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.

Northwest Territories Tourism Training Fund
- Maximum amount : 6,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Web Presence Assistance
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade

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

Heritage Legacy Fund (HLF) - Heritage Planning Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Data standardization support program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

CanNor Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous stream
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Judaic Studies & Cultural Programming Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Mining conferences funding Sub-Stream
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Ontario Trillium Foundation – Resilient Communities Fund
- From $10,000 to $200,000
- All industries

Heritage Legacy Fund (HLF) - Indigenous Partnership Program
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

ECHO Foundation — Mental health
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Record in BC
- From $20,000 to $30,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 60% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Heritage Legacy Fund (HLF) - Heritage Awareness Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Ontario Trillium Foundation - Capital Grants
- From $10,000 to $200,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Organic Industry Development - Implementation of Strategic Initiatives
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Programs for Major Arts, Cultural and Agricultural Fairs Festivals - Festivals Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Programs for major arts, cultural festivals and agricultural fairs – Program for fairs
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Experience Ontario 2025
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

PacifiCan — Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous Stream
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Cooperative Education Incentive
- No Condition
- All industries

Assistance program for setting up offices in Old Saint-Jean
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Civil Remedies Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

Wine Sector Support Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Indigenous and Northern Initiatives Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries
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Workforce Development Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Hastings Legacy Fund (HLF) Community Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Childcare Research, Policy Development, and Innovation Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

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

DEPS — Local Investment Fund
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

Edmonton Immigrant and Refugee Communities Grant Program - Community Impact Grant
- From $4,001 to $7,000
- All industries
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

AFA — Artists and Education Funding
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Heritage Preservation Partnership Program - Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

EJ4Climate: Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience
- Maximum amount : 175,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services

Social Enterprise Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)
- No Condition
- Educational services

Community Donations
- No Condition
- All industries

Fonds local d’investissement
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Edmonton Immigrant and Refugee Communities Grant Program - Community Special Project Grants
- From $7,001 to $20,000
- All industries

Musicaction — Musical Showcases – Stream 3 - National Showcase and Tour
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Capital project: Retrofit of existing municipal buildings
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Public administration

OBIO — Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN)
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Private Archives Processing Support Program
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

Job integration contract
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $2,000 to $30,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Protecting habitats
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Capitalization of Social Economy Enterprises (CAES) — Stream 2
- From $50,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Francophone economic development in British Columbia
- No Condition
- All industries

CAAIN — Livestock Innovation Program 2025
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Art and Culture Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

PacifiCan — Jobs and Growth Fund — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Community Places Program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Indigenous Participation Fund - Advanced exploration and development support strean
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

PrairiesCan — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous Stream
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Non-Competitive Grants
- From $200 to $20,000
- All industries

Summer Student Farm Worker Bursary
- From $1,500 to $3,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Thriving Indigenous Systems Fund (TISF)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Cultural Infrastructure Program
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Accessible Technology Program
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Community Enhancement Program — Broadband and Cellular Expansion Projects
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Information and cultural industries
- Public administration

Calgary Flames Foundation - Community Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 4
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Manitoba — First Jobs Fund
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- All industries

Economic Infrastructure Program
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Tourism Development Program (TDP)
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism Business Development Fund (TBDF)
- From $50,000 to $500,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Shine Across Canada and Internationally
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 60.000004% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Fabulous Festivals and Events Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Programme d’appui au développement des secteurs stratégiques et des créneaux d’excellence (PADS)
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ELLA Ascend
- No Condition
- All industries

Fonds Développement La Mitis - Regional Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Social Development Fund of the City of Trois-Rivières
- No Condition
- All industries

SSRIA – Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
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Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) — Programming: Presenter Support Organizations
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program – Organizational Capacity Building
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Resilient Communities Fund
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Childcare Enhancement Grant program
- Maximum amount : 27,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Creating, Knowing and Sharing — Small-Scale Activities
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Indigenous cultural partnership
- From $5,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Clean Foundation — Green Jobs
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Strategic Funds - Media Arts Equipment Acquisition Fund
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities (CERRC)
- No Condition
- Utilities

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

C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Active Communities Initiative
- From $50,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Civil Forfeiture Grant Program - Gender-Based Violence
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- All industries

City Grant Program - Health, Social and Safety
- No Condition
- All industries

British Columbia Arts Council Funding
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Employer Health Tax relief (EHT)
- No Condition
- All industries

PacifiCan Business Acceleration Pilot (BizAP)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Limestone Trucking Assistance Program
- Maximum amount : 32,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Cultural industries — Financial assistance
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Community Workforce Response Grant — Community Response Stream
- From $20,000 to $300,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program – Events
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

ArtStarts in Schools Society - Artists in the Classroom (AIC) Grants for Schools
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Inc. - Community Impact Fund
- Minimum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Private Archives Support Program
- Maximum amount : 85,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries