Quebec’s Employment integration of foreign-trained individuals referred by a Professional Association (IPOP – Intégration en emploi de personnes formées à l’étranger référées par un ordre professionnel )

Emploi-Québec

Available Subsidies

The cost of short-term refresher training (up to 80 hours) can be reimbursed, up to a maximum of CAN$5,000.

The employer receives a subsidy to cover part of the participant’s salary.

This subsidy, which can extend over a period of up to 52 weeks, depending on the integration needs of the immigrant and the characteristics of the job concerned, amounts to up to 70% of the salary paid, up to a maximum of 100% of the minimum wage.

Eligibility

The customer base is as follows:

• Canadian citizens;
• immigrants who have obtained permanent residency;
• people to whom Canada has granted asylum (refugees, persons in need of protection or protected persons);
• spouses of temporary foreign workers.

To be eligible, the person :

• must have received training and a diploma outside Canada for a profession governed by a Quebec professional order;
• must not have work experience in Quebec in his or her field of expertise or in a sector of activity related to his or her profession;
• be able to provide a document proving that steps have been taken with a Quebec professional order (e.g. receipt for filing, order prescription).

The job must :

• be related to the person’s field of expertise;
• be in a sector of activity related to a profession governed by a Quebec professional order and allow the person to
  • update their professional knowledge,
  • access to a professional network.
• be employed full-time or part-time (minimum 21 hours/week).

Details and sources

http://www.emploiquebec.gouv.qc.ca/guide_mesures_services/05_Mesures_progr_Emploi_Quebec/05_10_Programme_PRIIME/5_10_1_IPOP.pdf

https://www.rps.servicesquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/citoyen/afficher-sujet/39903/ipop

Request

Contact a Service Québec office: https://www.localisateur.servicesquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en

Information that may be required at the time of application