Business Support: Funding, Collaboration, and Incentives
Navigating the landscape of business support can be daunting. Whether you're seeking grants and funding, loans and capital investments, or other forms of support, understanding your options is crucial. Our guide offers expert advice on securing financial backing through various means including tax credits, wage subsidies, and internships. We also delve into the importance of partnering and collaboration to leverage resources like researchers and facilities. This comprehensive resource aims to empower entrepreneurs with the knowledge to propel their businesses forward.
Expert Advice
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INNOGEC
Tax Holiday for Foreign Researchers
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in QC
Creation of a human resources department
NRC — Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Centre
NRC — Aluminium Technology Centre
NRC — Microbial fermentation pilot plant facility research facility
Quebec Industrial Research Centre — CRIQ
Employment Ontario
Human resources management support
COREX Program
Revenu Québec — Assistance program for SMEs
Workforce Planning Boards
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors - Indigenous stream
Alternate work arrangements and work hour reduction
Buyandsell.gc.ca — Procurement Assistance Canada Coaching Service
Ontario Office of the Employer Adviser
Ontario Food Exports — Services for Exporters
Ontario Export Services
FedDev Ontario Small Business Services — Community Partners
Business advisory services for small and medium-sized businesses
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in ON
Collective Bargaining Information Services
NRC — Advanced Electronics and Photonics Research Centre
NRC — High-discharge Flume - Research Facility
NRC — Reverberant Acoustic Chamber - Research Facility
NRC — Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
NRC — Civil infrastructure and related structures testing facilities
NRC — Coastal Wave Basin - Research Facility
NRC — Climatic testing facility
NRC — Ice Tank - 21 m Research Facility
NRC — Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre
NRC — Heavy vehicle tilt research facilities
NRC — Material emissions testing facilities
NRC — Nanotubes production research facility
NRC — Hygrothermal performance of buildings testing facilities
NRC — Zebrafish research facility
CyberSecure Canada
NRC — Indoor environment testing research facilities
NRC — Wheel bearing and brake testing facility
NRC — Medical Devices Research Centre
NRC — Data Analytics Centre research facility
NRC — Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre
NRC — Manufacturing and Automotive Innovation Hub
NRC — Fire safety testing facility
NRC — Advanced, non-linear optical imaging and microscopy (CARSLab)
NRC — Wind tunnel testing facility
NRC — Nanotechnology Research Centre
NRC — Structural Full-scale Aerospace - Testing Facilities
NRC — Offshore Engineering Basin — Research Facility
NRC — Printable Electronics - Ottawa research facility
NRC — Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre
NRC — Heavy structural dynamics lab research facility
NRC — Laser processing and surface modification facility
NRC — Large Area Basin - Research Facility
NRC — Towing tank research facility
NRC — Construction Research Centre
NRC — Large Wave Flume - Research Facility
NRC — Medical device facilities
NRC — Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
NRC — Multidirectional Wave Basin - Research Facility
NRC — Compression and tension testing facility
NRC — Automotive and Surface Transportation
NRC — Metrology Research Centre
Quebec International — Set up or expand a business
Waste Heat Recovery — Stream 2: Infrastructure implementation
Foodpreneur Start-Up Seminars
NRC IRAP Support for Intellectual Property
BDC Advisory Services — E-commerce
CGLCC- Global
Indigenous Pathfinder Service
Global Skills Strategy — Dedicated service channel
Clean Growth Hub
Trade Commissioner Service
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors
CED — Business Information Services
Trade Commissioner Service — Canadian Technology Accelerators
Launch Lab — Entrepreneurs In Residence (EIR)
CCC — U.S. DoD Prime Contractor
Corporations Canada — Starting a Business
Destination Canada Resources
BDC Advisory Services — Operational Efficiency
Scale-Up Platform
CGLCC - Training
Liaison Officer Service
CGLCC- Tourism
