Canadian Business Resources

Federal Funding Opportunities (All-Region Access)

These programs apply to businesses in any province or territory.

• Business Benefits Finder: The essential "search engine" for every government grant and tax credit available to you.

• Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP): Funding for SMEs (under 500 employees) to develop or commercialize new technology.

• CanExport SMEs: Up to $50,000 for small businesses to expand into international markets.

Provincial & Territorial Funding Opportunities

Western Canada

• British Columbia: Innovate BC (Tech and R&D) & BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (Scaling production).

• Alberta: Alberta Innovates (Grants for product growth) & Business Link (Local expansion advisory).

• Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive (SCII) (Patent-box tax breaks) & Economic Development Programs.

• Manitoba: Manitoba Economic Development, Investment and Trade (Export and capital investment incentives).

Central Canada

• Ontario: Ontario Centres of Innovation (OCI) (Commercialization grants) & Starter Company Plus (Expansion grants).

• Quebec: Investissement Québec - ESSOR Program (Productivity and expansion financing).

Atlantic Canada

• New Brunswick: Opportunities NB (Growth capital and scaling support) & Impact Loan Program.

• Nova Scotia: Invest Nova Scotia (The central hub for provincial export and innovation grants).

• Prince Edward Island: Innovation PEI (Capital acquisition and innovation fund).

• Newfoundland & Labrador: Business Growth Program (Market expansion funding).

The Territories

• Yukon: Economic Development Fund (Sustainable growth projects) & dänä Näye Ventures (Indigenous and local business financing).

• Northwest Territories: Support for Entrepreneur and Economic Development (SEED) (Operational and market development grants).

• Nunavut:  Nunavut Business Credit Corporation (Large-scale debt financing).