population of 100,000 or less)
• Alberta Treasury Branches (if in a community with a population of 100,000 or less)

To be eligible, Alberta employers must have current or potential employees who need training to fill current or future positions.