Explore funding and support for your business

The funding directory is for discovery: browse opportunities by province, funding type, project, industry or audience. Program pages explain one specific opportunity, while funding-organization pages group programs offered by a government department, agency or other funder. Start with the directory if you do not know a program’s name; use a program page when evaluating a known opportunity.

Start with the location where the project will take place, because province or region can be a determining eligibility condition. Then narrow the search by project objective and funding type, followed by industry, legal structure and audience. These categories guide your search; they are not eligibility decisions.

Many programs support multiple industries, audiences, projects or regions. A program may therefore appear along several relevant browsing paths without representing a different opportunity. Each path leads to the same underlying program and official eligibility rules.

No. Directory placement and Funding Explorer ranking indicate potential relevance, not confirmed eligibility or approval. Verify the applicant type, location, eligible costs, project dates, funding-stacking rules and current intake status before committing expenses.

Review the national directory and each province where the business or project has eligible operations. Some programs consider the head office; others assess the facility, project location, job creation or expected benefits. Follow the program’s official eligibility language rather than assuming one provincial listing applies everywhere.

Use the official funder page as the source of truth, especially for application status, deadlines, funding amounts and eligibility. Program details can change between directory updates, so review the linked official page and current program documents before applying or committing expenses.