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.

- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Podium Mines
- From $20,000 to $50,000
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Export Market Access Program (EMAP)
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- All industries

Caribou Conservation Stewardship Program (CCSP) 2025-26
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Program to support the processing of end-of-life tires through reuse, recycling and energy recovery, as well as out-of-province processing.
- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Historic resource conservation grants
- From $1,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

OVIN — TalentEdge Internship
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Fisheries and Aquaculture Energy Efficiency Innovation Fund (FAEEIF)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program (APIP)
- Minimum amount : 50 $
- Up to 12% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Community Futures Saskatchewan — Loans
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Workforce Training and Employment — Employment Assistance Services
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC des Appalaches - Economic Diversification Fund (FDE)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

INOVAIT Pilot Fund
- From $100,000 to $150,000
- Up to 3333% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Alberta — Value-Added Program
- From $50,000 to $250,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Canadian journalism labour tax credit
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

BC On-Farm Technology Adoption Program
- From $300 to $150,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

EDC — Foreign Exchange Facility Guarantee
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

CRIBIQ — PSO-Bioproducts and bioprocesses
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Digital Strategy Financing
- From $10,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Futurpreneur Canada Side Hustle
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 3% of project cost
- All industries

NGen — Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Value Chain Program (EVMP)
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
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.

First Peoples Economic Growth Fund – Joint Venture Program
- From $200,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program – Stream 1
- From $200,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

NGen — Feasibility Studies
- From $100,000 to $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

CDEM — Microcredit
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Saskatchewan Petroleum Innovation Incentive (SPII)
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Canadian Cleantech for Mining Mission to Australia and Indonesia
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

BDC Advisory Services — Leadership and Management
- No Condition
- All industries

OCLF — Small Business Loans
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Manitoba community enterprise development tax credit
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Workplace Innovation and Productivity Skills Incentive
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Strategic Investments
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

Community Futures Program Northwest Territories
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

MEDTEQ+ — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Health care and social assistance

EV ChargeON Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Turn to excellence!
- From $2,000 to $7,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MEIE — Program to support the development of strategic sectors and niches of excellence (PADS)
- No Condition
- All industries

Emerging Farmers Award
- From $3,500 to $7,500
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Newcomer Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

BC Small Business Venture Capital Program
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Prince Edward Island Business Women's Association
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Futures British Columbia
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Heritage Preservation Partnership Program - Historic Resource Conservation Grants
- From $1,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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RDAR — Irrigation Targeted Call
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

OAC — French-language edition – how it works
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Metis-Dene Development Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) — Capital Investment Projects
- Minimum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Risk Management and Food Safety
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy (AMIS)
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Loan The Developer
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 2% of project cost
- All industries

Aquatic habitat quality improvement (AQHA)
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Information technology and engineering
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services

BDIC-NWT — Working Capital Guarantee
- Maximum amount : 15,100 $
- All industries

Seafood Expansion and Market Access Program (SeaMArk)
- Maximum amount : 99,900 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in PEI
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tourisme Baie-James — EPRTNT – Digital development of a company
- From $2,500 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Heritage Property Grant Program - Matching grant
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Advisory Services Program — Component 3 – Support for the development of advisors’ skills and expertise
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Project support program for the Critical and Strategic Minerals Scientific Research Network
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

School bus electrification program – Stream 1 : Financial assistance for the purchase of an electric school bus
- From $240,000 to $240,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

BioTalent — Science Horizons Youth Internship
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Organic Certification Rebate Program
- Maximum amount : 750 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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CBC-APTN Early Stage Scripted Development Program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Health care and social assistance

Clarence Campeau Development Fund
- From $10,000 to $10,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Other services (except public administration)

Potato Stabilization and Innovation initiative (PSII)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Workplace Sexual Harassment
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
Young Men and Media Collective Funding Opportunity
- From $90,000 to $275,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Renewable and Alternative Energy Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

International Development Assistance Program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

AgriAssurance Program — Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Energy Innovation Program — Carbon capture, utilization and storage RD&D
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Re-Skill Saskatchewan Training Subsidy
- From $1,000 to $5,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

NGen — Cluster Accelerator Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 150% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Canadian Agriculture Technology Innovation R&D Partnering Delegation to Brazil
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ERA — Expanded Technologies Pilot
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program
- From $600,000 to $3,200,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

CFIN — Foodtech Frontier 25
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism Product Diversification and Marketing Program — Product Development and Enhancement
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

New Construction Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Skills Development Fund (SDF) — Training Stream
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

BC Tech Growth Programs
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Val-Saint-François — Eco-responsible fund
- From $500 to $5,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

FinDev Canada Financing and Investment
- No Condition
- All industries