Innovation Grants Available in the Canadian Prairies for 2026
Accelerate R&D, commercialization, and scale‑up with targeted public funding. Navigate federal, provincial, and local programs efficiently.
Across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, innovation grants help organizations fund research, pilot projects, product validation, and scale‑up. Programs span federal agencies like NRC IRAP and PrairiesCan, provincial bodies such as Alberta Innovates, Innovation Saskatchewan, and Research Manitoba, and sector initiatives across agri‑food, cleantech, digital, and manufacturing. This directory explains key funding types, eligibility, and how to apply so applicants can secure non‑dilutive financing.

Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North — For-Profit
- No Condition
- All industries

Toronto Imagination, Manufacturing, Innovation and Technology (IMIT) Program
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Community Tourism Destination Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 375,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

The Thames Valley Education Foundation - The Learning Enhancement Fund
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- Educational services

OCI — Innovating Digital Health Solutions (IDHS)
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

EUREKA!
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

ERA — Tailings Technology Challenge
- From $1,000,000 to $15,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Enhancement of Official Languages Program
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Ontario — Growing Future Opportunities Initiative
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Manitoba paid work experience tax credit
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

OCI — ENCQOR 5G Technology Development (SME) Program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Environment Fund Grant
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

Energy Innovation Program — Renewable Energy Demonstrations
- No Condition
- Utilities

innovÉÉ — Demonstration in a real environment
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Mobilize Grant - Truth & Action
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Nova Scotia Health & QEII Health Sciences Foundation Health Equity Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

BDC Capital — Growth Equity Partner
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Building Sector Capacity, Growth and Competitiveness
- From $50,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Tourism Cooperative Marketing Fund
- From $2,500 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Smart Agriculture Living Lab Call for Proposal
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Gladys and Albert Eggenberger Agricultural Fund
- From $1,000 to $12,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Energy Innovation Program — Smart Grids
- No Condition
- Utilities

ACOA — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing

SHRF — Solutions Program – Innovation + Impact Grants
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
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SHRF — Establishment Grant
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Law for the Future Fund
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — PARÉE
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 4% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Support for Translation and Interpretation Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

FESBC — 2025-27 Fibre Utilization Funding
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Graduate to Opportunity (GTO) Program
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Women Entrepreneurship Strategy’s Ecosystem Fund
- From $250,000 to $3,000,000
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Respiratory Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Alberta Innovates — Recovery Technologies Program
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Water Incubation Program
- No Condition
- Utilities

Toronto Main Street Innovation Fund
- From $25,000 to $100,000
- All industries

First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund — Equity Funding
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- All industries

Invest Ontario Fund (IOF)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

2021 Scientific Research Grant: Call for Proposals
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

Canadian Emissions Reduction Innovation Network
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Spark Mentorships & Grants - Northwest Ontario
- From $3,000 to $3,000
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerators Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Calgary Learns - Initiative Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- No Condition
- All industries

Small Food Processor Scale-Up Program (SFPS)
- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

FAIS — FINANCIAL ALLOCATION 2025-26
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

NRC — Compression and tension testing facility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
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Cast & Learn Grants
- From $10,000 to $40,000
- Other services (except public administration)

- From $50,000 to $500,000
- Information and cultural industries

- Minimum amount : 350,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

AWS Imagine Grant Canada
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Strategic Partnerships Initiative
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
ConnectUp - Standard Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CleanBC Industry Fund - Innovation Accelerator Request for Proposals
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

CleanBC Industry Fund - Project Feasibility Studies Request for Proposals
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Oil Spill Response Challenge
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

OCI — Ready 4 Market (R4M)
- From $500,000 to $250,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

OTF — Youth Innovations Test Grant
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Sector Development Partnership Grants
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) — Studies projects
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Business Planning, Skills Development and Agriculture Education
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Research & Sector-Building Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems - Interdisciplinary Challenge Teams
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services

HIV Endgame Funding Program
- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Health care and social assistance

Rio Tinto Alcan Canada - Rio Tinto Aluminum Canada Fund
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Advancing Indigenous Gender Equality through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

HCi3 Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ERACM program - Business support: assistance and financing
- Maximum amount : 24,750 $
- Up to 55% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Market Development and Access
- Maximum amount : 45,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Discovery Research Grants
- From $50,000 to $300,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Social Enterprise Fund
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI open call
- From $500,000 to $2,000,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Public administration

Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI)
- From $3,000 to $30,000
- Public administration

CanNor — IDEANorth
- Maximum amount : 6,000,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Iris Energy Community Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

WSIB Research and Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Call for Proposals: Skills Solutions
- From $75,000 to $500,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Call for Proposals: Skills Research
- From $50,000 to $250,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Public administration

Corporate Community Investment Fund
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Sustainable Food Systems Initiative - Focus on Food
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Utilities
- Educational services
- Public administration
TD Bank Group - The TD Ready Challenge
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- All industries

Seeding Food Innovation Grants
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Corporate Giving Program
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Community Project Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Global Programmes - Research & Innovation
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Research & Environment
- Maximum amount : 6,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership in New Brunswick
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

LRCC — Metis Women Entrepreneurship Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Advancing Agri-Food Processing
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Research Development Grants
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Knowledge Sharing and Mobilization (KSM) Grant
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Livestock Strategy Program — Provincial Abattoir
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Public administration

Arts Funding Program - IDEA Grants
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation