Funding Opportunities In Ca

If you're a young professional (18 to 39 years old) with a full-time job, you can get up to $15,000 and mentoring to launch or grow a side business.

Get a grant to cover up to 45% of eligible expenses for a collaborative project focused on genetics, crops, ingredients and products. Collaborators must be Protein Industries Canada members, with annual membership fees of $500.

Get a non-refundable grant up to $1.5 million to cover up to 40% of eligible expenses when your SME partners with a research centre on an artificial intelligence R&D project relating to the electricity industry, smart grids, transportation electrification

Get a contribution of up to $2 million to cover up to 50% of the costs of an innovative technology project that involves applied R&D, and demonstration and commercialization.

Access grants for projects that contribute to economic diversification, employment, training and business opportunities.

Get a loan of up to $150,000 to start, expand or buy a business in a rural community.

Access up to $75,000 to make large investments in your company in order to expand and grow your business and partake in major economic development projects that meet established criteria.

Access current research funding competitions for genomics research addressing health, forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, energy, mining and environment industry needs.

Access loans, term loans, counselling and planning assistance to start or grow a business.

If you are a junior mining company in Ontario, you could get a contribution to cover eligible costs for a project that helps boost mineral exploration, growth and job creation in the province, particularly in northern and Indigenous communities.

Get up to $35,000/year to cover up to 50% of an intern’s salary and employer’s portion of MERCs (for-profit businesses) and up to 90% coverage for not-for-profit organizations.

Contact a SADC or CAE network advisor in your region to discuss your business project, for technical assistance or funding.

Get a loan of up to $150,000 to increase your business productivity with the introduction of new technology.

Talk to a Business Information Officer for help with things like taxes, regulations, permits, and registering your business and access seminars, training workshops and customized research.

Get a loan up to $500,000 for your established social enterprise or large-scale community infrastructure that creates a significant community impact.

Get funding for projects that contribute to diversifying Canada's northern economy and promoting economic growth.

If you are unemployed, you can receive financial assistance, counselling and technical advice during the initial phase of your business creation and development.

Get funding for infrastructure projects in communities across the province that focus on the management of renewable energy, access to clean-energy transportation, improved energy efficiency of buildings and the generation of clean energy.

Obtain up to $50,000 in grants and resources to support projects aimed at exploring new sectors, new ways of doing things or developing new expertise.

Canadian exporting businesses owned and led by people identifying as women, Indigenous, Black, and other dimensions of diversity can get help to address the lack of equitable access to capital and create more opportunities for growth.

Get a grant of up to $250,000 when you undertake a project to update your equipment, building or power source by adopting emissions reduction technologies, if your organization is serviced by an Alberta electric utility.

If you're developing a new product, technology or process, an Innovation Advisor can provide you with free, one-on-one assistance to help you find the government supports that are right for your business. Our advisors a

Get a wage subsidy of up to $5,000 per student when you provide work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for post-secondary students, including remote work placements in the field of electricity and up to a maximum of $7,000 per placement for underrep

If your business plans to export to Europe in the next year, you could get professional market development advice to expand into new markets and industry sectors overseas.

Service station owners and bulk fuel dealers located along the Alberta and Manitoba borders can receive a commission of 25% to 100% of the tax differential to compete with their interprovincial counterparts.

Get a grant of up to $30,000 to support travel costs to attend events within Canada or abroad that offer professional development or access to new markets if you are a First Nations, Inuit or Métis artist/organization, or artist's representative.

Get up to $30,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs to start exporting outside of Nova Scotia in one of 3 streams: Travel and Virtual Trade Missions, Hire a Consultant, and Digital Adoption.

If you’re an artistic organization, you could get a grant equal to 60% of your total annual revenues, averaged over the last 3 years, to pay for research, creation, and production through to dissemination. 

Get matching funds between $25,000 and $300,000 to create a market-ready digital media content project that will be released to end users.

Get up to $50,000 to cover up to 50% of total eligible projects to complete final-stage business and project planning to help modernize and grow operations.

Get up to $5,000 in consultant services from a qualified digital expert to help eligible tourism businesses increase their visibility online and apply effective digital marketing or e-commerce tools.

Get a financial contribution to help you scale up and expand, adopt and commercialize innovative technologies and processes, or diversify your markets.

Get up to $5,000 to attend international markets, co-production conferences or forums, as well as ceremonies or film festivals where your film has been nominated or selected for screening.

Grants of up to $1.5 million for projects that encourage innovation, collaboration, cluster development, job creation and private sector investment in eastern Ontario.

Receive up to $10,000 to defray start-up costs and capital expenditures.

Get up to $75,000 to cover up to 75% of eligible expenses associated with commercializing your technology abroad.

Access a selection of free online and in-person seminars, tools and resource materials or speak with an expert to help you protect your intellectual property and use it as a strategic asset for your business.

Get a loan or loan guarantee to cover the costs of buying a new or used vessel, buying or repairing an engine, buying a commercial fishing license, obtaining a quota, and more.

The Producer Research and Evaluation Program (PREP) offers funding to support on-farm research, allowing producers to evaluate emerging technologies, products, and production practices within unique farm conditions to enhance profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. Eligible activities include on-farm research trials and evaluations that gather sufficient data to assess the impact of new production practices or technologies. Each project can receive up to $20,000, with the funding covering up to 80% of the eligible expenses.

Get one-on-one appointments for general business start-up assistance, market research, and business registration and access to public workstations and resources.

Interactive hands-on training sessions, workshops and professional development events for women entrepreneurs.

You could get payments to help with the day-to-day costs of running your facility. Rates are dependent on your licence and service type (group, family, in-home multi-age or multi-age) and the number of children in your care.

Tap into talent coming out of Ontario’s publicly-funded post-secondary institutions to strengthen your capacity to develop new products, services, and processes, while fellows receive hands-on industry experience and mentorship opportunities in areas rela

Get funding between $100,000 and $500,000 to complete a study linked to the advancement of innovation in the forest sector, including (but not limited to) engineering studies, market evaluations, prototype fabrication and products trials.

Receive up to $75,000 to cover up to 75% of eligible costs for testing new ideas, applying best practices, increasing knowledge or enhancing equity and accessibility in community-led, innovative solutions to create long-lasting greenhouse gas reductions.

Sign up for discounts and access tools and advice to organize your e-commerce operations, and develop a better end-to-end shopping and receiving experience for your customers.

Receive up to $150,000 per project to cover up to 25% of eligible costs to acquire equipment and assets necessary to grow capacity and help meet the increased demand for Ontario grown and produced food products.

Financing focused on small to medium sized enterprises to help employ ready-to-work Nova Scotians.

Combination of support, space, community and access to investment opportunities to help UBC entrepreneurs succeed.

If you’re a domestic or multinational record label or a domestic music publisher, you could get a grant to help cover the costs of business activities, like expanding your roster of artists, investing in professional recording and production, or exporting

Tap into talent coming out of Ontario’s publicly-funded post-secondary institutions to strengthen your capacity to develop new products, services, and processes, while interns receive hands-on industry experience and mentorship opportunities in areas rela

Financial support for the development of innovative and new Canadian content, including digital content, content representing minority groups and content destined for export markets.

Access financing if you have a need to address impacts from Hurricane Fiona not covered under other government and private sector measures.

Hire new employees through this job matching program by allowing new immigrants to apply for positions in your business.

Get a non-repayable contribution of up to $99,999 for business planning, acquisitions, expansion, domestic or export marketing, new product or process development, introducing new technologies and more.

Get up to $15,000 to meet your start-up or working capital needs with repayment terms up to 5 years.

Join a free 10-week virtual skill-building program that will help develop your ideas and business plan, and get access to resources such as coaching, financing, and equipment.

Get a non-repayable grant up to $3 million for an innovative project that will advance Measuring, Monitoring and Verification (MMV) technologies and solutions that enable further scaling of carbon management solutions.

Refundable tax credit for multimedia producers may amount to 37.5% of eligible labour expenditures.

Get a grant to cover up to 12% of the costs involved in creating a new petrochemical manufacturing facility in Alberta, or expanding on an existing one, where the capital investment is at least $50 million.

If your technology company has a product that could improve the delivery of a Government of Saskatchewan service, you could be awarded a contract of up to $30,000 and a chance to pilot the project for 6 months.

Get a non-repayable contribution of up to $2,500 to create or upgrade a website for your business.

Get paired with a mentor or a peer group to help you develop your business skills, manage risks and increase your knowledge in business.

Get one-on-one business consultations and access to loans to help you start or grow your business.

Fee-for-service facility offering data cleaning, integration and management, as well as exploratory data analysis, modelling and prediction, and visualization and decision support.

If you are a prospective entrepreneur (19 years old or younger) in the Chaleur region of New Brunswick, you can get a loan of up to $1,500, with a possibility of being reimbursed 30% of the loan value.

Access a network of experts to help you hire international talent for your business. Attend workshops, networking events and recruiting missions.

Get a contribution to cover a portion of eligible expenses for a collaborative project. Activities should address a business innovation components (R&D to improve connectivity, access to innovation, enabling partnerships and providing training for SMEs,

Receive support for your business with the goal of enabling long-term economic growth through export training, support services and coaching.

Fee-for-service use of manufacturing processes such as laser consolidation, laser cladding, high-precision (+/-1µm) multi-axis micromachining/texturing (cutting and laser ablation), laser polishing and specialty coatings.

Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 70% of the costs of a work term placement, to a maximum of $7,000 per placement, when you hire a post-secondary student in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and business programs. Maximum coverage is for first

If your business is managed or owned by women, you can get access to complimentary advice and expertise to support its growth and performance objectives.

A range of services and programs that help employers and job seekers find each other, learn together and succeed together.

Financial assistance of up to $25,000 for start-up, asset acquisition, market and product development, and operational support.

Get a subsidy for your non-profit organization when you hire a post-secondary summer student for 8-14 weeks.

Funding of up to $16,000 for business marketing costs to execute exporting plans and activities.

Quasi-equity loans for performing arts, publishing, audiovisual, recording, radio, television, multimedia and digital companies.

Does your organization operate a road fleet? Get a rebate of up to $7,000 on the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle, depending on its type and condition.

CanExport SMEs is a government funding program designed to support Canadian SMEs in their international business growth by providing financial assistance for activities including market research, intellectual property protection, certification applications, legal and business consultation, translation services, and participation in virtual trade shows. Eligible companies must be for-profit entities incorporated in Canada with fewer than 500 full-time employees and revenue ranging from $100,000 to $100 million.

Quebec entrepreneurs who are unable to obtain financing in conventional financing networks can obtain loans of $2 000 to $20,000 and support.

Get up to $10,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses to help you prioritize, identify, plan and manage your business goals.

Access wage subsidies to hire interns from Canadian universities and colleges.

Get a loan ranging from $20,000 to $75,000 for your new business start-up projects (0 to 2 years)

Get up to $2,500 in direct financial support towards creating an inclusive work environment for persons with a disability(ies). Use the money for a variety of projects from upgrading technology to revising policies to training, and more.

Access critical strategic investment, advice and services to develop clean, green and sustainable technologies with the help of a network of sustainable chemistry clusters across Canada.

Get funding for a collaborative project between a research center and an eligible Quebec company. CQDM's maximum rate of assistance now varies according to the size of the partner company, regardless of the project's level of technological maturity.

Get funding for projects related to innovation, economic growth and diversification, and capacity development.

Get a contribution of up to $50,000 to cover up to 50% of costs related to developing and expanding your e-commerce presence, attending virtual events, applying for certification and intellectual property protection in international markets, search engine

Get a wage subsidy to cover up to 70% of the costs of a work-integrated learning placement, to a maximum of $7,000 per placement, when you hire an eligible post-secondary student.

Access business information on government services, reports and library resources tailored to meet your business needs.

Get a grant of up to $80,000, paid directly to the research institute, to cover 80% of the costs of R&D services such as applied research, proof of concept and prototyping, product testing and demos, and more.

Receive up to $25,000 in grants for pre-start-up, start-up, and business expansion, which can be combined with a business loan to grow and expand your business.

If you're a small business owner or entrepreneur, you could get a loan of up to $150,000 to start or grow your business

Get a financial contribution to cover up to 90% of eligible costs when your Indigenous-led organization undertakes a project to expand your business in one of the 3 northern territories.

Financial assistance to increase the sustainability of the Canadian print magazine and non-daily community newspaper industries.

The "Programme d’Aide à la Réduction des Émissions de Gaz à Effet de Serre dans le Transport Routier des Marchandises (Écocamionnage)" is a financial aid initiative by the Quebec Ministry of Transport aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the freight transport sector. It offers financial support for the acquisition and installation of eco-friendly technologies on heavy-duty vehicles.

Access a directory to help you locate and connect with research expertise, state-of-the-art equipment, and labs located in universities, colleges, hospitals, and federal government facilities from across Canada.

Access loans of up to $1,150,000 to purchase equipment, increase working capital, finance inventory, acquire an existing business, or to cover expansion costs.

Get a contribution of up to $1 million/year for projects (including partnerships) involving the development, testing and marketing of sustainable technology for the Quebec fish and seafood industry.

Get a non-repayable grant up to $450,000 to cover 30% of eligible costs for projects that will accelerate the commercialization of technological innovations within Saskatchewan's agricultural sector.

Get a low-interest loan of up to $25,000 to grow or expand your business if you are a young entrepreneur between 19 and 39 years of age in St. John's, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton or Charlottetown.