Manufacturing Grants in Canada in 2026
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Manufacturing grant programs are designed to support businesses in the manufacturing sector in Canada, by providing them with grant funding to help them grow and innovate. The program aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in Canada and create new opportunities for businesses in this sector. The program is funded by the Government of Canada and is administered by the Canadian government. Manufacturing Grants Program is an important resource for Canadian manufacturing businesses, providing them with the support they need to remain competitive in the global.

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

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

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

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

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

FedDev Ontario — Economic Development Initiative (Southern Ontario) — Not-For-Profit
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

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

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

Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII) for Northern Ontario
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

Doing business in French
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Ambition-Compétences — Training for resilience and competitiveness in employment
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

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

Quebec City — Major projects
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Aid measure for the decarbonization of Quebec's industrial sector (MADI)
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit (OMMITC)
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing

AEP - Food processing equipment operation
- Maximum amount : 8,250 $
- Manufacturing

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

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Subcomponent 4.1 - Competitiveness of slaughterhouses and cheese dairies
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

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

Support for innovation projects
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

OCI — Digital Modernization and Adoption Plan program (DMAP)
- From $15,000 to $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative — Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Clean Fuels
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Investment and Growth Fund
- From $500,000 to $10,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Energy Innovation Program — Off-Site Construction Challenge
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Capital Retrofits
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS)
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

MEDTEQ+ — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) in the Prairie provinces
- From $200,000 to $10,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Clean Tech Internships
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 1 - Support for regional outreach
- From $100,000 to $3,000,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

REGI — Targeted Manufacturing Initiative for Northern Ontario
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Manufacturing

PME MTL — Call for projects : Innovation
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Water reduction program for paper mills
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

WILWorks program — Student Work Placement Program
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

FTQ — Bioenergy
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Harnessing Agriculture for Research, Value-add Environmental Solutions, and Technology (HARVEST)
- From $525,000 to $750,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative — Light-Duty Vehicle — For-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Innovation Scouting Fund
- From $12,000 to $75,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

Call for projects – Technology showcase
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Circular Economy Fund
- From $250,000 to $2,000,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

BC Agriculture and Food Export Program
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Strategic Response Fund (SRF)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

CRIBIQ — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

Food self-sufficiency – major investment projects in bio-food companies
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Eco-design incentive bonus
- From $5,000 to $60,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
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CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Alberta Carbon Capture Incentive Program (ACCIP)
- Up to 12% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Youth Initiative to Combat Climate Change - Entrepreneurship and Green Economy
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Healthy Eating Program Stream 1 – Support for the implementation of diagnostic studies
- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Grains Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

EcoAction - Freshwater Sustainability and Innovation across Canada Stream
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII) in the Prairie provinces
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Grant for a circular economy assessment
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

Advanced Manufacturing program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Duo grand V
- From $250,000 to $250,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — Northern Canada
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — Prairie Provinces
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — Northern Ontario
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — Southern Ontario
- From $125,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

FAQDD — Reducing air and noise pollution – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of certain industrial sectors
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Youth Initiative to Combat Climate Change - Education and Awareness
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

CRIAQ International
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — British Columbia
- From $200,000 to $10,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Reducing air and noise pollution – Component 2
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Net Zero Accelerator Initiative
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

PRIMA — Call for Projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Health care and social assistance

Aero Montreal — Eco-Responsibility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

The Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Future Fuels Challenge
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Financial assistance for a standard project to implement GHG emission reduction measures
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity-Skills
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Strategic sectors
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Organic Waste Management Support Program for Industry, Commerce, and Institutions (PMOICI)
- From $75,000 to $500,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

Small business mitigation for drugs and medical devices
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Business Scale-up and Productivity in British Columbia
- From $200,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)
- From $1,000 to $2,000
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Guidance grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Quebec Strategic Electric Supply Platform (PASQÉ)
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Food Safety and Growth Initiative
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREP) – Indigenous-Led Clean Energy stream
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Textile circularity support program
- From $10,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Customized Export Development Training Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

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

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

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

Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG)
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing

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

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

Financial assistance program aimed at optimizing Quebec's network of eco-centers
- From $30,000 to $400,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

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