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.

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OBIO — (WiHI) Training and Wage Subsidies

OAC — Visual arts and crafts – Francophone projects

Lab to Market grants

Buyandsell.gc.ca — Procurement Assistance Canada Coaching Service

CMF-SODEC — Predevelopment Program for Television Series Based on Literary Adaptations

ventureLAB — Capital Investment Program

Forest Biomass Program — Indigenous bioeconomy partnerships stream

takeCHARGE Business Efficiency Program

Revitalization Project Macro-Grant

Ottawa Rural Clean Water Program

Métis Entrepreneurs’ Assistance Program (MEAP)

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Innovation

Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Education and relationship-building

Clean Leadership Summer Internships — Nova Scotia

JobsNL Wage Subsidy

INVEST North Program — Innovation – Industrial Research Chair

Perennial Crop Development Efficiency

MaRS — Supply AI

Arts Funding Program - Project Grants


High Volume User Program

B.C. Employer Training Grant (ETG)

Community Investment Fund
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BDC Financing — Accelerator Loan Guarantee

Better Homes Ottawa

Program for financial contributions to the ecological transition

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole — FLI/FLS

Rain Ready Ottawa

PacifiCan — Lytton Business Restart Program

Gasoline used in unlicensed business equipment

Lead Pipe Replacement Program

Agriculture Research and Innovation — Agriculture Technology Advancement

PAC — Help for Small and Medium Enterprises

Rural Association Partnership Program

Economy & Environment Program

Alberta Innovates — Commercialization Associates Program

AFA — Art Acquisitions by Application

Rural Economic Development (RED) program

Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Regional Innovation Ecosystems — ACOA

PrairiesCan — Francophone economic development in the Prairie provinces

Payroll tax credit – CFI

MRC Caniapiscau — Structuring projects

MEDTEQ+ — Impact


Impact Your Business — Start-Up Loans

Operating Grant Program

CDAP — Youth Wage Subsidies

Canada Periodical Fund - Business Innovation
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Adaptation Canada 2026 Opportunity

MyPG Community Grant

Community Interaction Program — Awareness-raising

Community Workforce Response Grant — Workforce Shortages Stream

Partnered Initiatives

Opportunities New Brunswick — Mentorship

The Joyce Family Foundation

Calgary Flames Foundation - Inclusion Program

Self-Employment Benefit — Workforce Expansion

AFA — Organization Activation Projects Funding

Innov'Action agroalimentaire Program

Manitoba — Research and Innovation

Yukon bids&tenders

Apprenticeship START

Contributions Program for Non-Profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations

Alberta Community Partnership (ACP)

Cultural Heritage Initiatives Program

New Brunswick Research and Development Tax Credit

PAC and DPAC Grants - for Parent Advisory Councils

CDEM — Self-Employment Benefit Program

The Heritage Community Improvement Plan Program


Other Initiatives Program (OIP)

Participant Funding Program
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Alberta Innovates — Micro Voucher Program

BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF)

Local Supplier Food Safety Support Pilot Program

Targeted Labour Market Programs

Évolution-Compétences — Innovation and knowledge component


Grant for seniors to pay municipal taxes

Programme de bibliothèque de recherche

SODEC — Development Aid Program

Business Link — Digital Economy Program

Nunavut Filmmakers Funding — Creative Content Development Fund

Workforce Training and Employment — Wage Subsidy

General Class Contribution Program

Business Development Support Program

North Frontenac Community Improvement Plan



Scotiabank — Credit Line for agriculture

Supporting Artistic Practice — National Arts Service Organizations

Chantier de l'économie sociale Trust — Operations Patient Capital Loan

Heritage Legacy Fund (HLF) - Heritage Conservation Program

Scotiabank — Term Loan for business

NRCAN — National Energy Systems Modelling

Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC)
