Business Financing in Canada
Funding is a crucial element for any business looking to start, grow, or innovate. In addition to traditional options such as bank loans or relying on investors, there is a frequently underestimated alternative: grants. This detailed guide explores the various sources of grants available, as well as the financial services and sustainable funding strategies for businesses in Canada. By following the outlined steps, entrepreneurs can identify grants suited to their projects, whether they are government programs, innovation funds, or initiatives specifically targeting certain sectors. Grants are an advantageous solution, often non-repayable, allowing businesses to fund their projects without resorting to debt.

Montréal Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Digital development of a business

Montréal Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring of the regional tourism offering

Gaspésie Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Studies and Consulting Services

Montréal Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Attractions, Activities and Equipments

Laurentides Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027

Côte-Nord Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2026 – Accommodation

Côte-Nord Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2026 – Attractions, Activities and Equipments

Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Numerical

Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodation

Baie-James Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Festivals and Events

PSIT — EPRTNT 2026 – Offer Structuration

PSIT — EPRTNT 2026 – Festivals and Events

Study: New construction of municipal buildings

Nunavik Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Digital development

ClimaSol-Plus Program

Nunavik Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Studies and Consulting Services

Nunavik Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodations

Îles-de-la-Madeleine Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering

Montréal Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodation

ALUS Montérégie

Youth Infrastructure Financial Assistance Program

Montréal Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Studies and Consulting Services

Nunavik Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Attractions, activities and facilities

Agricultural Water Management Fund

Support Fund for Businesses in La Mitis (FAEM)
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innovÉÉ — INNOV-R — SME

Centre-du-Québec Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Offer Structuration

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 2 : Projets pour personnes ayant des besoins particuliers en habitation

SODEC — Support for strategic projects

Baie-James Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodation

Buy BC Partnership Program


Integration Support and Assistance Program (PASI)

Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Festivals and Events

Municipal Infrastructure Improvement and Construction Program (PRACIM) 2025-2028

AgroPerformance Ministerial Initiative – Support for technological and climate performance on farms

Equipment Manufacturers–Clients

Baie-James Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the regional tourism offering

Quebec Strategic Electric Supply Platform (PASQÉ)

CAF Women in Sport Program 2025-2026

Creating, Knowing and Sharing — Long-Term Projects

Interactive Digital Media Fund — Production

Urban forestry plans and studies

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Hosting

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Studies and consulting services

Wood Construction Innovation Program

DIANA — Challenge Call

Canada Book Fund Publishers Business Development — Technology Internships

Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)

Nonprofit Transformation Partner Certification Program
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Account Receivable and Payable Monetization

Non-refundable contributions

Econologis Program

Future Foundation of Youth (FFY)

Territorial Development Support Policy – Component 1: Support for regional outreach

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 3: Project Implementation, It's time to take action!

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Creavenir

Explore and Create — Research and Creation

Arts Across Canada — Foreign Artist Tours

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Stream 1: Company consultations/micro-diagnosis and selection assistance

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 1: Renovation of commercial storefronts

Longueuil — Quebec Renovation Program (PRQ)

PROMPT — Quantum Technologies

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 2: Feasibility study - audit towards a 4.0 transition

Women Entrepreneurship Fund (WEF)

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events

INVEST North Program — Innovation Stream

Extend the employment periods of your staff — Partnership and workforce matching component

Operating Grant : Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research


Plug-In NB Charging Rebates for Business

ÉcoPerformance — Simplified Implementation

Community Support Program - Municipal Component

OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1

Arts Across Canada — Public Outreach
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PROMPT — Collaborative Innovation

Grand Challenges Canada

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV

Grid Innovation Fund



PRIMA — PARTENAR-IA — Industry

PROMPT — GHG Reduction – SME Component

C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1

Enabling Accessibility Fund — Small projects

Powering the future: Solid-state hydrogen storage for military platforms


SMART Cluster's 9th call for proposals – advanced manufacturing

Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 2

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Studies and consulting services

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 2

MRC des Chenaux — Young Promoters Fund

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Créavenir

Innovation program — Call for mobilizing projects on the development of tomorrow's transport technologies

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Indigenous stream

SODEC — Support for innovative initiatives

Innovate BC — Ignite Program

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Inuit Language Funding Model

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 1: Regional outreach fund / Territorial projects
