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Top recommendations (65)

Ontario Job Grant (OJG)
Provincial · Up to $10,000/trainee ($15,000 for previously unemployed new hires)
Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP)
Federal · Up to $1.15M
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Federal · Up to $10M
Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED)
Federal · 35% refundable on up to $6M of qualified expenditures (CCPCs); 15% for others
CanExport SMEs
Federal · Up to $50,000 per project (was previously higher max)
Starter Company Plus
Provincial · Up to $5,000
Futurpreneur Canada
Federal · Up to $75,000 combined ($20,000 Futurpreneur + up to $55,000 BDC co-lending)
Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant (CAPG)
Provincial · Up to $10,000 per trainee; $100,000/employer/year
EDC Export Guarantee Program
Federal · Guarantees up to 75% of bank financing (facilities up to US$25M)
Black Entrepreneurship Program (BEP)
Federal · Up to $250,000 loan; grant amounts vary
BDC Pivot to Grow Loan
Federal · Loans $250,000–$5M. Second $500M liquidity stream announced Aug 25, 2026 for working capital where cash flow is hit by US tariffs; interest-only payments over 36 months.
BDC Steel, Aluminum and Copper Support Program
Federal · $2M–$50M loans (total envelope: $1B over the program life)
EDC Trade Impact Program (TIP)
Federal · Varies (credit insurance, financing guarantees)
Work-Sharing Program (Enhanced)
Federal · Up to 55% of employees' insurable earnings
NRC IRAP AI Assist Program
Federal · Up to $500,000
NRC IP Assist Program
Federal · Up to ~$51,000 across three sequential levels
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII)
Federal · Up to $3,000,000 (varies by RDA)
ESSOR Volet 1 — Appui à la concrétisation de projets d'investissement (Quebec)
Provincial · Up to $50,000 (1A), $20,000 (1B), $50,000 (1C), all at 50%
Impulsion PME (Quebec)
Provincial · Min $250,000; max $1M general ($750K Montreal CMA; $2M biopharma)
BC Employer Training Grant
Provincial · Up to $300,000/year per employer
Alberta Innovation Employment Grant
Provincial · Up to 20% of qualifying R&D expenditures
ElevateIP Program
Federal · Up to $50,000 cash + IP advisory services
NSERC Alliance Advantage Grants
Federal · $20,000–$1,000,000/yr (NSERC share)
BC Hydro Business Energy Savings & Incentives (BESI)
Provincial (Utility) · Varies — up to $500,000+ for large projects
BC Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (IDMTC)
Provincial · 25% of eligible salary and wages (was 17.5% before Sept 2025)
Export Navigator Program (BC)
Provincial · Free advisory program (no direct grant)
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF)
Provincial · Up to $1,500,000
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF)
Provincial · Up to $1,500,000
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC)
Provincial · 40% of eligible Ontario labour (own IP); 35% fee-for-service and qualifying digital game corporations
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) — Vouchers and Co-Investment
Provincial · C2C vouchers $20,000-$30,000 (matched); Ready 4 Market co-investment up to $250,000
Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit
Provincial · 15% of qualifying capital expenditures (was 10% before May 15, 2025); up to $3M credit per year
PSCE — Programme de soutien à la commercialisation et à l'exportation (Quebec)
Provincial · Up to $100,000
PARTENAR-IA — Projets d'adoption de l'IA en entreprise (Quebec)
Provincial · Up to $1,500,000 (PROMPT stream)
Mon succes numerique (Reseau des CCTT)
