{"id":6729,"date":"2024-12-03T19:10:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/?post_type=cu_description&#038;p=6729"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:10:19","slug":"canada-training-benefit","status":"publish","type":"cu_description","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/description\/canada-training-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Training Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 id=\"\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Canada Training Benefit program aims to help Canadians pay for their training and keep their skills relevant. It includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Canada Training Credit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A non-taxable refundable tax credit that helps with training fees. Eligible works may accumulate a credit balance of $250 per year, up to a lifetime limit of $5000. The credit can be used to pay for up to half the cost of tuition and fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Employment Insurance Training Support Benefit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provides workers up to four weeks of income support through the Employment Insurance (EI) system. This benefit helps workers on training leave cover living expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible for the Canada Training Benefit, you must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>File an income tax and benefit return for the year<\/li><li>Be a Canadian resident<\/li><li>Be between the ages of 25 and 64<\/li><li>Have earning for work of at least $10,000, including maternity or parental leave benefits<\/li><li>Have an income below $150,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, or to find out if you qualify for the Canada Training Benefit, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/child-family-benefits\/canada-training-credit.html\">CRA Website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_description_type":[138],"class_list":["post-6729","cu_description","type-cu_description","status-publish","hentry","cu_description_type-funding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/6729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_description"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/6729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6730,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/6729\/revisions\/6730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_description_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/future-edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description_type?post=6729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}