Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital

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When & where
  • AB
    BC
    MB
    NB
    NL
    NT
    NS
    NU
    ON
    PE
    QC
    SK
    YT
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Who it's for
  • Post-Secondary Students
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Fall 2025 Status Update:

Applications Waitlisted – Limited Funding 

Due to an exceptionally high volume of submissions and limited funding availability, all applications will be placed on our waitlist.

If your application is selected to move forward in the application process, you will receive a notification from @email or our team at @email outlining the next steps in the application process.

Please note that only employers whose applications that move forward from the waitlist will be contacted.

We sincerely appreciate your commitment to providing meaningful work-integrated learning experiences for students and thank you for your continued interest in the WIL Digital program.


ICTC's WIL Digital program supports post-secondary students experiential learning opportunities to develop technical, foundational, and work-ready skills while they work in Canada's digital economy. 

WIL Digital is an innovative work placement program that benefits both employers and students. 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. WIL Digital is funded by the Government of Canada's Student Work Placement Program (SWPP). ICTC is among the first organizations to deliver this program.

In addition to work-integrated learning, ICTC also offers access to exclusive e-learning courses. Through taking these courses WIL Digital students develop foundational technology, business, and entrepreneurship skills.

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

 

Application Information

Please note: All employers must complete the Eligibility Criteria Pre-screen for each application. The option to proceed will only be available for eligible applications. Apply here.  

 

  • You are a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or a Protected Person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  • You are registered or enrolled at a Canadian post-secondary education institution and are able to provide proof of full-time or part-time enrolment during placement
  • You are legally entitled to work in Canada
     

International students do not qualify.

  • Familiar relationships: The student is an immediate family member of himself or another employee, by definition of: father, mother, step-father, step-mother, brother, sister, spouse (including common law), child (including common-law partner), step-child, ward, father in law, mother in law or relative permanently residing in the household of the Employer.
  • International students  
  • The student is a current permanent full-time or part-time employee of the host employer.  
  • The student is a director, officer, manager, founder, shareholder or executive of the Host Employer or any other Company.
  • Retroactive placements 
     

Please note that this list of exclusions and disqualifiers may not be exhaustive. ICTC reserves the right to amend eligibility criteria at our discretion. 

 

To learn more about the WIL Digital program or for application assistance, please email @email.

 

What is ICTC's WIL Digital?      
 

23
,574

work placements facilitated.

19
,813

post-secondary students provided with practical work experience in digital economy roles.

4
,053

employers supported to create work placements for emerging digital talent.

18

e-learning courses providing online professional development to support student success in the digital economy.

65
.5%

students belonging to under-represented groups in the digital economy.

PARTNERS

Post-secondary Education Institutions, Industry Associations, Indigenous Organizations

FUNDER

Funded by the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)