Grants and Funding for Non-Profits in Canada in 2026
Find project funding for charities, non-profits, and community organizations
Non-profits, charities, and community organizations in Canada can access funding for projects tied to services, equipment, digital modernization, program delivery, culture, health, environment, and local development. This 2026 guide helps organizations understand where non-profit funding usually comes from, which legal structures fit which programs, and what funders expect when a project is submitted for support.
Whether you are launching a new initiative, scaling an existing program, or investing in tools and infrastructure that strengthen your mission, the most useful approach is to match the project to the right funder and reporting model. Use this page to compare current grant paths, clarify eligibility, and reduce the risk of spending time on programs that do not fit your organization or your funding need.

CanNor — IDEANorth
- Maximum amount : 6,000,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Annual Global Funding

Equipment Grant Program

Alberta Innovates — Strategic Networking and Development Program

Aboriginal Arts and Culture Leadership Grant

Cultural Funding - Major arts, cultural festivals, agricultural fairs programs

The Ontario Trillium Foundation - Youth Opportunities Fund

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Minority Language Education Component

Programme d’assistance financière Fête nationale

NRC — Nanotechnology Research Centre

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund

Cultural Grants Program - Cultural Equity and Accessibility Funding (CEAF)

Training on the Job — Nunavut

BioTalent — Career Starter Program

Local Economic Development Support Grant

Community Generator Program

Cultural Festivals and Celebrations Grant

Community Funding - Snow Go Programs

Small-scale Ecosystem Grants
Programme de subvention pour l’amélioration du bien-être animal

Scotiabank — Credit Line for business

DEPS — Social Economy Development Fund

Stella Conceptual Drawing Grants

Workplace Education Initiative (WEI)

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Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.2

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Exceptional Opportunities Fund

Sector Development Partnership Grants


Job Creation Partnerships (JCP)

Elders Grants

Canada Music Fund - Collective Initiatives Component

Chantier de l'économie sociale Trust — Real Estate Patient Capital Loans


Enhancement of Official Languages Program

Saskatchewan Government Insurance - Car Seat Grant program

Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta - Community Impact Award

REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit

Local Food Infrastructure Fund - Small Scale Projects

OAC — Visual arts, media arts and crafts: French-speaking self-managed artist organizations and centers – operation

Regina Rosen Food First Fund

Community Initiatives Program (CIP) - Project Based

Programme de traitement des matières organiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC)

Resiliency Grant Program

Fund for the Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities

Youth & Education Grant

Indigenous cultural partnership


Capital Assistance – Stream 1: Restoration of heritage assets
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MaLoi25

Grant for hosting free tax clinics

Aerie Real Foundation Community Grant

Arts Funding Program - Grow Forward Grants

Property Tax Rebate Application for Registered Charities in Commercial or Industrial Class Properties

Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Program (MINDS))

Aide financière aux festivals et aux événements touristiques - Stream 3: Development and growth

Springboard Grant

Re-Skill Saskatchewan Training Subsidy

Capital Project Grants - Downtown Eastside (DTES) Plan Grants

Intrapreneurship program

Advisory Services Program — Component 3 – Support for the development of advisors’ skills and expertise

INNOGEC

Livestock Strategy Program — Community Pasture

Whistler Blackcomb Foundation - General Funding

Business Development Program (BDP)

MLSE Foundation - Community Spaces

Farm Credit Canada - FCC AgriSpirit Fund

Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. - Store Community Giving Program

Innovation and Implementation Program

Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations

SurreyCares Community Foundation - Community Prosperity Fund

Child & Youth Diabetes

Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI open call

Food Security and Supply Chain Fund
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Coast Funds - Stewardship Operations Funding

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Local Festivals

PrairiesCan — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI)


Financial assistance program for the development of active transportation in urban areas (TAPU)

Renter Services Grants

Call for Proposals to Address GBV through Promising Practices and Community-based Research - Stream 1: Promising Practices

Special Opportunity Grants Program

Heritage Legacy Fund (HLF) - Heritage Planning Program

Leadership Development - Doris Badir Award

Economic Trust of the Southern Interior BC (ETSI-BC) - Building Economic Development Capacity


Community - Store Giving Program

Consulting Advisory Services


Advance Brampton Fund

Operate - Sustain

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.1

Childcare Program Development Grants

NRC — Data Analytics Centre research facility

Addressing the root causes of irregular migration through economic empowerment in Honduras

PRIMA — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies

SODEC — Support for entrepreneurial development — Stream 1

Private Archives Processing Support Program
