Ontario Protecting Workers by Investing in the Jobs of the Future

Source: Ontario - Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Date: 2026-09-25 15:00:00.0
Tags: [Ontario, Economy, Technology, Industry, Labour, Finance]

The Government of Ontario is investing $30 million in the Vector Institute through the revamped Critical Technologies Initiative (CTI) program to advance artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across provincial industries and support the STEM workforce. The CTI program, which received an additional $107 million in Budget 2026, has committed a total of $214 million since 2023 to help retain and create over 65,000 jobs and train more than 14,000 highly skilled workers. The Vector Institute, based in Toronto, currently supports over 1,400 researchers, 41 CIFAR AI Chairs, and 119 post-doctoral fellows, aiming to bridge the gap between academic discovery and enterprise deployment.