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.

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 2 : Projets pour personnes ayant des besoins particuliers en habitation
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Buy BC Partnership Program
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

SODEC — Support for strategic projects
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Studies and consulting services
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Wood Construction Innovation Program
- From $400,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

DIANA — Challenge Call
- From $100,000 to $400,000
- All industries

Canada Book Fund Publishers Business Development — Technology Internships
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Creating, Knowing and Sharing — Long-Term Projects
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Food Industry Personality of the Year 2026
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

CIBC Farm Operating Loan
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CIBC Farm Mortgage Loan
- Minimum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CIBC — Business line of credit
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Finance and insurance

CIBC — Business loans
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Finance and insurance

Account Receivable and Payable Monetization
- No Condition
- Finance and insurance

Agricultural Term Loan
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Non-refundable contributions
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Study: New construction of municipal buildings
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Public administration

Agricultural investment fund mitissien (FAIM)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Territorial Development Support Policy – Component 1: Support for regional outreach
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 1: Renovation of commercial storefronts
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Apiculture Support Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Creavenir
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 3: Project Implementation, It's time to take action!
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

PROMPT — Quantum Technologies
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- 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.

Women Entrepreneurship Fund (WEF)
- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

Extend the employment periods of your staff — Partnership and workforce matching component
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

INVEST North Program — Innovation Stream
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

WinterTech Development
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

The Foodpreneur Scale-Up Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Prince Edward Island corporate investment tax credit
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

Singapore fintech - Canadian Technology Accelerator
- No Condition
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Saskatchewan – Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Program (RALP)
- From $250 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Stream 1: Company consultations/micro-diagnosis and selection assistance
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)

ÉcoPerformance — Simplified Implementation
- From $100,000 to $250,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Laval Économique — Sustainable transition
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 2: Feasibility study - audit towards a 4.0 transition
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

PROMPT — Collaborative Innovation
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Longueuil — Quebec Renovation Program (PRQ)
- Minimum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 67% of project cost
- Construction

Grand Challenges Canada
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

PRIMA — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Grid Innovation Fund
- From $1,000,000 to $4,750,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

NRC — Material emissions testing facilities
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

PROMPT — GHG Reduction – SME Component
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Enabling Accessibility Fund — Small projects
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Construction
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
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- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Powering the future: Solid-state hydrogen storage for military platforms
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Enabling Accessibility Fund 2026 Call for Proposals
- From $500,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Canada–Germany 2026 Quantum collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals
- Maximum amount : 700,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

SMART Cluster's 9th call for proposals – advanced manufacturing
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Alizés Awards
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Program to support research and development of products made from reused and recycled end-of-life tires
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Workplace first aid training
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction

Plug-In NB Charging Rebates for Business
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Studies and consulting services
- From $10,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Federal foreign business income tax credit
- No Condition
- All industries

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Les Moulins — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Créavenir
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

MRC Kamouraska — Regional Outreach Support Program (FRR-1)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Innovate BC — Ignite Program
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Business growth — Éco-Capitale
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

PME MTL — Innovation Investment Fund — Loans
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Funds FLI-FLS
- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

- From $250 to $10,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

SADC Shawinigan — Transfer Strategy Fund
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health
- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

PADAAR — Measure 4075 – On-farm or indoor demonstrations
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Tax credit for shipbuilding
- Up to 38% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

SODEXPORT — Component 1: Strategic development of companies abroad
- Maximum amount : 160,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Joliette — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 2 - Support for projects and the development of innovative businesses
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Federal Logging Tax Credit
- Up to 7% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Beauce-Centre — Local Investment Funds (FLI-FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Rail Transport Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure - Part 1 - Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure
- Maximum amount : 4,500,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Tax credits for production of multimedia titles
- Up to 37% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

Diagnostic Program and Improvement Projects for Northern SMEs
- Maximum amount : 42,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Créavenir
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

MRC Charlevoix — Support Fund for the Emergence of Business Projects
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Alternate work arrangements and work hour reduction
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

ÉcoPerformance — Implementation of large industrial projects
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Pontiac — FRR Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Multi-unit mortgage Loan Insurance (MLI) Select
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

MRC Témiscamingue — Créavenir - Desjardins
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

innovÉÉ — PSO
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

DEL — Commercialization Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

SODEC — Support for television production – Production value bonus
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services