Business grants and funding in Saskatchewan
Programs specific to Saskatchewan, then federal programs open to Canadian businesses.
Saskatchewan programs
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 Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Prairies)
Prairie businesses can get support to adopt AI or to bring Canadian AI products and services to market.
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.
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.
Federal programs
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.