Discover Loans and Capital Investments Available to Companies in Canada
Financing opportunities are available through advantageous loans and investments in order to enable your business to continue its growth in today's economic landscape.
Canadian companies have access to a variety of financing options, including traditional bank loans for working capital, equipment purchases, and expansion. Additionally, government-backed loans and grants, as well as venture capital and angel investment, offer tailored financial support for business growth and innovation.

PrairiesCan — Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
- No Condition
- All industries

Agriculture Loan and Loan Guarantees
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MicroEntreprendre Laval — Financing for entrepreneurs
- From $500 to $20,000
- All industries

BDIC — Term Loans
- No Condition
- All industries

BDC Capital — Venture Capital
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Nunavut Business Credit Corporation
- From $150,000 to $2,000,000
- Information and cultural industries

Community Futures Alberta — Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
- No Condition
- All industries

Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — Financing
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII)
- From $150,000 to $500,000
- All industries

Aquaculture Loans and Loan Guarantees
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Traditional Business Loan
- From $25,000 to $300,000
- All industries

Anges Québec Capital Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

VERGE Capital — Startup Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

ESSOR – Component 4: Supporting the internationalization of companies
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

First Peoples Economic Growth Fund — Entrepreneur Loan Program
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Technology showcase - pre-commercialization of innovation
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

BDC Financing — Small Business Loan
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — Digital Strategy Fund
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Information and cultural industries

DEPS — Assistance and support program for local businesses
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Baffin Business Development — Business Counseling
- No Condition
- All industries

TACC Conventional Loan
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 85% of project cost
- All industries

TACC First Citizens Fund (FCF) Loan
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 85% of project cost
- All industries

FTQ — Regional Funds
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- All industries

Food & Beverage Financing
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
Business growth in Canada is significantly influenced by venture capital, a dynamic force driving the advancement and innovation of Canadian enterprises, especially those in the small and tech-oriented sectors.

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Transfer Strategy Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Chantier de l'économie sociale Trust — Real Estate Patient Capital Loans
- From $50,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 31% of project cost
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Community Futures Saskatchewan — Loans
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Digital Strategy Financing
- From $10,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Futurpreneur Canada Side Hustle
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 3% of project cost
- All industries

First Peoples Economic Growth Fund – Joint Venture Program
- From $200,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

CDEM — Microcredit
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

OCLF — Small Business Loans
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Community Futures Program Northwest Territories
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

Community Futures British Columbia
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Metis-Dene Development Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Loan The Developer
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 2% of project cost
- All industries

Renewable and Alternative Energy Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Professional, scientific and technical services

International Development Assistance Program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

FinDev Canada Financing and Investment
- No Condition
- All industries

Desjardins — Business Term Loans
- No Condition
- Finance and insurance

BDC Financing — Commercial Real Estate Loan
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Futurpreneur Canada Newcomer Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — PCDT
- From $10,000 to $250,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

PME MTL — Solidarity Fund
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Community Futures Alberta — Financial Supports
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Manufacturing and Processing Assistance - Capital Loan
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ARBJ — Targeted Financing Program (TFP)
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries
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EDC — Export Guarantee Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Finance and insurance

- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

First Citizens Fund — Business Loan Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Compétivert — Investment Matching Solution
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Transfer Strategy Financing
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

Cash Advance Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- From $250,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Credit Lines
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

ID Gatineau — Local Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Fishing Licence Loan Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Financing for Young Entrepreneurs
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Farmland Financing Program — Up to 150 Acres
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

BDC Financing — Newcomer Entrepreneur Loan
- From $25,000 to $50,000
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Créavenir
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Small Business Loan Guarantee Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — SADC Fund
- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Retail trade

SADC Shawinigan — Green Strategy Fund
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Startup Zone Resident Company Program
- No Condition
- All industries

BDC — Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) Loan
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Microcrédit Montréal — Loans for entrepreneurs
- From $500 to $50,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Other services (except public administration)

Metis Economic Development Fund (MEDF) – Investing
- No Condition
- All industries

Agri-food Funding
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Invest Nova Scotia — Investment
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Aquaculture Capital Equity Program
- From $250,000 to $250,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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SADC Shawinigan — Flexiprêt for women
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

ACCFutures — ACC TermStartup
- From $20,000 to $300,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Manufacturing and Processing Assistance - Operating Loan
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing

TACC New Relationship Trust (NRT) Community Equity Match Grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

WeBC — Business Loans for Youth
- Maximum amount : 70,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Vessel Loan Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CBDC Community Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- All industries

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

VERGE Capital — Breakthrough Fund
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Digital Strategy Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

CBDC NB Small Business Emergency Working Capital Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Green Strategy Financing
- From $10,000 to $25,000
- All industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Investment Accelerator Fund
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

- From $75,000 to $750,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tourism Financing Assistance - Long Term Loan
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba — Loans
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Accommodation and food services

BDC Financing — Accelerator Loan Guarantee
- From $25,000 to $500,000
- All industries

Better Homes Ottawa
- From $10,000 to $125,000
- All industries

PacifiCan — Lytton Business Restart Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Lead Pipe Replacement Program
- No Condition
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — Youth Strategy Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Culture and Communications Investment Fund
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction