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.

MRC Sept-Rivières — Support for entrepreneurship (SE)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP)
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Call for Projects on the Procurement & Conditioning of Forest Biomass for Bioenergy Production
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 1 - Produce a bid book or business plan
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Impulse-Skills program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 2
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Black Arts Projects
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Digital Museums Canada — Digital Projects
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Haute-Yamaska — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Indigenous Justice Program - The Capacity-Building Fund
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Creating, Knowing and Sharing — Short-Term Projects
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Supporting youth employment centers
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

PME MTL — Subsidies to support social economy initiatives
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Arthabaska — Social Economy Business Development Fund (FDEÉS)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action — Component 2 - Support for the implementation of projects arising from a participative and concerted approach within the destination to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
- No Condition
- All industries

PME MTL — Business Diversity Support Program for the Southwest
- From $10,000 to $20,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Bellechasse — Support for initiatives from rural areas (AIMR)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC L'Islet — Local Services Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Fonds de développement des communautés (FDC)
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — FRR – Stream 2
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
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Assistance program for venues
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Biofood market development program — Component 1
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Musicaction — Canvassing
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Indigenous Justice Program - Indigenous Engagement Fund
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) — Alberta
- From $100,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Employment stabilization
- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Tourism Relief Fund (TRF)
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Support Program for Isolated Communities
- Maximum amount : 950,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Kamouraska — Bas-Saint-Laurent Territorial Partnership Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Green Alleyway Support Program
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 2
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Support Fund for Structural Projects (FSPS)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - Structuring Projects Support Policy
- From $5,001 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Indigenous Justice Program - The Community-Based Justice Fund
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Tourist Loan
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Activities, attractions and events
- From $10,000 to $60,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health
- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Musicaction — National collective promotion
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

FACTOR funding for the sound recording industry
- From $5,000 to $5,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism establishment accessibility program
- From $20,000 to $100,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
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MRC Maskinongé — RRF-stream 3 Signature innovation
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Language Interpreter Grants
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP)
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Occupational Health and Safety Prevention and Innovation Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Developing a green alley or public space in CDN-NDG
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Affordable Community Housing Program & Accelerator Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Planting and Stewardship Grant
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Ottawa — Tourism Accessibility Fund (TAF)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
McConnell Foundation - Funding Opportunities
- No Condition
- All industries

Magazine Publishers Travel Support
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

G. Murray and Edna Forbes Foundation Fund
- From $5,000 to $35,000
- All industries

SickKids Foundation - New Investigator Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the preservation of community buildings
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community Initiatives Program (CIP) Project-Based
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Heritage Organization Development Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 1,545 $
- All industries

Global Impact Cash Grants
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

Greening Partnership Grant
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community Generator Program
- Maximum amount : 50 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Community Recreation Capital Grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Culture Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Collective Fund for Climate and Ecological Transition
- From $15,000 to $60,000
- Public administration

Conservation and Science
- No Condition
- All industries

Workforce Training and Employment — Employment Partnerships
- No Condition
- All industries
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Environmental Conservation
- No Condition
- All industries

Basin Job Experience Trail Crews Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Strategic Development Initiative
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Humanities in Place
- No Condition
- All industries

Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association - Parks for All Action Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Partnership Program (IFSAP)
- Maximum amount : 80,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Livestock Waste Tissue Initiative (LWTI)
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Indigenous Food Systems & Agriculture Skills & Training Program (ISAT)
- From $25,000 to $80,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Catalyst and Transformation Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

START Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Arts and Cultural Assistance Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty
- No Condition
- All industries

Nation Building
- Maximum amount : 120,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Codes Acceleration Fund (CAF)
- No Condition
- Construction

Language Grants
- Maximum amount : 8,000 $
- All industries

Community Energy Diesel Reduction (CEDR) Program
- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance for hiring immigrants and visible minorities
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Transit Shelter Advertising Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

ERA — 2025 Industrial Transformation Challenge
- From $500,000 to $15,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Canada Periodical Fund — Special Measures for Journalism
- Minimum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

New Canadians Event Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemorate Canada
- No Condition
- All industries

Work Experience PEI — For Organizations
- No Condition
- All industries
Commemorative Partnership Program - Community War Memorial
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Support for Non-profit Organizations
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance