Grants and Funding in Canada for 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.

Shen Nong Scholarship and Research Fund

ERA — Expanded Technologies Pilot

Newfoundland and Labrador research and development tax credit

Canadian Civic Essay Contest 2026

Ontario Regional Opportunities Investment Tax Credit (ROITC)

MusiCounts - MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund

Continental Defense and Security Technologies

ARBJ — Targeted Financing Program (TFP)

First Nation Adapt (FNA) Program

Employment Incentives Program



Caroline Hong Community Service Award

Wine Sector Support Program

Techno-Economic Profile Assistance Program

The Economic Development Initiative

Hardware Catalyst Initiative

The Economic Security Program for Cree Hunters

CIHR Mental Health and Substance Use Responses to COVID-19 Funding

Student Summer Skills Incentive

Inuit Post-Secondary Education Strategy
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Town of Gravenhurst Community Improvement Plan – Gravenhurst Urban Area

South Dundas Community Improvement Plan

Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 2

Nunavut Filmmakers Funding — Story Telling Fund

Prince Edward Island child benefit / Prince Edward Island sales tax credit

Outdoor Maintenance Subsidy for Residents with Low Income

CBDC Innovation Loan

Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral Research Award : Fall 2025 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 3 : Operating support for export support organizations

NRC — Cell Culture Pilot Plant

Emergency Management Non-Structural Mitigation and Preparedness Program
Prisoner of War Benefits

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Rural Development Fund (FDR)

PRIX COAL 2023: an edition on plants

Innovative Solutions Canada — Zero emissions technologies for industrial process heating
Artistic shift

Action for Paid Care Workers Initiative

Irrigation Program — Irrigation Efficiency Program

OAC — French-language edition – how it works

ME & Lau Family Foundation Scholarship


Capitalization of Social Economy Enterprises (CAES) — Stream 2

OAC — French-language broadcasting - how it works

Ontario Focused Flow-Through Share Tax Credit

Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples (UPIP)
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Ontario Fertility Treatment Tax Credit (OFTTC)

Financial Assistance Program for the Development of Private Woodlots

SSRIA – Business Growth Program

BC Hydro EV Charger Rebate Top-ups

NBIF — Emerging Concepts and Technologies Program

OAC — Literary Organizations: Operating

Veterans Education and Training Benefit

Strategic Energy Management for Industry (SEMI)

Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) – Non-Profit Organizations

Toronto Eco-Roof Incentive Program
Perth County Stewardship Program

Heritage Conservation and Celebration Grant Program

NBIF — Corporate Cleantech Innovation Fund
Brownfield Tax Assistance Program (TAP)
South Stormont Student Bursary

Consolidating the entrepreneurial life cycle in the ecological transition


Transportation Assets Risk Assessment (TARA) Program

Listen, Hear Our Voices — Large projects

NRC — Reverberant Acoustic Chamber - Research Facility

OVIN — C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1

NRC — Microbial fermentation pilot plant facility research facility


Nova Scotia Seafood Innovation and Technology Adoption Program (NS-ITAP)

Outaouais Tourism — PDTO 2025-2027 – Attractions, activities and facilities
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Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Values mapping and related projects

Hydrogen Centre of Excellence - Services Capacity

CBDC Self Employment Assistance (Atlantic Region)

RDAR — Irrigation Targeted Call

AFA — Community Support Organizations Operating Funding

Fund for Support for Access



Small Enterprise Co-op Placement Assistance Program

DRDC Defence Research Partnerships


Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative - Economic Stream

Canada's Ocean Supercluster — Technology Leadership Project Program

Labour Force Management Strategies Initiative (LFMSI)

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Validate

Vehicle Retrofit Program — Persons with disabilities

Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) — Studies projects

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.2

Ontario Dairy Processing Modernization Initiative


BioCreate Program

MRC Joliette — Business Assistance Fund (FAE) – Stream 1