Provincial · Up to $15,750
Subvention salariale (Services Quebec)
Provincial · Up to 50% of wages for up to 52 weeks
Crédit d’impôt pour le développement des affaires électroniques intégrant l’IA (CDAEIA) - Quebec
Provincial · 30% of eligible wages (22% refundable in 2026, stepping to 20% refundable by 2028; balance non-refundable)
Efficiency Manitoba Commercial and Industrial Programs
Provincial (Utility) · Varies by program (audits, lighting, retrofits)
Manitoba Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (IDMTC)
Provincial · 40% of eligible Manitoba labour (35% stream for large non-resident payrolls)
Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF)
Provincial · Up to $450,000 (lifetime per lead proponent)
Agtech Growth Fund (AGF, Saskatchewan)
Provincial · Up to $450,000 (non-repayable)
Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive (STSI)
Provincial · 45% tax credit to investors in eligible Saskatchewan tech companies
NS Productivity and Innovation Voucher (PIV)
Provincial · Up to $25,000 (two tiers)
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) — R&D Program
Provincial · Innovation Voucher: 80% of costs up to $80,000; Emerging Concepts and Technologies grants up to $150,000
Finance PEI - Business Loans and Entrepreneur Loan
Provincial · Term loans for capital assets; Entrepreneur Loan up to $100,000
PEI Innovation Fund
Provincial · Up to $50,000 (50% of eligible costs), once per product
Newfoundland and Labrador Business Growth Program
Provincial · Up to $200,000 (standard) or up to $750,000 (Development and Commercialization stream)
CanExport Innovation
Federal · Up to $37,500 (75% of a max $50,000 project budget)
Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund (BELF)
Federal · Up to $250,000
Ontario Achievement Incentive - Apprenticeship Employer Grant
Provincial · Up to $17,000 per apprentice across milestones
Programme innovation - Investissement Québec
Provincial · Varies by volet; grants and loans for innovation projects
Crédit d’impôt pour la recherche, l’innovation et la commercialisation (CRIC) - Quebec
Provincial · 30% refundable on first $1M of qualified expenditures above exclusion threshold; 20% above $1M
Alberta Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit
Provincial · 12% non-refundable tax credit on agri-processing capital investment ($10M minimum investment)
Ontario SR&ED Provincial Tax Credit
Provincial · OITC 10% refundable (CCPCs) + ORDTC 3.5% non-refundable (all corporations)
BC SR&ED Provincial Tax Credit
Provincial · 10% of qualifying BC SR&ED expenditures (refundable for CCPCs and eligible Canadian public corporations)
Manitoba SR&ED Provincial Tax Credit
Provincial · 15% of qualifying Manitoba R&D expenditures (7.5% refundable for in-house R&D; fully refundable with an eligible research institute contract)
Atlantic SR&ED - NS/NB/NL Provincial Components
Provincial · 15% of eligible provincial R&D expenditures, fully refundable (NS, NB, NL)
Futurpreneur Indigenous Entrepreneur Startup Program
Federal · Up to $75,000 in startup loan financing
ACOA Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP)
Federal · $50,000–$3,000,000
Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) — Core
Federal-Provincial · Varies by province — $5,000–$500,000
Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI)
Federal (regionally delivered) · $3.45B national envelope over 4 years. Expanded Aug 25, 2026: +$1.5B effective September 2026. Cap on non-repayable contributions raised from $1M to $3M; liquidity support up to $2M now included.
