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.

Sector Development Partnership Grants


Innovative Solutions Canada - Vehicle theft prevention

Enfant Soleil - Equipment Fund

Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
Doctor Recruitment

Unpuzzling: Greening Your Food Manufacturing Operation (Atlantic Companies Only)
Chanchlani Global Vision Research Award

Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Innovation

The Gosling Foundation Grant Programme

AFA — Organization Activation Projects Funding



Sporting Events Support Program


Fondation Dora — Project Funding

Marketing Initiative Program

Kingsway Charities — Medical Supplies for Missions

The Ontario Trillium Foundation - Capital Grants


Call for Projects – Initiatives for the Attraction, Civic Integration and Sustainable Settlement of Immigrants and Ethnocultural Minorities (2025–2028)

Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal - Scholarships


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Hart Family Fund for Small Towns

Town of Halton Hills Recreation Financial Assistance
Tax Assistance and Rebates

Prepare Funding Call

Community Improvement Plan Program


Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program – Stream 3

Pauw Foundation True Sport Youth Fund


Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF)

Initiatives program (FIP)

Programme d’appui au développement des secteurs stratégiques et des créneaux d’excellence (PADS)

SOCAN — Professional Development Assistance

Recognition as an Eligible Public Research Centre

Strategic Development Initiative

Professional cultural organizations - Projets culturels pour les camps de jour

Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund - Implementation Stream

Wind Power Production Incentive Contribution Program
Ontario Wildlife Damage Compensation Program

Ontario Sport Network Emergency Relief Fund

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Appreciation and Rapprochement
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Trade Commissioner Service — CanExport Community Investment

Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program
Hendrie Trust (Christina Mary Hendrie Trust)

Kajungiqsaut Grants (Kiinaujaksaq Pivallianirijanganik Ajuriqsuujjijuq)

Manitoba rental housing construction tax credit
Low Income Seniors/Disabled Persons Tax Rebate

Vermilion Ways of Caring

Location Scouting Support Program

BDC Industries — Creation and culture

CBDC Chaleur Future Entrepreneur Loan


Contaminated Sites On-Reserve program

Strengthening our Community Fund

OAC — Multi and Inter-Arts Organizations: Operating

KLF Project Funding Program


Rural Resiliency Grant Program

Political Contribution Tax Credit for Corporations


Municipal and Regional Cultural Development Agreements

Environment and Sustainability Fund

Alberta Export Expansion Program (AEEP)
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City of Salmon Arm Grants-in-Aid Program

OAC — Literature – French-language projects

RBC Emerging Artist Residency Program

Small Business Investor Tax Credit Program

Lee/Irwin Scholarships (Skills Enrichment Scholarship Program)

Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program

Agricultural Technology Transfer and Licencing

British Columbia Manufacturing and Processing Tax Credit

Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Business Intelligence and Networking

Community & Neighbourhood Grant


2026 Additional Residential Unit Incentives Program
Programme de subventions communautaires silverchef

Partners in Indigenous Energy Efficiency & Resilience Program - Basic Energy Saving Measures

Support Program for Community Organizations of Trois-Rivières
Facade & Property Improvement Grant Program


Rio Tinto Alcan Canada - Rio Tinto Aluminum Canada Fund
Neighbourhood Activation Fund
Canadian Centre for Architecture — General Funding and Opportunities

Indigenous cultural partnership

Promotion Program – General Admission Stream

Vehicle Retrofit Program — Persons with disabilities

FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox (QCS)
