Grants and Funding in Artificial Intelligence in Canada
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AI grants and funding in Canada have significantly increased, supporting research and innovation across various sectors. These programs aim to foster the growth of AI talent and development nationwide as well as implementing the technology in businesses.

ESSOR – Component 1B: Support for investment projects (digital diagnostics)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Max. $20,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

SCALE AI — Acceleration
Scale AI Cluster- Max. $50,000
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Development of E-Business Tax Credit (CDAE)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Up to 30% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NGen — AI For Manufacturing Challenge (AI4M)
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)- From $1,500,000 to $3,200,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

AI Compute Access Fund
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)- From $67,000 to $3,350,000
- Up to 67% of project cost
- All industries
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AI-Powered Supply Chains Cluster (Scale AI)
Global Innovation Clusters (GIC)- Max. $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

NovaScience Program - Support for projects in scientific culture and innovation
Gouvernement du Québec- Max. $200,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Global Innovation Clusters
Innovation Canada- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

PRIMA — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MEDTEQ+ — AVISÉ program
Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en technologies médicales du Québec- Max. $700,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
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JACOBB Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
JACOBB Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CED — Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Funding for customized AI training
Scale AI Cluster- Min. $5,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 3
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 1
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MTRIC — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Capitale-Innovation
Quebec City- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Development of E-Business Tax Credit Integrating Artificial Intelligence (CDAEIA)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Up to 30% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII) for Northern Ontario
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

FedDev — Funding for southern Ontario
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
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Entrepreneurial grant
Quebec City- Max. $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

CQRDA — PARTENAR-IA — Business
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing

MEDTEQ+ — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en technologies médicales du Québec- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing program
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

CRIBIQ — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Max. $350,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

Celebration and Commemoration Program
Canadian Heritage- Max. $100,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Innovation Program — Stream 1 – Support for mobilising projects
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $4,000,000 to $10
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

PME MTL — Call for projects : Innovation
PME MTL- Max. $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Startup in residence
Desjardins- Max. $250,000
- Finance and insurance
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Guidance grants
Quebec City- Max. $25,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

PROMPT — Artificial intelligence
PROMPT- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

DIANA — Challenge Call
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)- From $100,000 to $400,000
- All industries

MTRIC — PSO SME
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

My Digital Success
CCTT Network - Synchronex- Max. $22,500
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries
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Laval économique — Tech shift – Manufacturing
Laval Economique- Max. $75,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Financial assistance program for businesses in physical activities (PAFEMAP)
Ministry of Education (QC)- Max. $200,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Game Changer Pitch Competition
Decentralised Energy Canada (DEC)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Sept-Rivières — Support for entrepreneurship (SE)
MRC de Sept-Rivières- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

Research in priority areas
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)- Up to 25% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
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Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 3
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Genomic Innovations: Energy and Environmental Solutions
Genome Alberta- From $300,000 to $750,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Technology showcase - pre-commercialization of innovation
Quebec City- Max. $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Défi-Québec, an entrepreneurial city
Quebec City- Max. $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Protein Industries Canada — Artificial Intelligence
Protein Industries Canada- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Export 4.0 program — Advanced and Intelligent Technologies
Excellence industrielle Saint-Laurent- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Food Processing Growth Fund (FPG)
Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF)- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ESM — Digital Acceleration
Économie du Savoir Mauricie (ESM)- Max. $27,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Quebec Research Fund — Society and Culture Sector (FRQSC)
Québec Research Fund- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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CQDM — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

ventureLAB — Accelerate AI
ventureLAB- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Pierre Péladeau Scholarships
AsterX- Max. $75,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

NUMERIA program
Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MEDTEQ+ — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en technologies médicales du Québec- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Health care and social assistance

AI Expertise Program
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund — Small Businesses or Entrepreneurs Developing Agri-tech and Cleantech Solutions
ventureLAB- Max. $10,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Alberta Innovates — Health Innovations
Alberta Innovates- Max. $200,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

OCI — Critical Industrial Technologies initiative (CIR)
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)- From $50 to $1,000,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Quebec International — Set up or expand a business
Québec International- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance

Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature and Technology Sector (FRQNT)
Québec Research Fund- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CFIN NextGen Food Innovators
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Alberta Innovates — Health Innovation Platform Partnerships Program
Alberta Innovates- Max. $200,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

MEDTEQ+ — Call for Projects – FEMTECH
Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en technologies médicales du Québec- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
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Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII) in the Prairie Provinces
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)- From $250,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Show production tax credit
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Max. $1,250,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Advanced exploration and development support
Government of Ontario- Max. $15,000
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Early exploration support
Government of Ontario- Max. $20,000
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Alberta Innovates — Enabling Better Health through Artificial Intelligence
Alberta Innovates- Max. $800,000
- Health care and social assistance
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PARTENAR-IA — CRIAQ — Academic
Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ)- Max. $500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Alberta Manufacturing Productivity Grant (AMPG)
Government of Alberta- Max. $30,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Standards Council of Canada
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $14,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services

TECHNATION — Calgary Wage Subsidy Program
TECHNATION- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Canada Arts Presentation Fund — Programming: Presenter Support Organizations
Government of Canada- Max. $200,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

MaRS — Supply AI
MaRS Discovery District- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CQDM — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

CSSP — Lighting the path with AI: Advanced analytics and decision support for first responders
Department of National Defence- Max. $2,000,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Gen AI Call for Projects
Scale AI Cluster- Min. $750,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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CFIN — Foodtech Frontier 25
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Accommodation and food services

OAC — Music Production and Presentation Projects
Ontario Arts Council (OAC)- Max. $20,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Small Food Processor Scale-Up Program (SFPS)
Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF)- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

FedDev — Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative – Adoption Pillar 2 – Businesses
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)- Max. $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance

innovÉÉ — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
innovÉÉ- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing

PRIMA — Call For Projects In Artificial Intelligence And Quantum Technologies
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

Scale AI — STEM Youth Awareness Program
Scale AI Cluster- No Condition
- Educational services

Québec city — Supporting the development of the Saint-Roch district
Quebec City- Max. $500,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canada - UK 2024-2025 multisector collaborative industrial research and development
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- Max. $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Reshaping Energy Systems
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA)- Min. $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

OVIN — TalentEdge Internship
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CALQ — Travel
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

innovÉÉ — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
innovÉÉ- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerators Program
Government of Alberta- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

INOVAIT Pilot Fund
INOVAIT Canada- From $100,000 to $150,000
- Up to 3333% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
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NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates Advance Program
Alberta Innovates- Max. $150,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CAAIN — 2025 Broadacre Cropping Program
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN)- Max. $600,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Intellectual Property Ontario
Government of Ontario- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CAAIN — Livestock Innovation Program 2025
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN)- Max. $500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Alberta Innovates — Digital Innovation in Clean Energy (DICE)
Alberta Innovates- Max. $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
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MEDTEQ+ — Impact
Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en technologies médicales du Québec- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program
Agricorp- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive (STSI)
Government of Saskatchewan- Max. $2,000,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Artificial Intelligence Behaviour Monitoring Solution
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)- Max. $1,000,000
- Public administration

Sound Design Program
Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

CBC-APTN Early Stage Scripted Development Program for Indigenous Creators
Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)- Max. $30,000
- Information and cultural industries

Legal Clinic for Indigenous Storytellers
Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR)
CANARIE- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MTRIC — Start Program
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Max. $10,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- All industries
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CQRDA — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ACOA — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing

NGen — AI For Manufacturing Challenge 2024
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)- From $1 to $2,100,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Manufacturing

PROMPT — PARTENAR-IA
PROMPT- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

PRIMA — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Max. $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Capital Synergie
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Max. $225,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CAAIN — Livestock Innovation Program 2024
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN)- Max. $3,000,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

The Artificial Intelligence innovation funding program (PIIA) - Part 2 : SMEs
PROMPT- Max. $350,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

The Artificial Intelligence innovation funding program (PIIA) - Part 1: Scope
PROMPT- Max. $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)