Grants and Funding for Non-Profits in Canada in 2026
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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.

Musicaction — Support for music entrepreneurs and organizations working in Francophone OLMCs

Domestic Industry Initiatives

PacifiCan Business Acceleration Pilot (BizAP)

RDAR — Accelerating Agricultural Innovations 2.0

Community Affiliation Policy

Biofood Innovation Program Component 4 – Financial support for innovation partnership initiatives

Biofood Innovation Program Component 5 – Support for knowledge transfer and dissemination

Manitoba Accessibility Fund
Sport Funding Programs

Community Grant and Vibrancy Fund


Tourisme Baie-James — EPRTNT – Attractions, activities and facilities

Impact Canada Challenge Hub

Livestock Strategy Program — Pollination Expansion

Community Partnership Capital Programs - Community Partnership Major Capital Program

Training and Career Support Program
Canada-BC (CBCHB) Housing Benefit

Museums Assistance Program - Exhibition Circulation Fund

Ontario Trillium Foundation - Grow Grants

Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association - Framework In Action Grant

CAAIN — Livestock Innovation Program 2025

Workforce Analysis and Planning Program (WAPP)

OTF — Family Innovations Test Grant

AgriMarketing Program — Kosher and Halal Investment

Small Capital Sponsorship Program
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Grants for non-profits provide essential funding for organizations to innovate and adopt sustainable practices. These financial aids support the growth and resilience of the non-profit sector.

Arts Abroad — Translation

Dance Creation Residency


General Admission Festivals Program

Alberta Innovates — Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program

Youth Mental Health Fund

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 2

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program — Indigenous Languages Component

Advisory Services Program — Component 2 – Support for the dissemination of information and business co-development activities


Tourisme Baie-James — EPRTNT – Digital development of a company

Interactive Fund

ACOA — Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative (REGI)

OAC — Media Arts Organizations: Operating


Nunavut Filmmakers Funding — Nunavut Spend Incentive Program

Call for Proposals: Collaboration centre for strengthening Integrated Youth Services across Canada

Motorola Solutions Foundation

Hydro-Québec program for the enhancement of natural environments

CQRDA — SI2TEC

CleanBC — Commercial Express Program
Manitoba Mineral Development Fund

Business and Community Services

AFA — Arts Presenting Project Funding

NRC — Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre
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Quebec Research Fund — Society and Culture Sector (FRQSC)

Participant Funding Program - Darlington New Nuclear Project

Building Safer Communities Program Grants (BSCP) - Organizational and Youth Sector Capacity-building Project Grants

Strategic Innovation Fund — Digital Generator – Stream 2

Grant funding

CBDC Community Development Fund

PrairiesCan — Alberta Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Quantum Program

Community Action Initiative (CAI) - Youth Wellness Grant

Lakeshore Community Benefit Fund Grant

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.1

VERGE Capital — Breakthrough Fund

Community Investment Program - Revolving Capital Loan

Co-operators - Co-operators Community Funds

innovÉÉ — Accord

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Provincial Funding for French Language Services

Tourism Growth Program in southern Ontario

Community Funding - Project Funding

Drilling Technology Challenge


Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Water professions

Justice and Reconciliation Fund


Startup Zone Accelerator Program
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Community Funding - Emergency Funding

Enfant Soleil - Care Environment Fund

Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador - Community Fund

Vision Fund - Seed Grants for Innovative Ministry

Community Funding - Emerging Community Need Funding

Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Mining conferences funding Sub-Stream


Community Economic Development Fund

Community Funding - Sustainability Funding

Community Funding - Capital Funding

Professional Arts Organizations Operating Grant Program

Circular Initiatives Awards

Regional Quantum Initiative in British Columbia

City of Kelowna Grants
Participant Funding Program (PFP)

NRC — Construction Research Centre

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Appreciation and Rapprochement

RBC Foundation - Grant for Community Spaces RBC Foundation (Development stream)

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Second Language Learning Component

RBC Foundation – RBC Foundation and IAS Scholarships

Participant Funding Program - Nordion (Canada) Inc. 2025 Licence Renewal

Cultural Funding - Heritage Funding Program

AFA — Professional Performing Arts Organizations Operating Funding

Ethnocultural Support Program
