AI and digital funding for Canadian businesses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Accelerate Digital Adoption Projects Tomorrow (ADAPT) Fund
For-profit NWT businesses can get a small amount of funding each year to adopt digital technologies.