Food Security Fund (under Regional Tariff Response Initiative)
Federal (regionally delivered) · Carve-out of $150M (3-year envelope) within RTRI
Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
Federal · Up to $5,000 per student placement (50% of gross wages)
NSERC Applied Research and Development (ARD) Grants
Federal · Up to $150,000/yr for up to 3 years ($450K total NSERC share)
BDC LIFT (AI Adoption Financing)
Federal · Loans $25,000 to $5,000,000
Trans Num (ADRIQ) — Accompagnement en transformation numérique (Quebec)
Provincial · Up to $25,000 (50% of eligible professional fees)

Strong matches (76)

Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES)
Federal · Varies by stream; ecosystem grants up to $3M
Mitacs Programs (Accelerate / Elevate)
Federal · $7,500–$15,000/internship (Accelerate); $60,000/fellow (Elevate)
FedDev Ontario
Federal · $250,000–$10M+
PrairiesCan
Federal · $50,000–$5M+
ACOA (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
Federal · $10,000–$5M+
Innovate BC
Provincial · Varies by program ($10K–$500K)
Alberta Innovates
Provincial · $15,000–$3M+ depending on stream
Saskatchewan STEP Grant
Provincial · Up to $10,000 per year
AgriInvest / AgriStability (SCAP Agriculture)
Federal-Provincial · Varies (income-based)
Community Futures (CFDCs)
Federal (Regional Delivery) · Up to $150,000
Nova Scotia Business Fund
Provincial · Up to $5M
Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC)
Federal · Phase 1: $150,000 | Phase 2: $1,000,000
Alberta Manufacturing Productivity Grant (AMPG)
Provincial · Up to $30,000
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program (AEP)
Federal · Up to $99,999 (individual) / $250,000 (community business)
Ontario Together Trade Fund
Provincial-Federal · Up to $5,000,000 per business (program total expanded to $150M over 3 years)
Scale AI — Sector Adoption Projects
Federal · Up to $5,000,000
Canada Media Fund (CMF) — English Development
Federal · $10,000–$500,000 depending on stream
AAFC AgriMarketing Program
Federal · SMEs: normally up to $100,000 (70% cost share); associations: larger multi-year projects
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) — Agriculture and Food Financing
Federal · Up to $25,000,000
Business Women in International Trade (BWIT)
Federal · Up to $20,000 (trade mission funding)
Innovate BC — Venture Acceleration Program
Provincial · Up to $20,000 advisory + match
Creative BC — Development Fund
Provincial · Up to $100,000
Film Incentive BC (FIBC)
Provincial · 35% basic + up to 17.5% in regional/distance bonuses
Alberta Export Expansion Program (AEEP)
Provincial · Up to $10,000
Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC) — Business Energy Efficiency
Provincial · Up to $500,000
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) — Loans and Advisory
Provincial · Loans up to $150,000 (larger amounts via lending partners)
Alberta Film and Television Tax Credit
Provincial · 22% base + up to 4% bonus for productions in Edmonton, Lethbridge, etc.
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) — Business Loans
Provincial · Up to $10,000,000
Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC) Stream
Provincial · Grants up to $1,500,000 (15% of eligible costs); loans up to $5,000,000
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)
Provincial · Up to $1,500,000
Rural Ontario Development (ROD) Program
Provincial · Up to $250,000
Ontario Business Research Institute Tax Credit (OBRITC)
Provincial · 20% of eligible contract R&D with Ontario universities/hospitals
SODEC — Développement et Production Cinéma et Télévision
Provincial · Varies by stream ($15,000–$500,000+)
Technoclimat — Technologies de réduction des émissions de GES (Quebec)
Provincial · Up to 50% of eligible costs (max $5,000,000)
Fonds Écoleader — Éco-performance des entreprises (Quebec)
Provincial · Up to $50,000
Fonds local d'investissement (FLI) — Quebec
Provincial (Regional) · $25,000–$250,000
Manitoba Film and TV Tax Credit
Provincial · 45% of eligible Manitoba labour (65% for rural/Indigenous)
Manitoba Export Development Program (EDP)
Provincial · Up to $30,000 per year
Creative Saskatchewan — Production Grant
Provincial · Up to $30,000 (Indigenous); up to $15,000 (general)
Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit (SFETC)
Provincial · 35% of eligible Saskatchewan labour costs
Saskatchewan Tourism Opportunity Fund
Provincial · Up to $25,000
STEP Market Diversification Program (MDP) — Saskatchewan
Provincial · Annual cap $2,500 (Pre-Market member) to $10,000 (Premium member); $6,000 for non-members
Nova Scotia Film and TV Production Incentive Fund
