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.

InnoFood — Food innovations for a sustainable future
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

AgriScience Program — Projects – Not-for-profit
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Emerging Innovators Challenge
- 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
- 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
- From $10,000,000 to $75
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Site Readiness Program
- 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
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emissions Performance Standards program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
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Alberta Innovates — Energy Storage and Minerals
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Canada Growth Fund (CGF)
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

CRIBIQ-BIOnext
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Projects
- Up to 37% of project cost
- Manufacturing

2023 Open Call: Automation, Digital Technologies, and Demonstration in Agri-Food Production
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Advisory Services Program — Component 1 - Support for the use of advisory services by businesses
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Manitoba green energy equipment tax credit
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

NRC — Indoor environment testing research facilities
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Agri-Tech Innovation Initiative : Stream 2 – Agri-Tech Innovation
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Toronto — Capacity Buyback Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Educational services

i.d.e.a. Fund
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

CBDC Seafood Technology Adoption Program (S-TAP)
- Maximum amount : 99,900 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Regional development agencies: COVID-19 support
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Gaspésie and Maritime Provinces
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Energy efficiency for industry – Industrial Facility Track
- From $40,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Bringing Circularity to Life in the Bioeconomy: From Envisioning to Planning
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous stream
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Agri-Tech Innovation Initiative : Stream 1 – Agri-Tech Innovation
- Maximum amount : 49,999 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

NRC — Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Manitoba manufacturing investment tax credit
- Up to 7% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Canada–UK 2023-24 critical minerals sustainability and circularity
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

SADC-CAE — Virage Vert Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Atlantic Fisheries Fund — Innovation
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
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Energy Savings for Business Program
- From $500 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

MTRIC — Start Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Manitoba Climate Action Fund (CAF)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Business Rebate Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

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

Business Investment Program — Equity Investment
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Assurance Systems Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

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

Tax credit for biofuel production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Program to support the fight against climate change in the bio-food sector – Component A
- From $40,000 to $330,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Alberta Innovates — Bitumen Beyond Combustion (BBC) Program
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

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

Quebec Industrial Research Centre — CRIQ
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Fonds Mon virage écologique
- From $2,000 to $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

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

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

Clean Fuels Awareness Projects
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

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

Impact Canada - Food Waste Reduction Challenge: Novel Technologies (Streams C and D)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Accommodation and food services

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

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

Sustainable Growth and Adoption Program (SGAP)
- From $40,000 to $100,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Défi-Québec, an entrepreneurial city
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Clean Fuels Fund — Indigenous-Led Projects
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services