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.

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 1 - Call for proposals to support the development of innovative solutions

Youth Employment and Skills Strategy - Canada Summer Jobs Wage Subsidy

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Multi-distinction and Indigenous Urban Organizations languages projects

Group Entrepreneurship Capital Program

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — FLI/FLS
- 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 Beauce-Sartigan — New Tourist Attractions Fund (FNAT)

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)

Digital Museums Canada — Community Stories

MRC Joliette — Technology and Digital Transition Fund (FTTN) – Stream 1

Canada Music Fund - Individual Initiatives

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Assistance Fund for Bridge and Culvert Repair Projects on State-Owned Lands

Financial support for northern initiatives

MRC Sept-Rivières — Local funds (FLI/FLS)

MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies

MRC Beauce-Sartigan — Social Economy Enterprise Development Fund (FDEÉS)

MRC Coaticook — Local Fund FLI/FLS

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Watercourses

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Attractions, activities and facilities

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 1

New Horizons for Seniors Program

SODEXPORT — Component 1: Strategic development of companies abroad

Genomics Innovation to Commercialization Program

MRC L’Île-d’Orléans — Regions and Rurality Fund

MRC L'Islet — Local Services Development Fund

MRC Les Etchemins — Call for projects: Signature innovation
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"Artère en transformation" : Subsidy for businesses

MRC Portneuf — Joint Investment Fund FLI/FLS

Energy Affordability Program

MRC Bécancour — Business Support Fund (BSF)

MRC L'Islet — Sectoral agreement for the development of culture in Chaudière-Appalaches

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Support for Structuring Projects

Ontario Agri-food Research Initiative (OAFRIP)

Rural Vitality Fund – Automation and Digital Practices

MRC Caniapiscau — Joint FLI/FLS investment

Grant for the renovation of facades facing a commercial artery

Îles-de-la-madeleine — Vitalization frame - Component 2

Sherbrooke — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)

Grow the Herd Pilot Program

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 2

Novoclimat – Small multi-unit building

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Fund FLI – Succession Stream

HomeEnergySaver Program

MRC Témiscamingue — Youth Assistance Loan

SODEC — Support for cultural events

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Cultural Development

MRC Les Etchemins — Business support policy

MRC d'Avignon — Local Investment Funds (FLI) and Local Solidarity Funds (FLS)

Existing Building Commissioning program

MRC Portneuf — Sustainable Forest Management Program

APCHQ — Get financing through the Canada Greener Affordable Housing program: Pre-Retrofit Funding for multi-unit residential buildings
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MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 3 – Market Gardening Program

MRC L'Islet — Support fund for cultural cafés

MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Infrastructure

Shelter Enhancement Program – Renovation

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Signature Innovation Fund

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Studies and consulting services

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program — Part 3 — Studies

MRC Beauce-Centre — Propulsion Fund

ID Gatineau — FDEES

SODEXPORT — Component 5: Strategic initiatives


Mitis MRC — Regional and Rural Fund (RRF) - Component 1

ARBJ — Economic Development Infrastructure Program (PIDE)

RCM de la Mitis — Component 3 : “Signature Innovation” Projects

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Support Program for Structuring Projects (PSPS)

Enabling Accessibility Fund – Youth Innovation Component

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Innovation

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Festivals and events

Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)

Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative — Light-Duty Vehicle — Not-for-profit

Applied Research and Development Grants — Industrial Partner

Biofood market development program — Component 2

Genomic Innovations: Energy and Environmental Solutions

Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW) — Positions in QC
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Community Economic Development (CED)

OAC — Deaf and Disability Arts Projects

Îles-de-la-madeleine — Business support policy (PSE)

Financial assistance program for businesses in physical activities (PAFEMAP)

RCM de la Mitis — RenoRegion Fund

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Quebec Fund for Social Initiatives (FQIS)

Musicaction — International Event

Évolution-Compétences — Partnership for training and innovation

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Fonds de soutien à l'entrepreneuriat

Transportez vert — Direct current fast charging station

MRC Portneuf — Business Support Fund

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Policy to support structuring projects

Ecological Gift Program

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 2 - Support for local and regional development skills

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Sustainable Forest Management Program

Genome British Columbia — Data Access, Integration and Analysis Program (DAIA) 2


Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 3 - Innovation Signature

PME MTL — Je relève le défi vert

Genome British Columbia — GeneSolve Program

MRC Haut-Richelieu — FRR – Stream 3

La Ruche — FMC+

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Local Investment Funds

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Hosting
