grant_single_labels|summary

grant_single|eligibleFinancing
  • grant_single|maxCount
  • grant_single|projectCostPercent
grant_single|deadlines
  • grant_single|timelineUnspecified
grant_single|financingType
Grant and Funding
grant_single|eligibleIndustries
  • grant_single|allIndustries
grant_single|grantors
  • Department of Economic Development (YK)
  • Government of Yukon
grant_single|status
grant_card_status|open

grant_single_labels|preview

Get up to $30,000 to cover up to 75% of eligible project costs and 50% of capital expenses for a development project that provides long-term, sustainable economic benefits to Yukoners and Yukon communities.

grant_single_labels|projects

Examples of eligible activities for this grant include:
  • Business plans
  • Market research
  • Marketing plans
  • Organization and promotion of marketing and investment events
  • Organizational capacity development
  • Participation in trade and investment events
  • Post-project analysis and support
  • Professional development workshops on business topics
  • Promotional materials for new markets and market expansion
  • Training plans
  • Capital assets
  • Capital costs
  • Implementation support
  • Leasehold improvements
grant_single|admissibleProjectsExample

$12,750

Carcross
Create promotional materials for expanding market reach of a Yukoner artisan collective

$7,500

Dawson City
Organize an investment event for local startups

$15,000

Watson Lake
Leasehold improvements for a new non-profit art gallery

$17,250

Whitehorse
Develop a training plan for employees of a financial cooperative

$9,000

Haines Junction
Participate in an international trade show to promote Yukon tourism

$18,750

Whitehorse
Develop a comprehensive business plan for a new cooperative grocery store

grant_single_labels|admissibility

The eligibility criteria for this grant include:
  • A Yukon business with a physical address or subject to Yukon tax laws
  • Yukon First Nations, municipal governments, community societies, industry associations, and non-profit corporations

grant_eligibility_criteria|who_can_apply

There are various types of companies eligible for this grant. Eligible entities include Yukon businesses, Yukon First Nation governments, Yukon municipal governments, community societies, industry associations, and registered not-for-profit corporations.
  • Yukon businesses with a physical address in Yukon
  • Yukon First Nation governments
  • Yukon municipal governments
  • Community societies and industry associations based in Yukon communities
  • Registered not-for-profit corporations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

grant_eligibility_criteria|who_cannot_apply

Some types of companies are not eligible for this grant, including:
  • Companies that do not meet the specified eligibility criteria outlined in the Yukon Economic Development Fund guidelines.
  • Businesses that do not have a physical presence, are not registered under relevant acts, or lack a valid municipal business license in Yukon.

grant_eligibility_criteria|eligible_expenses

Eligible expenses for this grant include business plans, market research, marketing plans, organization and promotion of marketing and investment events, organizational capacity development, participation in trade and investment events, post-project analysis and support, professional development workshops on business topics, promotional materials for new markets and market expansion, training plans, capital assets, capital costs, implementation support, leasehold improvements, and travel costs.
  • Business plans
  • Market research
  • Marketing plans
  • Organization and promotion of marketing and investment events
  • Organizational capacity development
  • Participation in trade and investment events
  • Post-project analysis and support
  • Professional development workshops on business topics
  • Promotional materials for new markets and market expansion
  • Training plans
  • Capital assets
  • Capital costs
  • Implementation support
  • Leasehold improvements
  • Travel costs (limited to specific conditions)

grant_single_labels|criteria

There are evaluation and selection criteria for this grant. The project criteria serve as the evaluation and selection guidelines.
  • An enhanced environment for joint ventures and other investment opportunities
  • Sector attracting increased investment
  • Improved organizational and enterprise capacity
  • Use and creation of innovative business methods, tools, approaches, and opportunities
  • Successful joint ventures with beneficial community economic impacts
  • Increase in private sector employment
  • Diversification of the economy between and within sectors
  • Increase in the number of new or expanded business enterprises
  • Coordinated regional economic development planning projects

grant_single_labels|register

  • Contact an Economic Development Fund program advisor to find out if your project is eligible.
  • Complete and submit your application before the deadline.

grant_single_labels|otherInfo

  1. Be aware that costs incurred before project approval decisions, including volunteer time, are ineligible for funding.
  2. Projects that fall under the normal responsibility of a Government of Yukon department, municipal authority, or First Nation are not eligible for funding.
  3. Travel costs are limited to the lowest economy airfare, standard room accommodation, and per diems not exceeding the posted Yukon government rate.

grant_single_labels|contact

edf@yukon.ca
867-456-3803
Apply to this program