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.

Support for music and variety companies — Component 2: Support for management activities and Component 3: Para-industrial sector - Project support
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Indigenous Intellectual Property Program (IIPP) — Project Stream
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Competitiveness and Environment Program - Component 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Regional Defence Investment Initiative – Northern Ontario
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

- From $100,000 to $350,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – stream 2
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

ECO Canada — Foreign Talent Development
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

MTRIC — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative Proximity — Component 2
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Aquaculture Development
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Expansion and Diversification
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Regional Defence Investment Initiative in Southern Ontario
- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Public administration

Financial support for the integration of foreign-trained employees
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Regions and Rurality Fund — convenience stores
- From $10,000 to $150,000
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Retail trade

REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Capitale-Innovation
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Regional defence investment initiative (RDII) – Quebec
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Visées program — Training
- Maximum amount : 8,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Development program — Black and People of Colour stream
- From $15,000 to $37,500
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

ESSOR – Component 3: Support for investment projects to reduce environmental footprint
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries
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.

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — For profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program Component 3 — Food quality and safety management
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Capitale-Commerce
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

CELTIC-NEXT – Next Generation Communications Autumn 2025 call for proposals
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 2
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Remission of tariffs that apply on certain goods from the U.S.
- No Condition
- All industries

Private sector support program for the deployment of public fast charging stations
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) — Business project grants
- From $200,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- All industries

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

Developing the next generation for skilled trades in advanced manufacturing
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Tax Credit for an On-the-Job Training Period – Individuals
- No Condition
- All industries

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) – Atlantic Canada
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)

FedNor — Regional Tariff Response Initiative
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — Quebec
- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Call for innovation projects in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies – collaborative industrial research and support for entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Wood Innovation Program — Component 2
- From $200,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Wood Innovation Program - component 1
- From $200,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Magazine — Aid to Publishers
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Ontario Creates Magazine Fund — Diversity Enhancement Stream
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

- From $2,500 to $40,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Global Market Development Fund — Film and Television
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Canada Periodical Fund — Business Innovation
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Production program — French market budgets $3.5M+
- Maximum amount : 3,500,000 $
- Up to 49% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP)
- Maximum amount : 380,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Global Market Development — IDM Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Indigenous Forestry Initiative
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Global Market Development for Music Managers
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Production program — Indigenous stream
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Global Market Development Fund – Book
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Universal Broadband Fund (UBF)
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

SEAO electronic tendering system
- No Condition
- All industries

Protect Ontario Financing Program
- Minimum amount : 250,000 $
- Manufacturing

FedDev — Funding for southern Ontario
- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Entrepreneurial grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Music management and publishing assistance
- Maximum amount : 120,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Capacity Building (Business Development)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Subcomponent 4.2 - Regional, sectoral and environmental challenges facing slaughterhouses and cheese dairies
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Fabrication Process Development Challenge
- From $200,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

ExploreIP
- No Condition
- All industries

EDC — Structured and Project Finance
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Écoemballage+ Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI) — Business Scale-up and Productivity — ACOA
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Innovative Solutions Canada — Challenge Stream for innovators
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- All industries

PADAAR — Measure 4051 – Innovation and testing
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Pilot or capital projects in the field
- From $100,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Awareness and promotion projects
- From $10,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Promotional assistance for music and entertainment companies
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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- From $15,000 to $37,500
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Youth Employment and Skills Program
- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

On-road Transportation Decarbonization — Demonstration Projects
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CCAA — Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Celebrate Canada Funding Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

BDC Financing — Buying a Business Loan
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

Accelerating to Zero Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing

Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP)
- No Condition
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 2 : Support for the development of strategic sectors and regions
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Canada Media Fund (CMF) - Changing Narratives Fund (CNF)
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Agricultural Clean Technology Program - Adoption Stream
- From $25,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tourism Growth Program in Northern Ontario
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

MT Lab — Project financing program — Component 1: Strategic support
- From $5,000 to $12,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

INVEST North Program — Investment — Grow Stream
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

iVisit
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Shovel ready Stream
- Maximum amount : 100,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

- Minimum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

On-road Transportation Decarbonization — R&D Projects
- From $500,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Financial assistance for infrastructure projects supporting the mining sector (ENIAM)
- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

DEL — Expertise Financing Grant
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Component 1
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Musicaction - Global Funding Envelope – Support Program
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MT Lab — Project Financing Program — Component 2
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Efficient Solutions Program — Small Business Component
- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Airport Critical Infrastructure Program (ACIP)
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing