Government Funding for Established Businesses
Access to funding is crucial for businesses, whether to launch a new project, innovate, or simply grow. In Canada, there are numerous grants and funding programs available to support businesses in their development. This support is provided by various levels of government, as well as private organizations and financial institutions. Understanding the available funding options, knowing how to obtain these grants, and preparing a solid business plan are essential steps to maximize your chances of success.

Eurogia Cluster's 29th Call for proposals – Clean Technologies
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

START Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

The Nova Scotia Beef Initiative
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MEDTEQ+ — Vitrine d’innovation en santé
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Effective renovation
- No Condition
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Codes Acceleration Fund (CAF)
- No Condition
- Construction

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Demo Recording
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canada Periodical Fund — Special Measures for Journalism
- Minimum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Strategic Partnerships Initiative
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tax credit for internal design in Québec
- Minimum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 24% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Êtes-vous business?
- No Condition
- All industries

Destruction of PFAS compounds in contaminated media
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Agri-food Funding
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 17,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream B
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Tourism Development Fund (TDF)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Celebrate Ontario Blockbuster (COB)
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Northern Energy Advantage Program (NEAP)
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

BDC Advisory Services — Operational Efficiency
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Laval Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodations
- From $35,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

CQRDA — SI2TEC
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

NRC — Nanotechnology Research Centre
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
Tips to Maximize Your Chances of Obtaining a Grant
Obtaining a grant can be a powerful lever for the development of your business, but the competition is often fierce. To maximize your chances of success, it is essential to prepare a strong application, develop strategic collaborations, and use the funds obtained effectively to ensure sustainable growth. Here are some tips to help you navigate this process successfully.

CDEM — Mentoring
- No Condition
- All industries

ID Gatineau - Business Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ACCFutures — ACC Term
- From $20,000 to $300,000
- All industries

Kakivak Association — Economic Opportunity Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Coast Funds Economic Development Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Farm fuel and rural utility programs
- Maximum amount : 5,250 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities

SSRIA – Smart sustainable tech showcase
- No Condition
- Construction

Copyright
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Music Industry Initiatives
- From $2,000 to $60,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Funding for the Fraser River Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Public administration

Zero Emission Transit Fund
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in NU
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries

Venture Capital Corporation
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

TACC New Relationship Trust (NRT) Entrepreneur Equity Match Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Business Planning, Skills Development and Agriculture Education
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Kitikmeot Community Futures
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- All industries

Newfoundland and Labrador interactive digital media tax credit
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Tax Credit for Training a Worker Employed by a SME
- No Condition
- All industries

EDC — Inclusive Trade Investments Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Job integration contract
- No Condition
- All industries

Business Energy Rebates
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tenders — Prince Edward Island Tenders
- Minimum amount : 400 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
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Financial assistance to develop the production, processing and marketing of Nordic biofood products
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

NRC — Printable Electronics - Ottawa research facility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries

ÉCLO Regional Fund – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Kosher and Halal Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Summer Student Farm Worker Bursary
- From $1,500 to $3,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Eurogia Cluster's 30th Call for proposals – Clean Technologies
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tourism Development Program (TDP)
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

- No Condition
- All industries

Community Tourism Destination Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 375,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Equity + Emerging Development
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North — For-Profit
- No Condition
- All industries

Entrepreneurial Outreach and Navigation Program — #BeTheDrum
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs
- No Condition
- All industries

Toronto — Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Program
- From $2,500 to $12,500
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Invest Nova Scotia — Greenshoots
- Maximum amount : 40 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)

Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant (CAPG)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — International Technology Partnership (ITP) Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Asia Market Development Program
- From $5,462 to $24,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

People & Talent Program — Indigenous Workforce Development Stream
- Maximum amount : 52,500 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII) in the Prairie Provinces
- 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

ACCFutures — ACC TermStartup
- From $20,000 to $300,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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The Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Wine Sector Support Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Junior Mining Assistance Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Early Years Continuing Education Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — Créavenir
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- All industries

Hardware Catalyst Initiative
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 3 : Financial assistance for intercity bus transportation
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Ottawa — Tourism Accessibility Fund (TAF)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs (RAISE)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program (Not-for-Profit Sector)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services

Indigenous Business Development Services — Saskatchewan
- No Condition
- All industries

Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — All Access Expert Advice
- No Condition
- All industries

Continental Defense and Security Technologies
- Maximum amount : 2,300,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

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

Toronto — Capacity Buyback Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Educational services

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors - Indigenous stream
- No Condition
- All industries

NGen — Sustainable Manufacturing Challenge
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

BDC Financing — Commercial Real Estate Loan
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

High-Rise Retrofit Improvement Support Program (Hi-RIS)
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Real estate and rental and leasing

- No Condition
- All industries

Market Development and Access
- Maximum amount : 45,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Alberta Manufacturing Productivity Grant (AMPG)
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Alternative Land Use Services Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

NRC — Offshore Engineering Basin — Research Facility
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing