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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

- From $20,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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 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

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC des Chenaux — Chenaux Local Social Economy Fund (FLÉS)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

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

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

Tax credit for shipbuilding
- Up to 38% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Part 2 – Modal Integration
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
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BDC Financing — Business purchase or transfer loan
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

PSO-Biofood II – 144th call for projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Marketing support project for kitchen furniture and cabinets
- Maximum amount : 99,000 $
- Manufacturing

DEL — Equipment and Technology Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Îles-de-la-madeleine — Vitalization frame - Component 2
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Business Growth — Growth support vouchers
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

MRC Témiscamingue — Business Succession Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Rouyn-Noranda — FLI-FLS – Entrepreneurial Succession
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

OPZI – Innovation in optics and photonics
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Economic Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Coaticook — Vitality Entrepreneurship Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC De la Côte-de-Gaspé - Investment support fund
- From $10,000 to $10,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Financial assistance for large-scale northern projects
- Minimum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole — MADE
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Podium Manufacturier
- From $40,000 to $70,000
- Manufacturing

FedDev Ontario — Funding for organizations that help businesses grow
- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Mosaic Fund
- From $50,000 to $500,000
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Prix innovation en alimentation
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Kamouraska — Project Emergence Program (PEP)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Eco-Roof Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Beauce-Sartigan — Local funds - EXPANSION component
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
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- From $200,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix - Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

Sustainable industrial buildings subsidy
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

MRC Arthabaska - Local Solidarity Fund (LSF)
- From $5,000 to $40,000
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Reimbursement – Public Market Booth Rental Fees
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Bécancour — Local solidarity funds (FLS)
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MTRIC — INNOV-R SME
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Retrofit Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

CACHE Challenges
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC L'Érable — Local Solidarity Fund (LSF)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Maskinongé — Young Entrepreneurs
- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Manufacturing

MRC des Chenaux — Young Promoters Fund
- Maximum amount : 11,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

DEL — Business Acquisition Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

MRC Témiscamingue — Investment Fund Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Arthabaska - Local Investment Fund (FLI)
- From $5,000 to $40,000
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

innovÉÉ — SI2TEC
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Rouyn-Noranda — Local Investment (FLI) and Solidarity (FLS) Funds
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Energy Performance Program
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Digital Shift Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Developmental Licence Playbook
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Mékinac — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Accommodation and food services

Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive (SCII)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

Commercial CoolSaver Program
- Maximum amount : 1,450 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

MRC Beauce Sartigan — Local funds - RELIEF component
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
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MRC Maskinongé — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

MRC Témiscamingue — Youth Strategy Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Drummond — Business Succession Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 51% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Indigenous stream
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de D’Autray — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Maskinongé — Social Economy Fund (ES)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Digital Transition Fund
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Genomics Innovation to Commercialization Program
- From $300,000 to $900,000
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC L’Île-d’Orléans — Regions and Rurality Fund
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Rimouski-Neigette — Local Investment Fund
- From $10,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Joliette — Assistance fund for the establishment and start-up of structuring companies (FAIDES)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 3% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Bécancour — Business Support Fund (BSF)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Rural Vitality Fund – Automation and Digital Practices
- From $1,000 to $5,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

APCHQ — Apprenticeship job creation tax credit
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay — Entrepreneurship assistance and support fund (FASE)
- From $15,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Laval économique — Tech shift – Manufacturing
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Bécancour - Local Investment Fund (FLI) - “General” component
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

DEPS — Young Promoters Fund
- Maximum amount : 6,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Témiscamingue — Youth Assistance Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC d'Avignon — Local Investment Funds (FLI) and Local Solidarity Funds (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

BDC Financing — Equipment Purchase Loan
- Up to 125% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

PacifiCan — Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Business Scale-Up and Productivity
- 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

MRC Les Moulins — Futurpreneur Canada
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services