Canadian business grants and funding finder
Find Canadian funding programs by province and purpose, with every entry linked to its source.
50 programs listed
Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentives
Businesses doing eligible research and development in Canada can earn an investment tax credit, claimed with their income tax return.
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) financial support
Technology-driven small and medium businesses can get project funding and advisor support to research, develop and commercialize products and services.
Canada Small Business Financing Program
Small businesses and start-ups can borrow through their own financial institution under a federally registered loan program.
BDC Small Business Loan
Established, profitable Canadian businesses can apply online for a term loan from the federal development bank.
Futurpreneur Startup Program
Young founders who are citizens or permanent residents can get startup loan financing to launch a new business.
Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
Women entrepreneurs can borrow from delivery organizations to start or grow a business.
Innovative Solutions Canada
Small businesses can compete on government-set challenges to build prototypes, or have the government buy an innovation to test it in real settings.
Student Work Placement Program
Employers can get a wage subsidy for offering work placements to post-secondary students.
Regional Tariff Response Initiative (Prairies)
Prairie businesses hit by tariffs can get money for day-to-day operations and for projects that help them adapt to trade disruption.
Regional Tariff Response Initiative in the North
Northern businesses affected by tariffs can get money for liquidity needs and for projects that help them pivot.
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Prairies)
Prairie businesses can get support to adopt AI or to bring Canadian AI products and services to market.
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic small and medium businesses can submit an expression of interest for repayable funding to adopt or deploy AI.
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Quebec)
Quebec small and medium businesses can get repayable support to develop, sell or adopt AI.
Business Development Program
Atlantic entrepreneurs can get interest-free funding to start, modernize or grow a business.
Business Scale-up and Productivity (Northern Ontario)
Northern Ontario small and medium businesses can seek generally repayable project funding, though the budget is limited because of high demand.
Business Scale-up and Productivity (Prairies)
Fast-growing Prairie companies producing innovative goods, services or technologies can seek interest-free repayable funding to scale up.
B.C. manufacturing and processing investment tax credit
Manufacturers can claim a refundable credit on property used primarily to make or process goods for sale or lease in B.C.
Small Business Venture Capital Program
B.C. small businesses can attract equity because individual investors earn a provincial tax credit through a venture capital or eligible business corporation.
B.C. Employer Training Grant
B.C. employers can be reimbursed for most of the cost of short training for their employees or for unemployed people.
Alberta Export Expansion Program
Export-ready Alberta companies can get help with travel and registration costs for trade events in new markets.
Venture Development Grant
High-growth Alberta technology ventures can get a cost-shared grant; this program replaced the Alberta Innovates Voucher Program.
Innovation Employment Grant
Corporations doing research and development in Alberta can claim a grant through their corporate tax return.
Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant
Alberta employers can have part of their employee training costs covered if they apply before training starts.
Alberta Manufacturing Productivity Grant
Alberta manufacturers can get matching money for technology upgrades and new machinery under a two-year pilot.
Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive (STSI)
Saskatchewan tech startups can attract early-stage money because their local investors earn a large provincial tax credit.
Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Tax Credit
Saskatchewan manufacturers in listed sectors can raise equity from investors who earn a non-refundable provincial tax credit under a three-year pilot.
Manitoba Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
Corporations in Manitoba building interactive products such as games, simulators or e-learning can claim a credit on qualifying labour and some marketing costs.
Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit
Pre-approved Manitoba private corporations can raise equity from investors who earn a non-refundable provincial tax credit.
Trade Resilience Loan Program
Tariff-affected Manitoba businesses can apply for a repayable provincial loan.
Paid Work Experience Tax Credits
Manitoba employers can claim a refundable credit on wages paid to co-op students, recent co-op graduates, apprentices and journeypersons.
Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit
Corporations can claim a credit on buildings, machinery and equipment used for manufacturing or processing in Ontario.
Ontario innovation tax credit
Qualifying corporations doing research in Ontario can claim a refundable credit with their T2 return.
Starter Company Plus
Ontario adults starting, growing or buying a small business can get a small grant alongside local support.
ESSOR Volet 1: support for carrying out investment projects
Quebec businesses can get non-repayable help with feasibility studies, digital diagnostics and digital plan rollout.
ESSOR Volet 2: investment projects for productivity and expansion
Quebec businesses investing in capacity, modernization or technological transition can get a loan or guarantee, and in some cases a contribution.
ESSOR Volet 4: support for internationalization
Quebec businesses setting up structured projects abroad, such as sales offices or distribution networks, can get a loan or guarantee.
Tax credit for R&D, innovation and pre-commercialization (CRIC)
Qualified corporations can claim a refundable credit on R&D and pre-commercialization work carried out in Quebec.
Small Business Investor Tax Credit
New Brunswick private companies can raise money from investors who earn a non-refundable provincial tax credit.
Innovation Voucher Fund
Established New Brunswick companies can get a cost-shared voucher for an innovative project.
Innovation Rebate Program
Nova Scotia companies with approved scale-up projects can get a rebate on direct project costs.
Export Development Program
Nova Scotia businesses selling outside the province can offset the cost of export projects.
PEI Labour Rebate
Island businesses can get a refundable rebate on new jobs tied to products or services sold mainly outside PEI.
Entrepreneur Loan Program
New and established PEI businesses can get provincial financing to start, improve or expand.
Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit
Individuals, corporations and partners doing qualifying research in the province can claim a refundable credit.
Business Investment Program
Small and medium enterprises in strategic sectors can apply for a repayable provincial term loan.
Job Accelerator and Growth Program
Companies creating many well-paid new jobs can earn a non-repayable annual payroll rebate for three years.
Economic Development Fund
Yukon businesses and organizations can get funding for planning, marketing, capacity and capital projects with lasting local benefit.
Entrepreneur Support (SEED)
NWT entrepreneurs and small businesses can get funding for start-up, expansion, market development and capacity building.
Accelerate Digital Adoption Projects Tomorrow (ADAPT) Fund
For-profit NWT businesses can get a small amount of funding each year to adopt digital technologies.
Small Business Opportunities Fund (Small Business Support Program)
Nunavut small businesses and residents can get contributions toward planning, start-up, expansion and marketing costs.
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