Quebec
Authority: Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale / Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) for construction trades · Phone: 1-866-393-0067
Structurally different from the rest of Canada, and most Canadian trades advice silently does not apply here. Training runs primarily through school-based DEP programs rather than employer sponsorship, and the CCQ controls who may enter the construction workforce at all. Start at the CCQ and treat everything else as background.
Compulsory certification
Section titled “Compulsory certification”Construction trades require a CCQ competency certificate, and entry to the construction workforce is gated by regional workforce-need rules rather than by a compulsory-trade list.
Source: https://www.ccq.org/
Where to start
Section titled “Where to start”- Start an apprenticeship: https://www.ccq.org/
- Funding and grants: https://www.quebec.ca/en/employment
- Compulsory trades: https://www.ccq.org/
Everywhere else
Section titled “Everywhere else”- How apprenticeship works — the mechanics that apply across Canada
- All 13 authorities — for comparison, and if you might move
- Funding programs — federal money applies wherever you are