Customized Products and Services
BDC Advisory Services — Certifications
Trade Commissioner Service — Canada Tariff Finder
Investment Accelerator Fund
PAC — Help for Small and Medium Enterprises
GC Business Insights newsletter
EDC — Indigenous Business
Standards Council of Canada
Invest Ottawa Accelerator Program
Synchronex
OBIO — Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN)
Quebec Business Transfer Fund
My Digital Success
NUMERIA program
StartAéro 360°
Quebec International — Selling and Exporting — Set your sights on the world
My Main Street — Local Business Accelerator
INNO-CENTRE — Indice F
Make your business a model of sustainable mobility
Quebec school for entrepreneurs
ACCLR Info entrepreneurs — Business services
SADC-CAE — Virage Vert Program
CEIM — Coaching and Consulting Services
Quebec International — Starting a business and making it grow
Quebec International — Business services — Get support and advice
INNO-CENTRE
Ressources Entreprises
Regional export promotion organizations (ORPEX)
Digital Services Program
Quebec International — International recruiting
Columbia Basin Trust — Basin RevUp
Créavenir
Accelerate Program for Quebec Emerging Companies
Women in Business Program
Digital Main Street – ShopHere
PARO Services
Invest Ottawa Ignition Program
Business and Community Services
Indigenous Business Advisors
NADF — Client Support & Advisory Services
Innovator Membership Program
GreenCentre Canada
Digital and Quantum Innovation Platform — PINQ²
Ontario Bioindustrial Innovation Network
District 3 Innovation Center — Launch & Grow
Asia Market Development Program
CAN Health Network
MaRS Momentum
Innovation Factory — Support for Startups
JACOBB Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
eLog Initiative
JEDI — Indigenous Business Incubator Program
Accelerated Growth Program
Marine Biotechnology Research Centre (MBRC)
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
WTC Toronto — Growth Development Program
PACE — Business Mentorship Program
CanCOVID
SOCCA – Support and coaching
CRIM —Support
Newcomer Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
Venture Growth & Corporate Innovation
Early Stage Startup Stream
Columbia Basin Trust — Basin Business Advisors
CFI — Research Facilities Navigator
Trade Accelerator Program
AC:Incubate
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
ELLA Express
Canada's Smartest Kitchen
Community Futures Network of Canada
Futurpreneur Canada Indigenous Program
Rise — Youth Small Business Program
Zú program - Incubation
The Foodpreneur Scale-Up Program
BDIC-NWT — Working Capital Guarantee
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in NS
Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — Business Advising
CNBSC – Baffin, Nunavut
Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba — Advice
Société de Développement économique de la Colombie-Britanique
SFU VentureLabs
Business Link — Immigrant Services
Scotians Global Advisors Program
Launch Export Atlantic Incubator
New Ventures BC — Venture Accelerator Program
YMCA Business Planning Program
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in SK
Alberta Innovates — Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerators Program
Startup Zone Resident Company Program
Economic Development Officers
Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — Matchstick
Community Futures Treaty Seven — Business Support Services
Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
Creative Entrepreneurship Program
CleanBC — Custom-Lite Program
Kivalliq Business Development Centre
Venture Capital Corporation
Europe Market Development Program
Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — All Access Expert Advice
WeBC — Business Skills Development
Small Business BC — Export Navigator
Consulting Advisory Services
Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR)
Opportunities New Brunswick — Mentorship
CBDC Women in Business New Brunswick
Alberta Innovates — Technology Development Advisors
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in MB
Community Futures Alberta — Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
Innovation Guelph — Boundless Startup Program
Sector Council Program
ACOA Business Information Services — Prince Edward Island
Baffin Business Development — Financial Assistance
Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba — Training
Tenders Online — New Brunswick Opportunities Network
SK Startup Institute — Business Advising
Community Futures Ontario — Business Information and Planning Services
Réseau des SADC et CAE — Business Start-Up and Expansion
Accelerate Okanagan — Revup Program
Tourism Digital Assistance Program
SaskJobs — Employer Services
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in BC
Small Business BC — Talk to an Expert
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in NB
Working NB Employers
BDC Industries — Creation and culture
Hardware Catalyst Initiative
Trade Market Intelligence Service
Futurpreneur Canada Side Hustle
Food Product Development Assistance
Business Navigators - NS
CBDC Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program (EOP)
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) — Advisory Services
BDC Advisory Services — Financial Management
CBDC Self Employment Benefit Program
Women Entrepreneurs Saskatchewan — Financing
Startup Zone Accelerator Program
Indigenous Business Advisory Centres
Farm Production Services
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in AB
BDC Advisory Services
CDEM — Training
KCFI – Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
CBDC Business counselling
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in PEI
Community Futures British Columbia
CDEM — Self-Employment Benefit Program
Futurpreneur Canada Newcomer Program
Trail Blazer
First Peoples Economic Growth Fund - Aftercare Program
BDC Advisory Services — Leadership and Management
Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine
CBDC Immigrant Loan program — Pilot Project
CBDC Women in Business New Brunswick
Tenders — Prince Edward Island Tenders
Canada Business — Northwest Territories
Business Link — One-on-one advice
BDC Advisory Services — Sales and marketing
Kitikmeot Community Futures
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in Yukon
BDC Advisory Services — Business Strategy
BDC Advisory Services — Digital Technology
Innovation Guelph — Rhyze Up! Program
Business Retention and Expansion Program
ACOA Business Information Services — Newfoundland and Labrador
Self-Employment Program (Nova Scotia)
Youth Ventures NL
WeBC — Business Mentoring and Peer Groups
CBDC Self Employment Assistance (Atlantic Region)
BDC Advisory Services — Human Resources
Self-Employ PEI
Farm Debt Mediation Service
REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems
MaRS — Supply AI
Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in NWT
Summer Company
i.d.e.a. Fund
ELLA Altitude
OBIO — (WiHI) Training and Wage Subsidies
Digital Main Street – Digital Transformation Grant Program
CGLCC - Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Capital Access Advisory Program — Building Companies
Northwestern Ontario IT Connect
Yukonstruct
ELLA Ascend
SSRIA – Business Growth Program
Community Futures Manitoba — Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program
Community Futures Saskatchewan — Self-Employment for the Unemployed
ACOA Business Information Services — New Brunswick
Current Tenders — Nova Scotia
Indigenous Business Development Services — Saskatchewan
Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs
Business Link — Digital Economy Program
World Trade Centre Winnipeg — Business Resources
Centech Acceleration
Atlantic Immigration Program
Atlantic Canada Travel Trade Market Readiness Program
EUREKA!
Business Navigators - NB
ACCLR Info entrepreneurs — Consulting services - Quebec
ventureLAB — Accelerate AI
Prince Edward Island Rural Action Centres — Business Guidance
Accelerate Okanagan — Venture Acceleration Program
Grant and Funding
AI-Powered Supply Chains Cluster (Scale AI)
SIPEM program - Part 2: Technological projects
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) — Financial Assistance
LTI³ Project
Écoemballage+ Stream 1 : Business support
Efficient Solutions Program
DEPART Program
ÉcoPerformance — Simplified Implementation
Efficient Farming Products
Electricity Management Systems
Digital Transformation Offensive Program (OTN) - Part 1 : Support
Technology and Business Demonstration
Bioénergies — Analysis
Digital Transformation Offensive program (OTN) — part 2 : optimisation
Bioénergies — Implementation
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Analysis Stream
ÉcoPerformance — Energy management stream
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream
Enabling staff to develop their skills
ÉcoPerformance — Recommissioning of building mechanical systems
PME MTL – Social Initiatives
PME MTL – New Community Businesses
PME MTL – Subsidies to support social economy initiatives
PME MTL — Industrial and sustainable development investment fund
Subsidy for companies to install electric charging stations
Subsidy for universal access to businesses
Returnable Container Recycling Equipment Modernization Program
I.Q.C.4.0 — Stream 2
2023-2025 program for Financial contributions to the ecological transition
PME MTL — Innovation, productivity, and sustainable development fund
Renovation grant for commercial buildings and spaces
Bioenergies Program
First Nations and Inuit Employment Integration Program
INNOGEC
Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement in tourism
Ecocamionnage Program - Logistics Project
Ecocamionnage program - Technology acquisition
SDTC - Scale Up Funding
SDTC - Start-up Funding
SIPEM program - Part 1 : Technological specifications
DEL — Expertise Financing Grant
Fonds Écoleader – business
Fonds Écoleader – business collaboration
PARTENAR-IA — PRIMA — Academic
PARTENAR-IA — MEDTEQ+ — Academic
Tech shift – Manufacturing Laval
Open Innovation Subsidy Program for start-up companies
Virage techno - shops, restaurants and accommodation downtown
ESSOR – Part 1A
ESSOR – Part 1B
ESSOR – Part 1C
PIIA Program - Part 2 : SMEs
FAQDD — Action-Climat Quebec
PARTENAR-IA — CQDM — Industry
Écoemballage+ Stream 2 : Support for collective innovation
Support fund for the development of tourism offers
CanExport SMEs
(MAPAQ) - Food Processing Program - Component 3
PME MTL – Young Business
CanExport Innovation
Idea to Innovation Grants
PARTENAR-IA — PROMPT — Industry
PARTENAR-IA — INNOVÉÉ — Academic
PARTENAR-IA — CQRDA — Industry
PARTENAR-IA — PRIMA — Industry
PARTENAR-IA — CRIBIQ — Industry
PARTENAR-IA — CQRDA — Academic
PARTENAR-IA — INNOVÉÉ — Industry
Call for projects: Innovation and growth
PSCE – Component 1
PSCE – Component 3
PSCE – Component 2
Canada Periodical Fund – Business Innovation
(MAPAQ) - Food Processing Program - Component 2
(MAPAQ) - Food Processing Program - Component 1
I.Q.C.4.0 — Section 1
INNOV-R — PRIMA
(MAPAQ) - Ministerial initiative Proximity - Component 2
PARTENAR-IA — CRIAQ — Academic
PME MTL — Funds for Retail businesses
Roulez Vert — Used vehicle rebate
Job integration contract
FedDev Ontario — Economic Development Initiative (Southern Ontario) — Not-For-Profit
QEPD — Diversify your economy - CED (QC)
Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Small Multiple-Unit Buildings
Financial Assistance Program for the Development of Private Woodlots
Export and cultural visibility support program
New Frontiers in Research Fund — Exploration Stream
SDTC - Seed Funding
Financial support for aspiring farmers
Creation of a human resources department
Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund
Official Languages Economic Development Initiative in Quebec — For-profit
Sustainable Growth Investment — Young Entrepreneurs
Business Assistance — Immigrant Investor Program
REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — For profit
Sustainable Growth Investment — Growth Support
Official Languages Economic Development Initiative in Quebec — Not-for-profit
Roulez Vert — Multi-unit building charging station rebate
Roulez Vert — New vehicle rebate
Sustainable Growth Investment — Agri-Environmental Enhancement of Cultivated Land
Global Innovation Clusters
Technoclimat
Waste Heat Recovery — Stream 1: Feasibility study
Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation & Southern Ontario Prosperity Program — Indigenous
Recyc-Québec — Support for R&D in recycling
Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 2
Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 1
Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
Roulez Vert — Rebate for charging station at work
Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program — Collaboration projects
Three Phase Network Access Program
Collaborate 2 Commercialize
Export Assistance Program
AgriCommunication Program
Agricultural Climate Solutions
Transportez vert — Coaching for energy management
Universal Broadband Fund — Rapid Response Stream
Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training
Transportez vert — Direct current fast charging station
Adjustment Services
2 Billion Trees Program
Compensation for Employers of Reservists Program
CFI — Innovation Fund
Canada Pavilion Program
Workforce Development Program
