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.

Capital project: Community Energy Systems
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

Canada Small Business Financing Loan (CSBFL)
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- All industries

CCC — Global Bid Opportunity Finder (GBOF)
- No Condition
- All industries

Biofood Innovation Program Component 2 – Applied research, experimental development and technological adaptation
- From $25,000 to $254,000
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Feasibility study
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Accommodation and food services

Addressing Racism and Discrimination in Canada’s Health Systems Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program (ASFIPP) - Prevention and Preparedness Stream
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Canada Council for the Arts —
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program (ACSDCP)
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Commerce-Montreal
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

Healthy Eating Program Component 3 – Support for activities and structural projects
- From $40,000 to $300,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Supporting the Canadian Red Cross' Urgent Relief Efforts Related to COVID-19, Floods and Wildfires
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Implementation of efficiency measures
- From $1,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Indigenous and Stakeholder Capacity Fund - Indigenous Capacity Support
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Utilities

Small Craft Harbours Abandoned and Wrecked Vessels Removal Program
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

International Climate Cooperation Program (ICCP)
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

SODEC — Support for promotion and distribution – Component 1b
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

FAQDD — Action-Climat Quebec
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Youth Take Charge
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community Resilience Fund (CRF)
- Maximum amount : 35,000,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Court Challenges Program (CCP)
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Grants and Contributions Program to National Voluntary Organizations (GCP NVO)
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Communities at Risk, Security Infrastructure Program (SIP)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC)
- Maximum amount : 20,000,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative Proximity — Component 1
- From $7,000 to $50,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management (AAROM) Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Canada Cultural Investment Fund - Endowment Incentives
- From $5,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Funding for customized AI training
- From $5,000 to $1,000,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

EnAbling Change Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR)
- Maximum amount : 6,250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Public administration

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – stream 2
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Museum Assistance Program - Exhibition Circulation Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Regional defence investment initiative (RDII) – Quebec
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Financial support for the integration of foreign-trained employees
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Visées program — Training
- Maximum amount : 8,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Acting to support growth
- Maximum amount : 270,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Greater Montreal Climate Fund — 2025-2026 Call for projects
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 2
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Hosting Program - International Single Sport Events (ISSE)
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Remission of tariffs that apply on certain goods from the U.S.
- No Condition
- All industries

Developing the next generation for skilled trades in advanced manufacturing
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) – Atlantic Canada
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)

Indigenous and Stakeholder Capacity Fund - Regulatory Policy Dialogue
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Public administration

Indigenous and Stakeholder Capacity Fund - Engagement and Collaboration Support
- No Condition
- Utilities

REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
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Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Expansion and Diversification
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (NICFI) - Aquaculture Development
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Social Economy Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Magazine — Aid to Publishers
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program — Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP)
- Maximum amount : 380,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Indigenous Forestry Initiative
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Canada Periodical Fund — Business Innovation
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Universal Broadband Fund (UBF)
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

SEAO electronic tendering system
- No Condition
- All industries

Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP)
- No Condition
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI) — Business Scale-up and Productivity — ACOA
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Subcomponent 4.2 - Regional, sectoral and environmental challenges facing slaughterhouses and cheese dairies
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Accelerating to Zero Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing

Canada Arts Training Fund (CATF)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PADAAR — Measure 4051 – Innovation and testing
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Pilot or capital projects in the field
- From $100,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Awareness and promotion projects
- From $10,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 2 : Support for the development of strategic sectors and regions
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Youth Employment and Skills Program
- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

On-road Transportation Decarbonization — Demonstration Projects
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Celebrate Canada Funding Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Canada Media Fund (CMF) - Changing Narratives Fund (CNF)
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

FedDev Ontario — Economic Development Initiative (Southern Ontario) — Not-For-Profit
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
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Anti-Racism Action Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MT Lab — Project financing program — Component 1: Strategic support
- From $5,000 to $12,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Shovel ready Stream
- Maximum amount : 100,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

- Minimum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

On-road Transportation Decarbonization — R&D Projects
- From $500,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Financial assistance for infrastructure projects supporting the mining sector (ENIAM)
- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

DEL — Expertise Financing Grant
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Component 1
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

PADAAR — Measure 4074 – Relief group
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MT Lab — Project Financing Program — Component 2
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Digital Skills for Youth Program (DS4Y)
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Efficient Solutions Program — Small Business Component
- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Digital development of a company
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Ecocamionnage Program — Technology acquisition component
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing

Movable Cultural Property Grants
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CMF — Innovation & Experimentation Program
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Ontario Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant (2025-26)
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

SODEC — Support for book and publishing companies – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Preconstruction Stream
- Maximum amount : 50,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Sport Support Program - Canadian Sport Centre (CSC))
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ecocamionnage Program — Acquisition of used heavy vehicles component
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing

Talent Opportunities Program — Student Work Placement Program
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Hosting Program - International Multisport Games for Aboriginal Peoples and Persons with a Disability (IMGAPPD)
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Hosting Program - Canada Games
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ambition-Compétences — Training for resilience and competitiveness in employment
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing