Grants and Funding for non-profits in Canada
Canada's non-profit organizations (NPO) benefit from grants and funding that support innovation and sustainability
Canadian non-profits benefit from a wide range of grants and funding programs designed to support their mission-driven initiatives and community services. These financial aids enable organizations to enhance their operations, expand their outreach, and ensure sustainable growth in addressing various social, environmental, and cultural needs.

Business Incubation & Commercialization Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Heritage Preservation Partnership Program - Historic Resource Conservation Grants
- From $1,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

- No Condition
- All industries

AFA — Community Performing Arts Organizations Operating Funding
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Transportation Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Risk Management and Food Safety
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Ontario Trillium Foundation - Youth Opportunities Fund
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Aquatic habitat quality improvement (AQHA)
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Information technology and engineering
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services

Fight against poverty and social exclusion - Regional call for projects
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Education and awareness project funding – clean transportation and clean fuels
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

OTF — Youth Innovations Scale Grant
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Vantage Point bursaries - Free professional development workshops and labs
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Canadian Experiences Fund (CEF)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Social and Community Development Grants
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Advisory Services Program — Component 3 – Support for the development of advisors’ skills and expertise
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Heritage Property Grant Program - Matching grant
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 3 : Operating support for export support organizations
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Heritage Program Grants - Heritage Resources Conservation Grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

London Community Grants Program - Innovation Grant Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Project support program for the Critical and Strategic Minerals Scientific Research Network
- 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

School bus electrification program – Stream 1 : Financial assistance for the purchase of an electric school bus
- From $240,000 to $240,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Grants That Foster Inter-Group Development
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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Rural, Remote and Indigenous Food Action grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Teen Tech Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Alcohol, Gambling and Cannabis Social Responsibility Funding
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Learning and Engagement Accelerator Fund (L.E.A.F)
- From $10,000 to $50
- All industries

Potato Stabilization and Innovation initiative (PSII)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Workplace Sexual Harassment
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Ontario Creates Business Intelligence Program
- Minimum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
Young Men and Media Collective Funding Opportunity
- From $90,000 to $275,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Renewable and Alternative Energy Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

The Ecosystem Fund
- From $10,000 to $400,000
- All industries

City Grant Program - Child Care Grants
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

International Development Assistance Program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Legion Foundation Grant Program
- From $1,000 to $2,000
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)

Major Event Grant
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

True Patriot Love Foundation - Local Community Fund
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

York Region Community Investment Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Heritage Program Grants - Community Museum Project Support Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Digital Main Street – Digital Service Squad Grant (DSS)
- No Condition
- Retail trade

Ottawa Community Foundation - Free to Play
- From $20,000 to $100,000
- All industries
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The Lyle S. Hallman Foundation - Children's Initiatives
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Workforce Planning Boards
- No Condition
- All industries

Re-Skill Saskatchewan Training Subsidy
- From $1,000 to $5,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

NGen — Cluster Accelerator Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 150% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Heritage Grants Program (HGP)
- Minimum amount : 1,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Première Ovation - Design
- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Master classes
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

Heritage Program Grants - Military Memorial Conservation Grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Première Ovation - Multi Arts
- No Condition
- All industries

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Community Anniversaries
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Refugee Resettlement Fund Grant
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Première Ovation - Heritage
- No Condition
- All industries

Connecting Communities BC
- No Condition
- All industries
Subventions pour des projets de recherche sur une maladie héréditaire orpheline
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Local Festivals
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Première Ovation - Literary Arts
- No Condition
- All industries

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program
- From $600,000 to $3,200,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation - Health Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Première Ovation - Digital Arts
- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Circus
- No Condition
- All industries

Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence
- From $300,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- All industries

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation - Resident Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Stream 1: Incubator and Capacity Building
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- All industries
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Sustainable Food Systems Grants
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Racial Justice Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Skills Development Fund (SDF) — Training Stream
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Cultural Economic Development Program - Heritage
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

First Peoples' Cultural Council - Arts Funding Program
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Paralympic Sport Development Fund
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- All industries

Val-Saint-François — Eco-responsible fund
- From $500 to $5,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Cultural Learning and Sharing (CLS) Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Black-Mandated Funding Framework
- No Condition
- All industries

OVIN — C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Affordable Housing Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Ontario Power Generation - Regional Empowerment Grant Program
- From $2,000 to $10,000
- All industries

NRC — Reverberant Acoustic Chamber - Research Facility
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Community Development Funds - Mayor's Community Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Inc. - Innovation Fund - Small Grants (Organizational Capacity and Collaboration)
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

Indigenous Participation Fund - Early exploration support stream
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

The Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP)
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

Community Development Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

London Community Grants Program - Multi-Year Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Musicaction — Musical Showcases – Stream 2 - National Tour
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Operating Grant for Indigenous-led Organizations
- From $2,500 to $50,000
- All industries

Indigenous Priorities Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

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