Skills Development Fund Participation Forms are Mandatory for all YC SDF Programs.
The Skills Development Form can be referenced here.
Note of Collection and Consent as indicated on SDF Form
Your organization delivers Skills Development Fund under an agreement with the Ministry of Labour, Training and
Skills Development (ministry) and is required to make its records available to the ministry for inspection,
investigation or audit. Your organization is also required to report to the Ministry on:
• The service it tailors and provides you;
• Your employment progress and outcome; and
• Your satisfaction with the services you receive.
The ministry will also collect relevant personal information about you from the Government of Canada (Canada) if
necessary. The purpose of this information is to determine your eligibility for Employment Insurance benefits, the
nature and level of Employment Insurance benefits, and to monitor, assess and evaluate the effectiveness of
Skills Development Fund. Depending on the type of service or support you receive and any incentives available to
your employer to hire you, your organization or the Ministry may also collect personal information about you from
your employer.
The Ministry may use contractors and auditors to administer and finance Skills Development Fund.
Administration includes:
• Assessing the performance of your organization, its effectiveness, efficiency and customer service results;
monitoring, inspecting, investigating, auditing and enforcing your organization’s compliance with its
agreement with the ministry.
• Planning, evaluating and monitoring Skills Development Fund – this includes conducting surveys, and
conducting policy and statistical analysis and research related to all aspects of Skills Development Fund.
You may be contacted to request your voluntary participation in surveys.
• Promoting Skills Development Fund – you may be contacted to request your voluntary participation in
public relations campaigns related to Skills Development Fund.
If you are a client of, or applying to, the Ontario Disability Support Program or Ontario Works, the ministry will
provide your personal information to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) for the
purposes of administering employment services and managing the participation of MCCSS clients within
employment support programs under the Ontario Works Act, 1997, and the Ontario Disability Support Program
Act, 1997.
Skills Development Fund is funded by the ministry, in part with funds provided by Canada under Part II of the
Employment Insurance Act. When funds are provided by Canada, the ministry is required to provide information
to Canada to help monitor and assess the Employment Insurance Program, as required under s.3 of the
Employment Insurance Act.
The ministry collects your personal information pursuant to the LMDA and WDA, ss. 3 and 63 of the Employment
Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, C.23 as amended, and s.76.29 of the Employment Insurance Regulations,
SOR/96-332. The ministry will collect personal information from clients who identify as Ontario Disability Support
Program or Ontario Works recipients and disclose your personal information to MCCSS in accordance with the
s.71 of the Ontario Works Act, 1997, and s.53 of the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997.
For more information about the collection and use of your personal information to administer and finance Skills
Development Fund, you can contact the Manager, Employment Ontario Call Centre, in writing at the Ministry of
Labour, Training and Skills Development, 33 Bloor Street East, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2S3 or by phone
at 1-800-387-5656. For the hearing impaired, TTY is available at 1-866-533-6339.