Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital

WIL Digital is an innovative work placement program that benefits both employers and students by providing wage subsidies and helping in the generation of employment.

Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Overview of the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital program:

WIL Digital helps employers grow their businesses by providing a wage subsidy to hire post-secondary students while students gain meaningful work experience and on-the-job learning. Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 70% of the costs of a work term placement with a maximum of $7,000 that provides post-secondary students with a position that is digital/technology immersive and that uses technology either entirely or in some capacity.

Benefits of the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital program:

WIL Digital provides employers with a wage subsidy of up to 50% of a students salary up to $5,000, or 70% up to $7,000 for underrepresented students.

Eligibility criteria of the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital program:

For an employer to be eligible for this program, the following criteria must be met:
Must be a registered, Canadian business, non-profit, or Charity.
The student must be hired as an employee of the company and not a contractor or an independent contractor.
Must have the financial capacity to hire a student for the full work term, pay them consistently, and on time, and provide meaningful work experience.
The position is digital/technology immersive and or uses technology either entirely or in some capacity.
Must be compliant with Human Rights and Labor legislation, regulation, and laws in your province or region.
Maintain and provide records of employment, proof of wages paid, and reports when requested by ICTC or the Government of Canada.
Where legally required, the employer is responsible for Workplace Safety and Insurance or alternate workplace insurance coverage.
The student is not replacing a displaced worker or filling a role left vacant due to a labor dispute.
The funding application must have started with ICTC before the student placement start date.
The employer must reply to telephone calls/emails/questionnaires from ICTC in a timely manner.
The position is Net New