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.

Grants and Contributions Program to National Voluntary Organizations (GCP NVO)

FABconstruction – Stream 1 : Business process analysis and action plan

Communities at Risk, Security Infrastructure Program (SIP)

Charge+

Program to support research and development of products made from reused and recycled end-of-life tires

Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management (AAROM) Program

Support for music and variety companies — Component 2: Support for management activities and Component 3: Para-industrial sector - Project support

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives

Regional Defence Investment Initiative – Northern Ontario

ICTC — Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital

Qualifying training in the workplace

Additional deduction for transportation costs for manufacturing SMEs


Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 1

EnAbling Change Program

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – Stream 1

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 3

ECO Canada — Foreign Talent Development

CELTIC-NEXT – Next Generation Communications Autumn 2025 call for proposals

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) – Atlantic Canada

Museum Assistance Program - Exhibition Circulation Fund

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative Proximity — Component 2

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Aquaculture Development

MTRIC — PARTENAR-IA — Industry

Hosting Program - International Single Sport Events (ISSE)
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REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Expansion and Diversification

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 2

Financial support for the integration of foreign-trained employees

Indigenous and Stakeholder Capacity Fund - Regulatory Policy Dialogue

Indigenous and Stakeholder Capacity Fund - Engagement and Collaboration Support

Development program — Black and People of Colour stream

Acting to support growth

ESSOR – Component 3: Support for investment projects to reduce environmental footprint

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — For profit

Capitale-Commerce

Capitale-Innovation

Social Economy Support Fund

Visées program — Training

Remission of tariffs that apply on certain goods from the U.S.

CQRDA — INNOV-R SME

Developing the next generation for skilled trades in advanced manufacturing

Tax Credit for an On-the-Job Training Period – Individuals

Private sector support program for the deployment of public fast charging stations

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 1

Regions and Rurality Fund — convenience stores

Magazine — Aid to Publishers


Wood Innovation Program - component 1

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program Component 3 — Food quality and safety management
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Ontario Creates Magazine Fund — Diversity Enhancement Stream


Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program — Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting

Production program — French market budgets $3.5M+

Canada Periodical Fund — Business Innovation

Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP)

Universal Broadband Fund (UBF)

Production program — Indigenous stream

Global Market Development Fund — Film and Television

Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program


Global Market Development Fund – Book

Indigenous Forestry Initiative

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Harvester Training

Efficient Solutions Program — Small Business Component

Protect Ontario Financing Program

Aquatic Habitat Restoration Fund (AHRF)

Entrepreneurial grant

Music management and publishing assistance

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Capacity Building (Business Development)

Digital Skills for Youth Program (DS4Y)

Promotional assistance for music and entertainment companies

Hosting Program - Canada Games

ExploreIP

Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP)
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Ambition-Compétences — Training for resilience and competitiveness in employment

EDC — Structured and Project Finance


Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI) — Business Scale-up and Productivity — ACOA

Tourism Growth Program in Northern Ontario

Innovative Solutions Canada — Challenge Stream for innovators

Celebrate Canada Funding Program

Accelerating to Zero Grant Program

Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP)

BDC Financing — Buying a Business Loan

Canada Media Fund (CMF) - Changing Narratives Fund (CNF)

Agricultural Clean Technology Program - Adoption Stream

Airport Critical Infrastructure Program (ACIP)

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Digital development of a company

PADAAR — Measure 4051 – Innovation and testing

Anti-Racism Action Program

Large Enterprise Tariff Loan (LETL)

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Subcomponent 4.1 - Competitiveness of slaughterhouses and cheese dairies

MT Lab — Project financing program — Component 1: Strategic support

INVEST North Program — Investment — Grow Stream

iVisit

Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Shovel ready Stream

Abandoned Boats Program - Education, Awareness, and Research (EA&R) component

MT Lab — Project Financing Program — Component 2
