Grants for businesses in Canada
Our list has 1,196 grant programs open to businesses in Canada: 187 across the country, the others specific to one province or territory. Money paid for a project that you do not pay back, often a share of the costs.
By province or territory
Main agencies
- Gouvernement du Québec220
- Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable37
- Canada Council for the Arts28
- Government of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada24
- Ville de Montréal22
- Énergir21
- Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage16
- Ministère de la Culture et des Communications16
- ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable15
- Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs14
List updated on October 4, 2026.
All programs
1,196 programs
- Financial assistance for large industrial projects to implement greenhouse gas emission reduction measuresMinistère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des ParcsGrantup to $80,000,000
- Financial assistance for large-scale northern projectsSociété du Plan NordGrantup to $60,000,000
- Financial assistance for a major industrial projectMinistère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des ParcsGrantup to $60,000,000
- Alberta Petrochemical Industry Incentive ProgramGovernment of AlbertaGrantup to $50,000,000
- Innovation GrantGovernment of Alberta, Ministry of Treasury and FinanceGrantup to $50,000,000
- Financial assistance for a project to implement thermal waste recovery infrastructureGouvernement du QuébecGrantup to $40,000,000
- Building Safe Communities Fund (BSCF)Ministry of Public SecurityGrantup to $37,400,000
- BDC Capital — Growth Capital and Business Transfer — Business AcquisitionGovernment of Canada, Business Development Bank of CanadaGrantup to $35,000,000
- BDC Capital — Growth Capital and Business Transfer — Working CapitalGovernment of Canada, Business Development Bank of CanadaGrantup to $35,000,000
- Agriculture Financial Services Corporation — LoansAgriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)Grantup to $30,000,000
- Fonds signature métropole (FSM)Envoi du dossier de candidatureGrantup to $25,000,000
- Government assistance for public transitministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durableGrantup to $20,000,000
- FRS — Diversification Fund for a Strong Canada - Adapting, reorienting and diversifying the Canadian economyGovernment of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $20,000,000
- SRF — Strategic Response FundGovernment of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $20,000,000
- NRC IRAP — Collaboration and Networking ProjectsGovernment of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $20,000,000
- SRF — Business Innovation and Growth ProjectsGovernment of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $20,000,000
- Ministerial Initiative to Support Agricultural Sector CompetitivenessLa Financière agricole du Québec (FADQ)Grantup to $20,000,000
- CERS — Funding for organizations that support businesses — Non-profit organizationsGovernment of Canada, FedDev OntarioGrantup to $10,000,000
- CERI — Business FundingGovernment of Canada, FedDev OntarioGrantup to $10,000,000
- Alberta Agricultural Products Processing Investment Tax CreditGovernment of AlbertaGrantup to $10,000,000
- ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation StreamGouvernement du Québec, Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des ParcsGrantup to $10,000,000
- Southern Ontario Tariff Response Regional Initiative — for organizationsGovernment of Canada, FedDev OntarioGrantup to $10,000,000
- Southern Ontario Defence Investment Regional InitiativeGovernment of Canada, FedDev OntarioGrantup to $10,000,000
- British Columbia Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRII) — for-profitCanada Economic Development for Pacific RegionsGrantup to $10,000,000
- British Columbia Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTR) — non-profitCanada Economic Development for Pacific RegionsGrantup to $10,000,000
- Value-Added Agriculture Incentive Measures in SaskatchewanGovernment of SaskatchewanGrantup to $10,000,000
- NRC IRAP Financial AssistanceGovernment of Canada, National Research Council CanadaGrantup to $10,000,000
- Agri-marketing ProgramGovernment of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaGrantup to $10,000,000
- AgriScience Program – projects — non-profitGovernment of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaGrantup to $10,000,000
- Agri-Science Program – projects — for-profit sectorGovernment of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaGrantup to $10,000,000
- Support for scaling up mineral processing or primary transformation for critical and strategic mineralsTransmettre les documentsGrantup to $10,000,000
- Financial assistance for an innovation project for clean fuel productionMinistère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des ParcsGrantup to $6,000,000
- Diversified Inclusion and Economic Evolution in the North — Non-profit organizationGovernment of Canada, Canadian Economic Development Agency for the NorthGrantup to $6,000,000
- Diversified Inclusion and Economic Evolution in the North — Non-profit organizationGovernment of Canada, Canadian Economic Development Agency for the NorthGrantup to $6,000,000
- Financial assistance for a project to implement standard greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction measuresMinistère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des ParcsGrantup to $5,000,000
- Sustainable Development Technology FundSustainable Development Technology CanadaGrantup to $5,000,000
- Prairie Regional Tariff Response Initiative (PRTRI) — non-profitраPrairie Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $5,000,000
- PrairiesCan — Regional economic development through innovation — Business expansion and productivityGovernment of Canada, Prairies Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $5,000,000
- PrairiesCan — regional economic development through innovation — Artificial Intelligence Regional Initiative (AIRI) — for-profitGovernment of Canada, Prairies Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $5,000,000
- PrairiesCan — regional economic development through innovation — Artificial Intelligence Regional Initiative (AIRI) — non-profitGovernment of Canada, Prairies Economic Development CanadaGrantup to $5,000,000
- Agri-competitiveness ProgramGovernment of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaGrantup to $5,000,000
- Regional Development Program — Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Competitiveness StreamGovernment of Ontario, Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeGrantup to $5,000,000
- Northern Ontario Investment Program — Investment — Establishment StreamGovernment of Ontario, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund CorporationGrantup to $5,000,000
- Financial assistance for infrastructure and equipment in the maritime, aviation, and rail sectorsministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durableGrantup to $4,000,000
- Critical and Strategic Minerals Clean Scientific Research Network Project Support ProgramJoin the Mines Service CentreGrantup to $4,000,000
- Innovation Rebate ProgramGovernment of Nova Scotia, Invest Nova ScotiaGrantup to $3,750,000
- Financial assistance for the development of active transportation in urban areasDeadline and submission proceduresGrantup to $3,000,000
- Financial assistance for the maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructureMinistère des Transports et de la Mobilité durableGrantup to $3,000,000
- TACC Ordinary LoanTale'awtxw Aboriginal Capital CorporationGrantup to $3,000,000
- Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program — Collaboration ProjectsGovernment of Ontario, Ministry of Natural ResourcesGrantup to $3,000,000
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