Canada-B.C. Workforce Tariff Response Forestry Grant – Forestry Training Fund

💡What Is This Program?

🎁What Benefits Are Offered?

Funding to cover up to 85% of eligible staff's combined wage and training costs, up to a maximum of $50,000 per employee and $1,000,000 per organization. This supports workforce needs by enabling recruitment, training, and retention of individuals in the forestry and natural resource sectors.

📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?

📝Steps to ApplySource

• Review program documents
• Prepare application form and supplementary materials
• Submit application electronically through the Online Application System

🌐Application PortalSource

https://www.northerndevelopment.bc.ca

📤Submission MethodSource

online

📅Key DatesSource

July 14, 2026Application portal opens

🔄Intake TypeSource

rolling

📄What Documents Are Required?

✅Required DocumentsSource

• Canada-B.C. Workforce Tariff Response Forestry Grant – Forestry Training Fund Application Form
• Verification of approval from other funding sources
• Certificate of Incorporation for corporate entities
• Society certificate of incorporation (for not-for-profit applicants)
• Detailed project budget using Northern Development’s Project Budget Template
• Training Plan Workbook
• Business entity documents

📎Optional DocumentsSource

• Funding approval confirmations from sources other than the applicant

📐Format Requirements

PDF only, max 10MB

📥Templates AvailableSource

• Training Plan Workbook
• Project Budget Template

✉️Supporting LettersSource

Verification of approval from other funding sources

💰What Expenses Are Eligible?

🧾Eligible ExpensesSource

• Lost wages from time away from work to participate in training activities
• Training fees/tuition costs directly related to the training or certification program

🚫Ineligible ExpensesSource

• Ongoing operational and business expenses (rent, utilities, regular payroll, general overhead not tied to project delivery)
• Capital expenditures (purchase of land or buildings, major equipment purchases, infrastructure development)
• Retrospective costs (expenses incurred before project approval and pre-application costs)
• Debt servicing/finance costs (interest payments, loan repayments and financing charges)
• Activities that primarily benefit government operations
• Projects that do not demonstrate measurable participant-level labour market outcomes
• Activities that are not directly linked to eligible participants, their training, or employment outcomes
• Projects where the primary benefit accrues to the employer rather than to participants or the broader labour market

📏Expense CapsSource

Funding for this program is provided up to 85% of eligible applicant’s staff’s combined wage and training costs over the training horizon up to a maximum of $50,000 per employee and up to a maximum of $1,000,000 per organization.

💳Payment ModelSource

reimbursement

⏪Retroactive Expenses EligibleSource

No

🤝Is Matching Funding Required?

🔀Matching RequiredSource

Yes

📊Matching RatioSource

15% minimum

🏦Eligible Matching SourcesSource

• cash
• in-kind

📚Stacking RulesSource

Yes

🛡️Proof of Matching RequiredSource

Verification of approval from other funding sources

📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?

🗓️Reporting FrequencySource

monthly

📑Reporting RequirementsSource

• Completed Northern Development reporting form
• Copies of all invoices and proof of payment
• Evidence of work completed
• Participant Identification data
• Participant Information data
• Interventions/Activities data
• Employment Outcomes data

🔍Audit RequirementsSource

Employers must demonstrate data governance for personal and identifiable information.