Canadian Funding Programs

A growing catalog of individual funding programs for Canadian businesses, each with eligibility, funding amounts, and a link to the official source. Every program is labelled by its true funding type, grant, tax credit, repayable contribution, or subsidy, so you know exactly what you're applying for.

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Open Repayable contribution (interest-free, unsecured) Atlantic Canada

ACOA Business Development Program (BDP)

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Non-repayable contribution Canada

AgriMarketing Program

Up to $2 million per year, to a maximum of $10 million over 5 years

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Non-repayable contribution Canada

AgriScience Program — Projects Component

Up to $5 million per project and $10 million per applicant

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable) British Columbia

BC Conservation and Biodiversity Awards

$10,000 to $50,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable, training cost-share) Manitoba

Building Up Manitoba Program (BUMP)

50% cost-shared. Up to $10,000 per employee under the Employee Training stream and/or up to $25,000 under the Human Resources Strategy Development stream, to a maximum of $100,000 across both.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable, training cost-share) Alberta

Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant (CAPG)

Employers pay half: government contributes 50% of training cost to a maximum of $5,000 per employed trainee per fiscal year, or up to 75% to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee when training an unemployed Albertan. Maximum $100,000 per employer per fiscal year.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Government-backed loan (repayable) Canada

Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP)

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Repayable and non-repayable contribution Canada

Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP)

Normally up to $1 million per project, and generally not more than $5 million per applicant over 5 years. AAFC covers a maximum of 50% of eligible costs.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Repayable contribution (interest-free) Quebec

Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII)

SMEs: interest-free repayable support up to 50% of authorized costs. Non-profits: generally non-repayable up to 90%.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Low-interest loan (repayable) Canada

Apartment Construction Loan Program (ACLP)

Minimum loan $1,000,000; minimum 5 rental units

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable) British Columbia

Community Workforce Response Grant

Up to $11,000 per participant

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable) Manitoba

Manitoba Innovation Growth Program (IGP)

Non-repayable grant of up to $100,000 per project, cost-shared 50/50

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable, held by the researcher) Canada

NSERC Alliance Grants

$20,000 to $1 million per year, for 1 to 5 years

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Refundable tax credit Ontario

Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit (OMMITC)

15% of eligible expenditures up to a $20 million annual limit, for a maximum credit of $3 million a year (rate was 10% and $2 million before 15 May 2025)

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant or loan (partly forgivable) Ontario

Ontario Together Trade Fund (OTTF)

Typically 10–20% of eligible costs to a maximum of $5 million. Up to 75% only for projects demonstrating exceptional benefit to Ontario.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable) Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF)

Non-repayable grants of up to $450,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Investor tax credit (45%) Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive (STSI)

45% tax credit to investors. An eligible startup can raise a maximum of $2 million under the program; an investor can earn up to $225,000 in credits per annual investment and claim a maximum of $140,000 per tax year.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Contribution (terms set per project) Canada

Strategic Response Fund (SRF)

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Open Grant (non-repayable) Alberta

Water Program — On-farm water supply

Up to $20,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Non-repayable contribution Canada

AgriCompetitiveness Program

Up to $1,000,000 per year, to a maximum of $5 million over 5 years. Activities by a national fair normally do not exceed $100,000 per year or $500,000 over 5 years.

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Non-repayable contribution Canada

AgriDiversity Program

Up to $200,000 per year, to a maximum of $1 million per project

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Alberta

Alberta Innovates Micro Voucher Program

Up to $10,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Alberta

Alberta Innovates Product Demonstration Program

Up to $150,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable, challenge-based) Canada

Housing Supply Challenge

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) British Columbia

First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund — Equity Funding

Up to $500,000 for equity funding; up to $50,000 for capacity funding

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Between challenges — no funding opportunity currently open Grant (non-repayable, challenge-based) Canada

Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC)

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Non-repayable contribution Canada

Local Food Infrastructure Fund

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Nova Scotia

On-Farm Resiliency Program

Not specified

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Repayable contribution British Columbia

Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) — British Columbia

$200,000 to $5 million per project

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Ontario

Rural Economic Development program — Economic Diversification and Competitiveness Stream

Up to $150,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Ontario

Rural Economic Development program — Strategic Economic Infrastructure Stream

Up to $250,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Ontario

Summer Company

Up to $3,000

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026
Closed Grant (non-repayable) Canada

Universal Broadband Fund

Up to 90% of eligible project costs

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Verified against the official source August 10, 2026

Statuses come from each program's official page, checked by a person — how we verify.

This is a reference catalogue. For the programs we manage end to end, with a full guide on each, see the programs we manage.

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