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Youth Employment and Skills Program: Step 2. Who is eligible

Step 1. What this program offers
Step 2. Who is eligible
Step 3. How to apply
Step 4. After you apply
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Step 2. Who is eligible

Eligible employers

Eligible employers are agricultural related organizations such as farmers, food processors and agricultural related non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who can offer opportunities that will give youth:

agriculture career-related work experiences and skills in Canada

Note: Eligible applicants must be legal entities capable of entering into legally binding agreements.

Eligible employees

Eligible employers are responsible for hiring and verifying the eligibility of participants for the Youth Employment and Skills activities. To qualify, the employee must be:

30 years or younger when you started the internship
unemployed or underemployed, a student, or a previous intern of any Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) program
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident

Eligible projects

Projects must offer the employee agricultural work that must be completed by March 31, 2021.

Examples of typical projects include:

farmers who wish to hire farm workers for planting and harvesting crops or managing livestock
agricultural businesses, such as greenhouses, orchards, vineyards, vegetable producers who have labor needs
small businesses who supply agricultural products or services
food processors in need of labor