Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC)

• A cash flow that provides sufficient detail on receipts and payments during the project period and for the loan repayment period.
• A copy of articles of incorporation and/or letters patent.
• A corporate family tree showing the parent, affiliates, related entities, and their relationships.
• Financial statements from the last three fiscal years audited in accordance with IAS/CAS or review engagement financial statements prepared in accordance with CSRE 2400.

Who is eligible?

• For-profit businesses (legal entities) registered to carry out business in Ontario.
• Businesses in the advanced manufacturing sector, including aerospace, automotive, chemical, information and communications technology (ICT), life sciences, and steel manufacturing.
• Businesses located in, or planning to locate in, a community in Ontario.

Who is not eligible

• Sole Proprietorships, Charities, Distributors, and Start-ups.
• Companies related to a current recipient through a parent or ownership.
• Businesses previously approved for a project under the Regional Development Program until that project has been successfully completed.
• Applications submitted by a third party on behalf of an applicant will not be considered.

Eligible expenses

• Project facilities and infrastructure, including approved construction, facility modifications or upgrades, site servicing, and power service upgrades required to execute the project.
• Equipment and machinery necessary for the successful completion of the project, including new technology and new high-performance equipment and machinery.
• One-time labour directly related to project costs and incremental specialized labour directly related to the project, including research and development, for up to two years.
• Direct materials necessary for the completion of the project, including materials for configuring and testing production processes and systems, training employees, and prototypes.
• Specialized expertise, training and talent costs, and permits, inspections, and other fees directly attributable to the project.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Ongoing operations, including maintenance and capital replacement, and refinancing of existing business operations.
• Acquisitions and buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring or relocating to other jurisdictions within Ontario.
• Primary production such as mining, agriculture, or forestry; retail; construction; personal services; consulting; electricity generation; waste management; and recycling.
• Purchase of land or buildings, landscaping and staff parking lots, and the purchase, lease, or operation of vehicles or off-site equipment.
• Ongoing operational and production labour, materials used for the regular production of saleable items, consultant costs for a funding application, travel, hospitality, meal and incidental expenses, and debt service, taxes, or marketing, sales, distribution, or shipping costs.

• Alignment with program objectives related to technology adoption, productivity, innovation, improved competitiveness, growth and reshoring.
• Extent to which government support improves project outcomes and/or impacts the project’s scope or timelines.
• Return on investment to Ontario and broad economic benefits, such as sector or cluster impacts, stronger value or supply chains, partnering with research institutions, and regional impact.
• Job creation and/or upskilling outcomes.
• Project risks, including management, financial and market risks.

• Speak with a provincial government advisor about your project.
• Access the eligibility checklist and application form on Transfer Payment Ontario; you can preview the questions in the Central Forms Repository.
• Complete Part 1 – Eligibility Checklist; only applicants that answer yes to all questions in Part 1 may proceed to Part 2 – Application Form.
• Complete Part 2 and upload the completed form to Transfer Payment Ontario, making sure the TPON file number matches the number shown in the upper-right corner of the form.
• Include all required attachments and submit the complete application during the intake period before the deadline.

• If approved, applicants will be required to enter into a funding agreement with terms and conditions satisfactory to the Government of Ontario.
• Before funding is disbursed, companies must meet disbursement conditions, including evidence of project financing and insurance.
• Recipients must meet annual reporting requirements, including providing financial statements, and additional reporting or a third-party auditor’s certificate may be required.
• Funding agreements may require full or partial repayment if performance measures are not met, including job, investment, payroll, and Ontario footprint commitments.
• Following submission of a signed application, applicants are subject to compliance checks, and incomplete applications or projects with material changes after the application period may be deferred to the next intake period.

• AMIC is a competitive, discretionary, non-entitlement program, and funding is provided only to the strongest applicants.
• Being advised to apply or submitting an application does not guarantee funding or services, even if the application meets program objectives and eligibility criteria.
• Complementary supports and services may be available when you submit a completed application, and these services are available for the duration of your project regardless of the funding outcome.
• Approved projects will be the subject of public announcements, and funding agreements may be made available for public inspection with commercially sensitive information redacted.