Youth Employment and Skills Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
The Youth Employment and Skills Program provides funding to employers to create jobs for youth, including youth facing barriers, and provide skill development opportunities in the agriculture sector.
Agreements with businesses
3814
Median agreement
$14,000
Range
$182 – $19,000
Recipients
2028
Last 12 months
296
Total value
$42,087,623
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $14,000 or less.
- The largest recipient, Goodfood Market Corp., holds $370,575 (1% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2026-06-22.
By fiscal year
2021-22$15,289,0221558
2022-23$2,236,955169
2023-24$8,633,179748
2024-25$4,908,936413
2025-26$9,049,020774
2026-27$1,970,511152
By recipient province
ON$12,445,6091102
QC$8,269,221792
BC$6,336,687586
AB$4,784,326408
MB$3,897,585340
SK$2,838,854272
NB$1,137,057105
NS$1,063,06892
PE$791,40573
NL$261,50724
YT$194,30315
NT$68,0005
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodfood Market Corp. | 27 | $370,575 | 2026-01-06 |
| Blue Water Wash Ltd. | 25 | $350,000 | 2025-04-01 |
| MacEwen Agricentre Inc | 20 | $293,312 | 2021-07-01 |
| R Robitaille et fils inc. | 17 | $238,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Stanton Bros. Limited | 24 | $224,500 | 2024-04-01 |
| Meunerie St-Frédéric Inc | 17 | $202,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Highland Custom Farming Inc. | 13 | $182,000 | 2025-04-01 |
| Van Belle Nursery Inc. | 14 | $154,000 | 2024-04-01 |
| Rogers Crop Enterprises Inc. | 11 | $154,000 | 2025-04-01 |
| Paterson GlobalFoods Inc. | 13 | $136,503 | 2021-05-01 |
| Algoma Orchards Corp. | 12 | $127,418 | 2024-04-01 |
| Elite Agri Solutions Inc. | 9 | $126,000 | 2026-05-01 |
| MJT Cattle Company Ltd. | 8 | $116,496 | 2026-05-01 |
| The Growcer Inc. | 8 | $113,200 | 2026-02-06 |
| McConnell Gordon Estates Limited | 8 | $112,000 | 2026-01-26 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | Staniland Farms Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | MB | $12,000 |
| 2026-06-17 | Geneva Farms Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | BC | $4,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Two Rivers Farm Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | PE | $5,440 |
| 2026-06-15 | Deep Roots Distillery Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | PE | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-14 | Carrots and Goat Land and Food Education LTD. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | BC | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-12 | Marcel Backx, Ingrid Backx-Martens | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-12 | Select Fresh Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | AB | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-11 | Good Earth Food & Wine Operating Company Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-10 | Prairie East Veterinary Clinic P.C. Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | SK | $16,400 |
| 2026-06-10 | Keichinger Farms Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | AB | $13,440 |
| 2026-06-10 | Country Lane Poultry LTD. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | SK | $12,000 |
| 2026-06-10 | Lussier Farms Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | MB | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-10 | 14123018 Canada Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | NB | $5,760 |
| 2026-06-09 | Red Fox Ag Research Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | MB | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-09 | 101298230 Saskatchewan Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | SK | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Merry Farms Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Wholesome Pickins Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Palwinder Randhawa Kabal Randhawa Et Al | Youth Employment and Skills Program | BC | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Noki Farms Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,264 |
| 2026-06-07 | Bounty from the Boonies Inc | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,576 |
| 2026-06-07 | Thornbank Farms Inc. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | MB | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-07 | Fraser Valley Cider Company Limited | Youth Employment and Skills Program | BC | $14,000 |
| 2026-06-06 | Jean Philippe Marquis, Corine Singfield | Youth Employment and Skills Program | BC | $15,352 |
| 2026-06-05 | Crocusview Farm Ltd. | Youth Employment and Skills Program | MB | $4,488 |
| 2026-06-05 | Blythe Brae Farms Limited | Youth Employment and Skills Program | ON | $14,000 |
Method & sources
Source: Government of Canada "Proactive Disclosure – Grants and Contributions" (Open Government Licence – Canada). We include agreements with for-profit recipients that started on or after April 1, 2021, and keep the latest amendment of each agreement, so values are the current agreement value, not money paid out. Departments report on their own schedule, so the most recent quarter is incomplete. Recipients are linked to company pages by exact name match. This is not an endorsement or an eligibility determination — check each program's official page.
Dataset on open.canada.ca · Search the official grants records