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.

Business Development Program — Commercial Component
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund — Small Businesses or Entrepreneurs Developing Agri-tech and Cleantech Solutions
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ID Gatineau — Economic Diversification Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Minimum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Sector Research Support
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Small Cidery Program
- Maximum amount : 220,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Buy BC Partnership Program — Producers, Processors and Cooperatives
- From $5,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Business Development Program (BDP)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)

Newfoundland and Labrador research and development tax credit
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Ontario Regional Opportunities Investment Tax Credit (ROITC)
- From $50,000 to $90,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Newfoundland and Labrador — Business Growth Program
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

DRDC Defence Research Partnerships
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Labour Force Management Strategies Initiative (LFMSI)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Ontario Dairy Processing Modernization Initiative
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Efficiency Nova Scotia — Fisheries and Aquaculture Energy Efficiency Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Agri-food Funding
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Canada Digital Adoption Program — Boost Your Business Technology — Digital Advisors
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing

NRC — Laser processing and surface modification facility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Manufacturing & Processing Investment Tax Credit Saskatchewan
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Market Opportunities and Diversification Program
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Food Security and Supply Chain Fund
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Agricultural Clean Technology Program — Research and Innovation
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
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Manufacturing and Processing Assistance - Operating Loan
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ACOA — Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative (REGI)
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Public administration

NRC — Aluminium Technology Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NRC — Hygrothermal performance of buildings testing facilities
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

NRC — Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

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

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Quantum Program
- From $1,000,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Synchronex
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MEDTEQ+ — Innovation Acceleration Program (IAM)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Alberta Innovates — Technology Development Advisors (TDA)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing

PEI - Export Trade Assistance
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Energy Innovation Program — FEED Studies for Carbon capture, utilization and storage
- Maximum amount : 50,000,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

innovÉÉ — Accord
- From $100,000 to $350,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

STIP — Resource Road Program
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

FPSC — Student Work Placement Program (SWPP+)
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Manufacturing

Saskatchewan Lean Improvements in Manufacturing (SLIM)
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Circular Initiatives Awards
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity Program — New Products
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Tax credit for cellulosic ethanol production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Innovative Solutions Canada — Inclusive industrial protective headwear
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Emerging Opportunities Program
- From $2,000,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Tax credit for pyrolytic oil production in Québec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Carbon Capture Kickstart
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Economic Diversification Fund (FDE) - Centre-du-Québec and Mauricie regions
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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MaRS — Supply AI
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ID Gatineau — Business Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

NRC — Aerospace Research Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Gasoline used in unlicensed business equipment
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Strategic Energy Management for Industry (SEMI)
- 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

Program to support the fight against climate change in the bio-food sector – Component B
- From $57,142 to $330,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Tax refund for power takeoff equipment
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Northern Energy Advantage Program (NEAP)
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

NRC — Medical Devices Research Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Unpuzzling: Greening Your Food Manufacturing Operation (Atlantic Companies Only)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Saint-Eustache — Tax credit program
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Innov'Action agroalimentaire Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

CQRDA — SI2TEC
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Manitoba — Research and Innovation
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Clean Growth Hub
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Quebec Housing Industry Development Program (PADIQH)
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

BDC Advisory Services — Operational Efficiency
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF)
- From $100,000 to $10,000,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Local Supplier Food Safety Support Pilot Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Business Development Support Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

BioCreate Program
- From $100,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

NRC — Printable Electronics - Ottawa research facility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC)
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Up to 15% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Supply Management Processing Investment Fund (SMPIF)
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Agri-Food Supply Chain Resiliency Analysis Stream
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

BDC Financing — Purchase Order Loan
- From $100,000 to $750,000
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

PacifiCan — Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous Stream
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Protein Industries Canada — Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain Program
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Intellectual Property Ontario
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Energy Innovation Program — Clean Fuels and Industrial Fuel Switching
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Quebec International — International recruiting
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance

Regional Quantum Initiative in British Columbia
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

FTQ — Business Financing
- From $100,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

- From $2,000 to $30,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

NBIF — Corporate Cleantech Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 160,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

PacifiCan — Jobs and Growth Fund — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Rouyn-Noranda — Structuring Projects Fund (FPS)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

PrairiesCan — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous Stream
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Summer Student Farm Worker Bursary
- From $1,500 to $3,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

The Nova Scotia Beef Initiative
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Collective recovery support program (PSRC)
- Maximum amount : 11,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries

Economic Infrastructure Program
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing