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.

Workplace first aid training

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

Longueuil — Quebec Renovation Program (PRQ)

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

Women Entrepreneurship Fund (WEF)

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

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events

INVEST North Program — Innovation Stream
Funding charitable organizations — Local Grants

OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1

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


Saskatchewan – Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Program (RALP)

Plug-In NB Charging Rebates for Business

ÉcoPerformance — Simplified Implementation

Community Support Program - Municipal Component

Laval Économique — Sustainable transition

Arts Across Canada — Public Outreach

PROMPT — Collaborative Innovation

Canada–Germany 2026 Quantum collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals

PROMPT — Quantum Technologies

Grand Challenges Canada

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV

Grid Innovation Fund

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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

Enabling Accessibility Fund 2026 Call for Proposals


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

Innovate BC — Ignite Program

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

MRC Abitibi — The Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)

MRC des Chenaux — Chenaux Local Social Economy Fund (FLÉS)

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Digital Transition Fund


Musicaction — Support for emerging artists – Production assistance

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 2 - Support for projects and the development of innovative businesses
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SODEXPORT — Component 2.1: Support for business opportunities and promotion abroad

PME MTL — Subsidies to support social economy initiatives

MRC Caniapiscau — Signature innovation

Rail Transport Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure - Part 1 - Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure

Indigenous Arts Projects

Destination Clic – French Enrichment Program

Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment

First Nations Child and Family Services Program

Financial assistance for nonprofit tenants

APCHQ — Affordable Housing Fund: New Construction - Rapid Housing Sub-Stream

Innovate BC — Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI)

Musicaction — Musical Showcases – Stream 4 - Event in song in French Canada

Laval Économique — Collective Entrepreneurship Fund

Financial assistance program for associations and organizations for training and information projects in occupational health and safety

MRC La Jacques-Cartier — Jacques-Cartier Tourism Envelope

innovÉÉ — PSO

Taxi Industry Modernization Support Program (PSMITT)

MRC du Granit — Business Succession Program

Northern Ontario Development Program — Community Economic Development

Innovative Communities Fund (ICF)

MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 2

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3

MRC Témiscamingue — Fund YOUR SME

innovÉÉ — SI2TEC

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 3: Signature innovation - renewable energies
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Accès-Loisirs

MRC Charlevoix — Support Fund for Start-up and Expansion

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Festivals and events

MRC L’Île-d’Orléans — Support for Structuring Projects

Genomic Innovations: Energy and Environmental Solutions

Diagnostic Program and Improvement Projects for Northern SMEs

APCHQ — Federal Lands Initiative

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Métis Nation Language Funding Model

MRC La Matanie — Community Development Program - Special Collaborations Stream

Xecs – electronic components and systems Call 5 call for proposals

Commemorating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

MRC Beauce-Centre — Créavenir

Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP)


Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Structuring the regional tourism offering


MRC Les Moulins — Futurpreneur Canada

PADAAR — Measure 4075 – On-farm or indoor demonstrations

MRC L'Islet — Youth Initiative Fund (YIF)

Parliamentary District Policing Program

Home Renovation Savings Program

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for the Overall Mission

RCM de la Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Futurpreneur Canada
