Green Manufacturing and Decarbonization Grants in Canada
Canada’s manufacturing sector is transforming toward a low-carbon future, and billions in grants and incentives are available to support that shift. Through federal and provincial programs, businesses can fund clean technologies, energy efficiency upgrades, electrification, and carbon capture projects. These programs reduce capital costs, improve competitiveness, and help companies meet climate goals. This guide outlines the main green manufacturing and decarbonization grants in Canada, including funding opportunities for cleaner industry, advanced equipment, and low-carbon innovations that drive sustainable growth.

Rouyn-Noranda — Local Investment (FLI) and Solidarity (FLS) Funds
City of Rouyn-Noranda- 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
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MTRIC — INNOV-R
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Commercial CoolSaver Program
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- Maximum amount : 1,450 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

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

MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Innovation
Enbridge Gas Quebec- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

CRIBIQ — INNOV-R
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Laval Économique — Tax credit – Urban Expansion
Laval Economique- Maximum amount : 1,600,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 2 - Support for local and regional development skills
Ville de La Tuque- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Emissions Reduction Advancement Program (ERAP)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Ventures at Coralus
Coralus- Up to 45% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative (RHII) in the Prairie Provinces
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)- From $200,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Energy Innovation Program – Advancing Canada’s clean energy future
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

CFIN — Unpuzzling: Foodtech Ontario
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

CQRDA — INNOV-R
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

PROMPT — GHG reduction – Academic component
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Manufacturing and processing profits deduction and zero-emission technology manufacturing deduction
Government of Canada- Up to 13% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

CQRDA — PSO-International
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 3: Signature innovation - renewable energies
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Sept-Rivières — Support for entrepreneurship (SE)
MRC de Sept-Rivières- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

City of Lévis — Desjardins Business Fund (FDE)
Ville de Lévis- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

Bioenergies Program
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- From $10,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Feasibility study
Enbridge Gas Quebec- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing
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Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) — Alberta
Genome Alberta- From $100,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Rio Tinto Aluminium Valley Fund
Société de la Vallée de l’Aluminium (SVA)- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Ontario Automotive Investment Strategy (OAIS)
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Next Generation of Jobs Fund
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Strategic Jobs Investment Fund (SJIF)
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance

NRC — Automotive and Surface Transportation
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Financial assistance to develop the production, processing and marketing of Nordic biofood products
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Laval Économique — Tax credit – Urban modernization
Laval Economique- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Energy Innovation Program — Battery Industry Acceleration
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Enriched Investment Tax Credit
Government of Prince Edward Island- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Eurogia Cluster's 30th Call for proposals – Clean Technologies
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- Up to 70% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation & Southern Ontario Prosperity Program — Not-for-profit organizations
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)- Minimum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

PRIMA — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Energy Retrofit Loans (ERL)
City of Toronto- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NGen — Sustainable Manufacturing Challenge
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA)
Public Safety Canada (PSC)- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Advisory Services Program — Component 2 – Support for the dissemination of information and business co-development activities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Atlantic Fisheries Fund — Science Partnerships
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Invest Nova Scotia — Greenshoots
Government of Nova Scotia- Maximum amount : 40 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Tax credit for ethanol production in Quebec
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Consolidating the entrepreneurial life cycle in the ecological transition
City of Montreal (MTL)- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

Agriculture Development Fund
Government of Saskatchewan- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Forest Biomass Program — Innovative bioproduct manufacturing stream
Government of Ontario- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
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BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF) — Capital Investment
Government of British Columbia- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing

PrairiesCan — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI)
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Social economy support program (PSES) – Stream 2
Social Economy Cluster — Central Quebec- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Energy Innovation Program — On-road Transportation Decarbonization
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Innovate BC — BC Fast Pilot program
Government of British Columbia- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

The Low Carbon Economy Fund - Low Carbon Economy Challenge
Government of Canada- Minimum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Regional Initiatives Fund (FAIR)
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

PSO – Organic food
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ERA — Advanced Materials Challenge
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA)- From $250,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Post-Farm Food Safety Program
Government of British Columbia- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Eurogia Cluster's 29th Call for proposals – Clean Technologies
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Innovative Solutions Canada — Zero emissions technologies for industrial process heating
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Manufacturing

innovÉÉ — ÉFÉC
innovÉÉ- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

CRIBIQ — PSO-Bioproducts and bioprocesses
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tax credit for biodiesel production in Quebec
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Air Curtain
Enbridge Gas Quebec- From $400 to $10,500
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Newfoundland and Labrador green technology tax credit
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Alberta Innovates — Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program
Alberta Innovates- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing

NRC — Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Open Innovation Program
Government of British Columbia- Maximum amount : 6,000,000 $
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CleanBC Industry Fund - Emissions Performance Request for Proposals
Province of British Columbia- Maximum amount : 25,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

NRC — Wind tunnel testing facility
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation & Southern Ontario Prosperity Program
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)- Minimum amount : 125,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program (APIP)
Government of Alberta- Minimum amount : 50 $
- Up to 12% of project cost
- Manufacturing

NGen — Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Value Chain Program (EVMP)
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)- Up to 35% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
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Canadian Cleantech for Mining Mission to Australia and Indonesia
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Agri-Tech Innovation Initiative : Stream 3 – Agri-Tech Energy Costs Savings
Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

RDAR — Irrigation Targeted Call
Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR)- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy (AMIS)
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Project support program for the Critical and Strategic Minerals Scientific Research Network
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Energy Innovation Program — Carbon capture, utilization and storage RD&D
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

CFIN — Foodtech Frontier 25
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Accommodation and food services

New Construction Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Program
NB Power- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

FortisBC — Custom Performance Program
FortisBC- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)

Critical Minerals Innovation Fund
Government of Ontario- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

B.C. — Agri-Business Planning Program
Government of British Columbia- From $500 to $22,500
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Atlantic Investment Tax Credit
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Compétivert — Investment Matching Solution
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

OVIN — R&D Partnership Fund – Advanced Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Stream
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Industrial Energy Efficiency Program
Save Energy NB- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Emerging Innovators Challenge
Government of Alberta- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Alberta Innovates — Clean Resources
Alberta Innovates- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Oil and Gas Processing Investment Incentive
Government of Saskatchewan- From $10,000,000 to $75
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Site Readiness Program
Government of Ontario- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

CCC — International Prime Contractor
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Agri-Food Energy Cost Savings Initiative
Government of Ontario- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Pierre Péladeau Scholarships
AsterX- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

AgriMarketing Program — National Industry Associations
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade