Grants and Funding for Young Entrepreneurs in Canada for 2025
Financial support helps young entrepreneurs build and expand their businesses.
Starting a business can be challenging for young entrepreneurs. Support programs help them overcome financial barriers.

- Up to 75% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $30,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- From $15,000 to $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries
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- Max. $49,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Educational services

- Max. $200,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

- Max. $250,000
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $10,000
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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- From $5,000 to $60,000
- All industries

- Max. $30,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

- Max. $400,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $14,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $30,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

- Max. $5,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $50,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

- No Condition
- Retail trade

- No Condition
- All industries

- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries
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- From $50,000 to $1,000,000
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities

- Max. $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $21,500
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $2,400
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade

- Max. $75,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $9,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

- From $2 to $5,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $14,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $10,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries
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- Up to 15% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $12,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- Max. $60,000
- All industries

- From $200,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $20,000
- All industries

- Max. $150,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- From $3,500 to $5,000
- Manufacturing

- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $100,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

- 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

- Max. $20,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
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- Max. $60,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Max. $60,000
- All industries

- Max. $25,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Max. $35,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

- Max. $150,000
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $60,000
- All industries

- Max. $15,000
- All industries

- Max. $11,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $100,000
- All industries
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- Max. $10,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- Up to 90% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $200,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $15,000
- All industries

- Max. $40,950
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $20,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $15,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Construction
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

- Max. $1,500
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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- Max. $2,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $6,000
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Max. $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

- From $1,000 to $4,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $35,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $10,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Max. $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $8,000
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $10,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries
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- Max. $250,000
- Up to 51% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $3,000
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Max. $5,000
- All industries

- From $200,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $50,000
- All industries

- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $5,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $14,000
- Manufacturing

- Max. $50,000
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- Manufacturing

- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Max. $4,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- Max. $15,000
- All industries

- Max. $5,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- Max. $500
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Max. $5,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $15,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $1,000,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- From $25 to $665
- Up to 28% of project cost
- All industries
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- No Condition
- Public administration

- Max. $40,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $18,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $30,000
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

- Max. $200,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $500,000
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries

- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

- Max. $30,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Other services (except public administration)

- Max. $45,000
- Educational services

- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

- Max. $175,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services
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- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services

- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Max. $50,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

- Max. $5,000
- All industries

- Max. $5,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $70,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $3,741
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Public administration
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- Max. $80
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $7,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Other services (except public administration)

- Max. $50,000
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- From $500 to $10,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $2,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $100,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- From $1,500 to $3,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Max. $1,500,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $750,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Other services (except public administration)

- Max. $2,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $300,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Educational services
- Public administration
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- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $12,180
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $60,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $95,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $30,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- From $400 to $60,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $3,000
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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- Max. $45,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $5,000
- All industries

- Max. $5,000
- All industries

- Max. $5,000
- All industries

- Max. $125,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $500,000
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

- Max. $150,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

- Max. $150,000
- All industries
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- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $100,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Public administration

- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Up to 49% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

- Max. $7,000
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $15,000
- Up to 3% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $1,500
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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- Max. $100,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $15,000
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- Max. $5,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $1,500,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Accommodation and food services

- Max. $7,500
- All industries

- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $100,000
- Up to 150% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- Max. $25,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries

- From $15,000 to $300,000
- All industries

- Max. $17,000
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $30,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries
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- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $25,000
- All industries

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- From $1,400 to $7,000
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $250,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
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- Max. $50,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries

- From $250,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Retail trade

- Max. $25,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

- Max. $30,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $15,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

- Max. $10,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- From $15,000 to $15,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Educational services
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- Max. $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $20,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Max. $50,000
- All industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- Educational services

- Max. $35,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries
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- No Condition
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $15,000
- All industries

- Max. $7,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $12,000
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

- Max. $60,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

- Min. $75,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Max. $150,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities

- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

- From $3,600 to $12,000
- Up to 85% of project cost
- All industries