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.

ID Gatineau — Economic Diversification Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

BDC — Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) Loan
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Business Accelerator Loan Program
- From $25,000 to $500,000
- All industries

- Minimum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Sector Research Support
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Small Cidery Program
- Maximum amount : 220,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 4 – Vitalization
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

NADF — Client Support & Advisory Services
- No Condition
- All industries

Palette Skills — Hire Faster, Hire Better
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

- No Condition
- All industries

Buy BC Partnership Program — Producers, Processors and Cooperatives
- From $5,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Newfoundland and Labrador research and development tax credit
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Ontario Regional Opportunities Investment Tax Credit (ROITC)
- From $50,000 to $90,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Newfoundland and Labrador — Business Growth Program
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

British Columbia mining exploration tax credit
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Small Enterprise Co-op Placement Assistance Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

DRDC Defence Research Partnerships
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Show production tax credit
- Maximum amount : 1,250,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Labour Force Management Strategies Initiative (LFMSI)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Ontario Dairy Processing Modernization Initiative
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
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.

Project Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Metis Economic Development Fund (MEDF) – Investing
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

City of Lévis — Quebec Business Access Network
- No Condition
- All industries

Impact Canada Challenge Hub
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Canada Digital Adoption Program — Boost Your Business Technology — Digital Advisors
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing

NRC — Laser processing and surface modification facility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CMF — Commercial Projects Program
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Manufacturing & Processing Investment Tax Credit Saskatchewan
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Horticulture Diversification Program
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — R&D Associates Program
- Maximum amount : 105,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program — Indigenous Languages Component
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

SADC Shawinigan — Flexiprêt for women
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — Business Advising
- No Condition
- All industries

Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Interactive Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Manufacturing and Processing Assistance - Operating Loan
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ACOA — Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative (REGI)
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Public administration

Canada Book Fund Support for Organizations — For-Profit
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Step Forward Entrepreneurs Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Nunavut Filmmakers Funding — Nunavut Spend Incentive Program
- From $25,000 to $40,000
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Hydro-Québec program for the enhancement of natural environments
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

WeBC — Business Loans for Youth
- Maximum amount : 70,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

CleanBC — Commercial Express Program
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
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Alberta — Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program (RALP)
- From $2,000 to $300,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Business and Community Services
- No Condition
- All industries

Vessel Loan Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

NRC — Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

NRC — Advanced, non-linear optical imaging and microscopy (CARSLab)
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

CBDC Community Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- All industries

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Quantum Program
- From $1,000,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

PRIMA — INNOV-R SME
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Mining Research and Innovation Support Program
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Synchronex
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Beauce-Centre — E-commerce assistance program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

VERGE Capital — Breakthrough Fund
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Digital Strategy Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- All industries

RDAR — On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF)
- From $2,500 to $75,000
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MEDTEQ+ — Innovation Acceleration Program (IAM)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

PEI - Export Trade Assistance
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Staffing UP
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Nunavut Filmmakers Funding — Story Telling Fund
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Drilling Technology Challenge
- From $250,000 to $8,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Water professions
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Utilities

Startup Zone Accelerator Program
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program — CleanBC Communities Fund
- No Condition
- Utilities
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- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

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

Ministerial initiative “Agricultural succession and entrepreneurship”
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

FPSC — Student Work Placement Program (SWPP+)
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Manufacturing

Saskatchewan Research and Development Tax Credit
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Medium to Large-Scale Festivals Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Child Care Centre Development Tax Credit
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Circular Initiatives Awards
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Tax credit for cellulosic ethanol production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Innovative Solutions Canada — Inclusive industrial protective headwear
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Tax credit for pyrolytic oil production in Québec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

NRC — Construction Research Centre
- No Condition
- Construction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CleanBC — Custom-Lite Program
- Maximum amount : 84,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities

Saskatchewan Mineral Exploration Tax Credit
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

NRCAN — Mining Decarbonization Demonstration
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

- From $75,000 to $750,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Carbon Capture Kickstart
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 1 — Support Pathway
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Ontario Creates-CMF — IDM Futures Forward Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Xecs call 4 – electronic components and systems
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

Economic Diversification Fund (FDE) - Centre-du-Québec and Mauricie regions
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Buyandsell.gc.ca — Procurement Assistance Canada Coaching Service
- No Condition
- All industries

Tourisme Baie-James — EPRTNT – Structuring the tourism offer
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services