Grants and Funding in Canada in 2026
Find Canadian grants, loans, and tax credits that match a real project
Canada offers a wide mix of grants, tax credits, loans, and contribution programs for businesses and non-profits working on hiring, commercialization, export, digital transformation, equipment, clean technology, artificial intelligence, and community-impact projects. This 2026 guide helps you quickly understand which funding paths are most relevant based on the project you are actually trying to move forward.
Instead of treating funding as a generic list of programs, use this page to compare the most common Canadian options by project type, eligibility, and timing. Whether you are growing a business, launching a new initiative, or preparing a major investment, the goal is to help you identify realistic programs and avoid the mistakes that most often weaken an application.

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Engage and Sustain — Artistic Institutions


Supporting Artistic Practice — Sector Innovation and Development


Strategic Funds and Initiatives — Market Access Strategy

Arts Across Canada — Representation and Promotion

Market Development Program for Turkey and Chicken

Innovation program — Call for First-time Adopter Projects

Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR)

CFIN — Innovation Scouting Fund

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 1

Subsidy for universal access to businesses

Digital and Quantum Innovation Platform — PINQ²

Afro-Entrepreneurs Fund

Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program

Bioénergies — Analysis

Call for projects to combat homophobia and transphobia

Incentive deduction for the commercialization of innovations (IDCI)

Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF) — Business project loans

REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity — CED (QC) – Private sector

Bioénergies — Implementation

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Energir — Energy efficiency program – Efficient Renovation

Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) — Business project loans
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ÉcoPerformance — Standard Analysis Stream

Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program — Energy Efficiency Solutions Track

MEDTEQ+ — AVISÉ program

Maritime, Air, and Rail Transportation Efficiency Program - Studies Component

My Digital Success

FAQDD — Returnable Container Recycling Equipment Modernization Program

Impulsion Fund

Black Entrepreneurship Program — Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

ESSOR – Component 1A: Support for investment projects (feasibility studies)

Quebec Initiative for Construction 4.0 — Stream 2

AgroPerformance – Stream 1 : Support for the agricultural sector in adopting agritechnologies

Tax credit for external design in Québec

Mitacs — Business Strategy Internship

SIF — Collaborations and Networks projects


PACE — Business Mentorship Program

JACOBB Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence


Arts Abroad — Circulation and Touring



JEDI — Indigenous Business Incubator Program

ECO Canada — Youth Employment in Natural Resources YNR

TECHNATION — Career Ready Program

Access to Talent Program
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CanExport Innovation

Regional Development Program — Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC)

Artificial Intelligence for Canadian Energy Innovation

CED — Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative

LTI³ Project

Economic Development & Growth in Employment (EDGE) Incentive Program

Call for collaborative and structuring innovation projects in Quebec's strategic sectors

Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit

Innovative Projects Program



Forest Innovation Program

Futurpreneur

Textile circularity support program

Starter Company Plus

Technoclimat

Support program for positioning Quebec alcohol in the SAQ network

NovaScience Program — Support for employment in research and innovation

Court Challenges Program (CCP)

Funding for customized AI training

Addressing Racism and Discrimination in Canada’s Health Systems Program

Commerce-Montreal

Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Small Multiple-Unit Buildings

CCC — Global Bid Opportunity Finder (GBOF)

Canada Cultural Investment Fund - Endowment Incentives
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Capital project: Community Energy Systems


Advancing Accessibility Standards Research

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative Proximity — Component 1

Financial assistance for the hiring of a person to integrate a job on a long-term basis

Biofood Innovation Program Component 2 – Applied research, experimental development and technological adaptation

Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC)

Healthy Eating Program Component 2 – Support for the development and modification of the nutritional value of processed foods

Abandoned Boats Program - Assessment and Removals (A&R) component

Energir — Energy efficiency program - Efficient construction

Healthy Eating Program Component 3 – Support for activities and structural projects

Supporting the Canadian Red Cross' Urgent Relief Efforts Related to COVID-19, Floods and Wildfires

Community Resilience Fund (CRF)

Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program (ACSDCP)

Indigenous Intellectual Property Program (IIPP) — Project Stream

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Implementation of efficiency measures

Canada Council for the Arts — Composite Activities

ISDE — Advanced technologies for open-source intelligence due diligence

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Feasibility study

International Climate Cooperation Program (ICCP)

SODEC — Support for promotion and distribution – Component 1b

ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream

Indigenous and Stakeholder Capacity Fund - Indigenous Capacity Support

Small Craft Harbours Abandoned and Wrecked Vessels Removal Program