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities
Northern Food Businesses
AgriAssurance Program — Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Special Milk Class Permit Program
Nutrition North Canada retail subsidy program
Clean Fuels Fund — Indigenous-Led Projects
BDC Capital — Intellectual Property-Backed Financing
Technology Funding
Canadian Fish and Seafood Opportunities Fund
CanNor Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous stream
Canada Book Fund Publishing Support
IP for Business
CIHR Health Research Collaboration
Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund
Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships Program
Achievement Incentive and Group Sponsorship Grant
CCC — Global Bid Opportunity Finder
OMIF — Music Industry Initiatives
Interactive Digital Media Fund — Production
Local Food Infrastructure Fund
Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program — Energy Efficiency Solutions Track
OMIF — Music Creation
Starter Company Plus
Ontario Creates Industry Development Program
Clean Transportation System — Research and Development Program
AgriInvest - Quebec
Women's Program
Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program — Business projects
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund — Community economic development projects
AgriScience Program — Projects — for-profit organizations
Market Development Program for Turkey and Chicken
Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 2
CanNor Jobs and Growth Fund — For-profit
SIF — Collaborations and Networks projects
Canada Digital Adoption Program — Grow Your Business Online
Agro-Environmental Services
INVEST North Program — Innovation – Industrial Research Chair
Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 1
Supply Management Processing Investment Fund
AgriScience Program — Projects — Not-for-profit
Community Enhancement Program — Enhance Your Community Stream
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
AgriAssurance Program — National Industry Association
MT Lab - Project Financing - Component 2
EI Premium Reduction Program
AgriStability — Ontario
Investments in Forest Industry Transformation — Studies projects
Investments in Forest Industry Transformation — Capital Investment Projects
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
INNOV-R — CRITM
Agricultural Clean Technology Program — Research and Innovation
Vehicle Retrofit Program — Persons with disabilities
Canada Book Fund Support for Organizations — Internships
Accelerator 360°
Aboriginal Business Financing Program - Private Project
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program
Launch Lab — Entrepreneurs In Residence (EIR)
Canada-Ontario Job Grant
Accelerating to Zero Grant Program
Scale-Up Platform
AgriCompetitiveness Program
AgriInnovate Program
Community Enhancement Program — Rural Enhancement Funding Stream
Rural Transit Solutions Fund — Capital Projects
Canada Book Fund Publishers Business Development — Technology Internships
AgriDiversity Program
Investment Accelerator Fund
Invest Ottawa Accelerator Program
Indigenous Innovation Initiative
My Digital Success
INNOV-R — InnovÉÉ
Arts Abroad — Co-Production
Export Marketing Assistance Program
Alberta Export Expansion Program
LogisVert - Financial assistance for installers
Genome Funding Opportunities
Genome Canada
NADF Financing
General Business Loans
Grand Challenges Canada
Trade Mission Support Program
Child Care Operating Funding - Base Funding
Greenhouse Technology Network
Arts Abroad — Representation and Promotion
Arts Abroad — Travel
Canada Council of the Arts — Initiatives
Arts Across Canada — Translation
Workforce Development Stream
Créavenir
Renewable and Alternative Energy Program
Arts Abroad — Residencies
Accelerate Program for Quebec Emerging Companies
Alberta Innovates — Bitumen Beyond Combustion (BBC) Program
Collaborative research and development projects
Supporting Artistic Practice — Sector Innovation and Development
Engage and Sustain — Artistic Institutions
OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1
Life Sciences Innovation Fund
Supporting Artistic Practice — Support Organizations
Arts Abroad — Translation
Engage and Sustain — Artistic Catalysts
Explore and Create — Professional Development for Artists
Explore and Create — Artist-Driven Organizations
Strategic Funds and Initiatives — Market Access Strategy
Arts Across Canada — Travel