Grants and Funding for Non-Profits in Canada for 2026
Find project funding for charities, non-profits, and community organizations
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.

Food Industry Personality of the Year 2026

Nonprofit Transformation Partner Certification Program

Territorial Development Support Policy – Component 1: Support for regional outreach

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 3: Project Implementation, It's time to take action!

Explore and Create — Research and Creation

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Stream 1: Company consultations/micro-diagnosis and selection assistance
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)

Workplace first aid training

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 1: Renovation of commercial storefronts

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 2: Feasibility study - audit towards a 4.0 transition

Canada–Germany 2026 Quantum collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals

Extend the employment periods of your staff — Partnership and workforce matching component
Funding charitable organizations — Local Grants

Operating Grant : Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research

Saskatchewan – Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Program (RALP)

Plug-In NB Charging Rebates for Business

Community Support Program - Municipal Component

OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1

Arts Across Canada — Public Outreach

Grand Challenges Canada

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV

Grid Innovation Fund

Arts Across Canada — Foreign Artist Tours

PROMPT — GHG Reduction – SME Component

C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1
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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.

Enabling Accessibility Fund — Small projects

Powering the future: Solid-state hydrogen storage for military platforms

Enabling Accessibility Fund 2026 Call for Proposals

Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 2

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Studies and consulting services

MRC Les Appalaches — FRR Part 2

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Indigenous stream

MRC Kamouraska — Regional Outreach Support Program (FRR-1)

SODEC — Support for innovative initiatives

Innovate BC — Ignite Program

MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est — Rural Region Fund - Signature Innovation

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Inuit Language Funding Model

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 1: Regional outreach fund / Territorial projects

MRC des Chenaux — Chenaux Local Social Economy Fund (FLÉS)

Digital Shift Support Fund

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — Social Economy and Sustainable Development Business Development Fund

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 2 - Support for projects and the development of innovative businesses

PME MTL — Subsidies to support social economy initiatives

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 1

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Incoming and fixed-price agencies

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities

Indigenous Arts Projects

Environmentally responsible production, dissemination, promotion and consolidation or resource-pooling

Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
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First Nations Child and Family Services Program

Financial assistance for nonprofit tenants

APCHQ — Affordable Housing Fund: New Construction - Rapid Housing Sub-Stream

Alternate work arrangements and work hour reduction

Laval Économique — Collective Entrepreneurship Fund

MRC Pontiac — FRR Stream 1

Multi-unit mortgage Loan Insurance (MLI) Select

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance

Taxi Industry Modernization Support Program (PSMITT)

Northern Ontario Development Program — Community Economic Development

Innovative Communities Fund (ICF)

MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 2

MRC de Mékinac — Support fund for cultural initiatives

MRC Rimouski-Neigette — Local Investment Fund

MRC L'Érable — FLI - Social economy development

Estrie — FRR – Component 1

MRC Les Moulins — FLI/FLS

MRC Joliette — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 3: Signature innovation - renewable energies

FedNor — Economic Development Initiative (EDI)

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Festivals and events

APCHQ — Federal Lands Initiative

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Métis Nation Language Funding Model

MRC Matawinie — Tourism Innovation and Development Fund

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 4
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MRC du Rocher-Percé — Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Vitalization Fund

MRC Papineau — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)

Commemorating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP)

Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Structuring the regional tourism offering


APCHQ — Apartment Construction Loan Program: Student Housing

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 1 - Regional outreach support

Home Renovation Savings Program

MRC Coaticook — Vitality Entrepreneurship Fund

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for the Overall Mission

RCM de la Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Futurpreneur Canada

Financial assistance: businesses in areas affected by major construction work

Financial assistance for large-scale northern projects

National Acadian Day funding

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - 2024 Business Support Policy

CQRDA — PSO-International

Apartment Construction Loan Program: Standard Rental Housing

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Tourist Loan

RCM de la Mitis — Component 4 : Support for revitalization and intermunicipal cooperation

Support for the purchase of electric off-road vehicles (VHRE)

CoolSaver Program