Provincial · Up to 25% of eligible NS production expenditures
Nova Scotia Equity Tax Credit
Provincial · 35% tax credit to NS investors in eligible NS companies
NS Export Development Program
Provincial · Up to $15,000 per fiscal year; up to $25,000 for priority-sector companies
NB Film, TV and Digital Media Tax Credit
Provincial · 25% of eligible NB labour costs
Small Business Export and Market Development Program (Opportunities NB)
Provincial · Up to $30,000
NL Business Investment Program (BIP)
Provincial · Term loans and equity investment
Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation (NLFDC)
Provincial · Up to 40% of eligible NL labour; development grants $5,000–$25,000
Yukon Economic Development Fund (EDF)
Territorial · Up to $500,000 (Tier 3)
Prosper NWT — Business Loans
Territorial · Term loans up to $5,000,000 per business enterprise
BDC Financing — Small Business Loan and Growth Capital
Federal · Up to $100,000 online loan; larger financing to $35M via Growth and Transition Capital
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) — Industry Projects
Federal · Up to $10,000,000
Ocean Supercluster — Industry Projects
Federal · Up to $5,000,000
Protein Industries Supercluster — Industry Projects
Federal · Up to $5,000,000
BDC Clean Technology Practice — Financing
Federal · Up to $10,000,000
Ontario Tourism Innovation Fund
Provincial · Up to $250,000
FedNor — Business and Regional Development
Federal · Up to $1,000,000
Fonds de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC Fonds)
Provincial · Up to $500,000
Programme Exportation Internationale — Chambre de commerce du Montréal
Regional · Up to $10,000 export support
BC Indigenous Business Fund
Provincial · Up to $50,000
BC Agri-Business Planning Program
Provincial · Up to $10,000
Alberta Indigenous Business Loans (AFSC Indigenous Lending)
Provincial · Up to $5,000,000
Alberta Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (AIDMTC)
Provincial · 25% of eligible Alberta labour costs
NB Agricultural Development Board (ADB) — Business Loans
Provincial · Up to $2,000,000
Employer Wage Incentive — Workforce Expansion (New Brunswick)
Provincial · Wage subsidy; rate and duration not published on the official page
Digital Technology Supercluster — Industry Projects
Federal · Up to $5,000,000
Accelerate AB — Alberta Startup Ecosystem
Provincial · Up to $50,000 in programming and advisory
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) — Food Tech Projects
Federal · Up to $1,000,000
IESO Conservation and Demand Management (CDM) — Ontario Businesses
Provincial · Varies — $0.05–$0.12/kWh of electricity saved
Building Up Manitoba Program (BUMP)
Provincial · Up to $10,000/trainee
Atlantic Employer Training Programs (NS / NB / PE / NL)
Federal-Provincial · Up to $10,000/trainee
NRC IRAP — Defence Industry Assist (DI Assist)
Federal · Variable — part of $244.2M envelope
Worker Retention Grant (Work-Sharing Training Top-Up)
Federal · Top-up of employee income during reduced hours + training
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
Federal · Up to $6,750,000 across phased streams
Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF) — Agri-Food Programs
Provincial · Varies by stream; cost-shared on-farm and food-sector projects (Food Security Initiative envelope up to $120M)

Specialized programs (15)

CanNor (IDEANorth)
Federal · $10,000–$2M+
Strategic Response Fund (SRF) — Tariff Relief
Federal · Contributions $10M+ (projects $20M+)
Provincial Training Tax Credits
Provincial · 10–25% of eligible training costs
Telefilm Canada — Canada Feature Film Fund
Federal · $1,000,000–$5,000,000
Canadian Heritage — Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (BCAH)
Federal · $10,000–$200,000
BC Forestry Innovation Investment (FII) — Market Development
Provincial · Up to $500,000
Alberta Ecotrust Environmental Innovation Fund
Provincial · $10,000–$100,000
PEI Film and Television Production Incentive
Provincial · Up to 25% of eligible PEI production spending
Workforce Development Projects (SkillsPEI)
Provincial · Up to $5,000 per employee
NL Creative Industries Fund
Provincial · $5,000–$50,000
Nunavut Business Credit Corporation (NBCC)
Territorial · $150,000 to $5,000,000 per business enterprise
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN)
Federal · Up to $3,000,000
Programme Bioéconomie Forestière — Quebec
Provincial · Up to $500,000
BC Arts Council — Project Assistance
Provincial · $5,000–$100,000
Ontario Arts Council (OAC) — Business and Organizational Grants
Provincial · $5,000–$200,000

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