KENORA, ONT. — A new apprenticeship exam testing centre is opening its doors in Kenora.
The Province of Ontario, in partnership with the Seven Generations Education Institute and Skilled Trades Ontario, have opened the centre with the hope of removing longstanding barriers for apprentices who previously had to travel to Thunder Bay, approximately five hours away, to write their exams, states a release.
The centre builds on Ontario’s broader efforts to modernize and strengthen apprenticeship delivery.
Since April 2025, Skilled Trades Ontario (STO) has taken on the expanded responsibility of delivering apprenticeship exams directly at training institutions provincewide for apprentices completing their final level of in-school training, the release adds.
Over the past year, more than 5,400 final-level exams have been, which is a 386 per cent increase since STO assumed responsibility.
