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.

Grand Challenges Canada
Grand Challenges Canada- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Grid Innovation Fund
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- From $1,000,000 to $4,750,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Explore and Create — Research and Creation
Canada Council for the Arts (CCA)- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Support Program - Municipal Component
La Mitis RCM (MRC)- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

Arts Across Canada — Foreign Artist Tours
Canada Council for the Arts (CCA)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PROMPT — GHG Reduction – SME Component
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Enabling Accessibility Fund — Small projects
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Construction
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

Powering the future: Solid-state hydrogen storage for military platforms
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events
Tourisme Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Enabling Accessibility Fund 2026 Call for Proposals
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)- From $500,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Canada–Germany 2026 Quantum collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- Maximum amount : 700,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 2
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Workplace first aid training
The Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST)- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction

Plug-In NB Charging Rebates for Business
NB Power- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
Funding charitable organizations — Local Grants
Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Operating Grant : Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)- Maximum amount : 700,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Studies and consulting services
Laurentides Tourism- From $10,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program — Part 3 — Studies
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

MRC des Chenaux — Chenaux Local Social Economy Fund (FLÉS)
MRC des Chenaux- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

SODEXPORT — Component 1: Strategic development of companies abroad
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 160,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

APCHQ — Federal Lands Initiative
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Up to 30% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Joliette — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de Joliette (CDÉJ)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 2 - Support for projects and the development of innovative businesses
MT Lab- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
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MRC Les Moulins — FLI/FLS
MRC Les Moulins- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Alternate work arrangements and work hour reduction
Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESSQ)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Funds FLI-FLS
MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Indigenous Arts Projects
Toronto Arts Council (TAO)- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial assistance for nonprofit tenants
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Financial Assistance to Support Rental Housing
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Construction

Multi-unit mortgage Loan Insurance (MLI) Select
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Up to 95% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Taxi Industry Modernization Support Program (PSMITT)
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Festivals and events
Laurentides Tourism- From $15,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 2
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 2
MRC de Mékinac- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 2
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

Ambition-Compétences — Green Economy and Digital Transformation
Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — FLI/FLS
MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est — Rural Region Fund - Signature Innovation
MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Îles-de-la-madeleine — Vitalization frame - Component 2
Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Accommodation
Laurentides Tourism- From $30,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Supporting community development corporations
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Financial assistance for hiring First Nations and Inuit members
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 1 - Regional outreach support
Ville de La Tuque- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Apartment Construction Loan Program: Standard Rental Housing
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Incoming and fixed-price agencies
Gouvernement du Québec- From $10,000 to $60
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Témiscamingue — Business Succession Loan
MRC Témiscamingue- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC de Mékinac — Support fund for cultural initiatives
MRC de Mékinac- Maximum amount : 1,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Métis Nation Language Funding Model
Canadian Heritage- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
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APCHQ — Apartment Construction Loan Program: Seniors Rental Housing
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Minimum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Attractions, activities and facilities
Tourisme Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Papineau — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Papineau- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 2
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Structuring the regional tourism offering
Laurentides Tourism- From $20,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

MRC Beauce-Sartigan — New Tourist Attractions Fund (FNAT)
MRC Beauce-Sartigan- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

APCHQ — Apartment Construction Loan Program: Student Housing
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Minimum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services

Home Renovation Savings Program
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

MRC Coaticook — Vitality Entrepreneurship Fund
MRC de Coaticook- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for the Overall Mission
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

EPRTNT — Attractions, activities and facilities
Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est- From $50,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Group Entrepreneurship Capital Program
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Finance and insurance
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial assistance for large-scale northern projects
Gouvernement du Québec- Minimum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

APCHQ — Affordable Housing Fund: New Construction - Community Housing Sub-Stream
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Up to 95% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - 2024 Business Support Policy
MRC La Matapédia- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CACHE Challenges
Conscience- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

CoolSaver Program
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction

Recreational access for people with functional limitations
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Caniapiscau — Signature innovation
MRC de Caniapiscau- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Cultural Spaces Grant Program - Critical Capital Assistance Capital Grants
City of Vancouver- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

APCHQ — Affordable Housing Fund: New Construction - Rapid Housing Sub-Stream
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

FedDev Ontario — Funding for organizations that help businesses grow
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Portneuf — Heritage and Culture Fund
MRC Portneuf- From $1,000 to $7,500
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Environmentally responsible production, dissemination, promotion and consolidation or resource-pooling
Conseil des arts de Montréal- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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HomeEnergySaver Program
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Support Fund for Structuring Projects (FSPS)
MRC du Golfe du Saint Laurent- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Visées program — Training
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM)- 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

MRC de D’Autray — Support program for emerging business projects
MRC de D'Autray- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Eco-Roof Incentive Program
City of Toronto- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Supporting the fight against poverty and social exclusion
Gouvernement du Québec- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré — Event Fund
MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC L’Île-d’Orléans — Support for Structuring Projects
MRC L'Île-d'Orléans- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Témiscouata — Program for Restoring Underutilized Agricultural Lands (TAD)
MRC Témiscouata- Maximum amount : 12,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Reimbursement – Public Market Booth Rental Fees
MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Social Economy Development Fund
MRC Papineau- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 1 : Projets pour ménages à revenu faible ou modeste
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

First Nations Waste Management Initiative
Indigenous Services Canada- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

Innovate BC — Ignite Program
Innovate BC- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 3 : Initiative de multilogements hautement préfabriqués
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 4 : Projets par les développeurs qualifiés pour ménages à revenu faible ou modeste
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Instant Discounts Program
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- Maximum amount : 140 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities

CleanBC — Custom Program
CleanBC- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities

Laval Économique — Collective Entrepreneurship Fund
Laval Economique- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Retrofit Program
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Assistance Fund for Bridge and Culvert Repair Projects on State-Owned Lands
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac — Green Responsibility Fund
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Haut-Richelieu — FRR – Stream 2
MRC du Haut-Richelieu- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

MRC La Jacques-Cartier — Jacques-Cartier Tourism Envelope
MRC La Jacques-Cartier- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 3
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation