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.

Buy BC Partnership Program — Industry Associations, Boards or Councils
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

i.d.e.a. Fund
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

CBDC Seafood Technology Adoption Program (S-TAP)
- Maximum amount : 99,900 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Affordable Housing Partnership Program
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Northern Technology Accelerator Program (NTAP)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

New Frontiers in Research Fund — Transformation Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Stand With Owners — Telus Business
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

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

- Maximum amount : 6,000,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Quebec Business Women's Award
- No Condition
- All industries

Tax credit for the production of sound recordings
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

NRC — Multidirectional Wave Basin - Research Facility
- No Condition
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in AB
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF)
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

RDAR — One Health Targeted Call
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Gaspésie and Maritime Provinces
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

WeBC — Business Loans for Women
- No Condition
- All industries

Quantum Leap
- From $500,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Food Ventures Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Atlantic Innovation Fund — Universities, Colleges and Research Institutions
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Le Fonds de développement économique LaPrade St-Maurice — Financing
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- All industries

Energy efficiency for industry – Industrial Facility Track
- From $40,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- 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.

- No Condition
- All industries

Tax credit for a new financial services corporation
- No Condition
- Finance and insurance

Travel Alberta — Product Development Fund
- From $75,000 to $500,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Nova Scotia Capital Investment Tax Credit
- From $5,000,000 to $100,000,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Futurpreneur Canada
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

OAC — Literary Organizations Projects
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

ARBJ — Pre-start-up program (PPE)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

EcoAction — Stream 2: Freshwater Sustainability and Innovation across Canada
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

NRC — Large Wave Flume - Research Facility
- No Condition
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Find a Licensed Insolvency Trustee
- No Condition
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in NWT
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Fund (WHVPF)
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

Futurpreneur Canada Start-Up Program
- No Condition
- All industries

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

Bringing Circularity to Life in the Bioeconomy: From Envisioning to Planning
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

CHOICES Workplace Safety Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

ESDC — Women in the Skilled Trades Initiative
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

First Peoples Economic Growth Fund – Skills Development Program
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Management of companies and enterprises
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Science partnerships
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Indigenous Business Advisors
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Invest Nova Scotia — Payroll Rebate
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Public administration

Veterinary Incentive Program (VIP)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

BDC Capital — Growth & Transition Capital — Working Capital
- No Condition
- All industries
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CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous stream
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Marketing Support Program
- Maximum amount : 16,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Women in Business Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Aboriginal Business Loans — General
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Other services (except public administration)

Disaster Financial Assistance Program — Small Business
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

- Up to 83% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Water Program — On-farm water supply
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Thérèse de Blainville — Business start-up fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

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

NRC — Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — FRR Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MAPAQ — Ministerial Initiative for Plant Productivity
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Smart Thermostat
- Maximum amount : 100 $
- Utilities

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Accommodation and food services

Indigenous Innovation Initiative
- From $100,000 to $250,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

NRC — Civil infrastructure and related structures testing facilities
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Customs Bonded Warehouses
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Experience Nova Scotia: A Toolkit
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Manitoba manufacturing investment tax credit
- Up to 7% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Kakivak Association — Sivummut Grants to Small Businesses
- Up to 81% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Fryer Energy Star
- Maximum amount : 950 $
- Accommodation and food services

Manitoba Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit Program (SBVCTC)
- From $10,000 to $500,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- All industries

CBDC Women in Business New Brunswick
- No Condition
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

EPRTNT — Digital development of a company
- From $10,000 to $30,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services
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- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Canada–UK 2023-24 critical minerals sustainability and circularity
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

EPRTNT — Festivals and events
- From $50,000 to $35,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

AgriScience Program — Projects — for-profit organizations
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

GradWorks — Employer Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 30,360 $
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

OAC — Market Development Travel
- From $1,000 to $2,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 15% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Multi-Species Research and Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

La Ruche — Mille et UN Fund
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

British Columbia shipbuilding and ship repair industry tax credit
- Maximum amount : 7,875 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

EPRTNT — Hosting
- From $50,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

CQDM — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

Musicaction — International Commercialization – Stream 2 - Career development in a target market
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Interactive Digital Media Fund — Concept Definition
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

IP financing - Women
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tourism Financing Assistance — Operating Loan
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Société de Développement économique de la Colombie-Britanique
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Grow Ontario Market Initiative
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

SADC-CAE — Virage Vert Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Atlantic Fisheries Fund — Innovation
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Commercialization, Consulting and Mentoring
- Maximum amount : 16,250 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing