Grants, contributions and financial assistance

​Ville de Montréal
Obtain financial assistance of up to $250,000 per building to renovate and modernize your commercial spaces located on an artery that has undergone major underground infrastructure work.

​CEIM
Get coaching and the opportunity to access up to $35,000 in financial assistance to accelerate the planning, implementation or commercialization of your innovative artificial intelligence project. 

​Scale AI
Get funding to cover up to 50% of the costs of collaborative projects that accelerate the adoption or commercialization of artifical intelligence (AI) for supply chains, when your SME partners with other Scale AI members.

Native Commercial Credit Corporation
Get a non-refundable contribution of up to $99,999 for business start-up or expansion, marketing, project management, professional advisory services, and development of a business plan, marketing plan or feasibility studies.

Native Commercial Credit Corporation
Get a non-refundable contribution of up to $1 million for businesses owned by a First Nation, the Native Alliance of Quebec, or by one of their members. Funds can be used for business start-up or expansion, marketing, project management, professional advisory services, and development of a business plan, marketing plan or feasibility studies.

National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association (NACCA)
Get a non-repayable contribution of up to $99,999 for business planning, acquisitions, expansion, domestic or export marketing, new product or process development, introducing new technologies and more.

Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones
Your for-profit or non-profit Indigenous organization could be eligible for a grant for its economic development project.

Natural Products Canada
Canadian SMEs or start-up companies can receive up to 40% of the cost of a new employee’s salary to a maximum of $75,000 in order to carry out a project that supports the development of a natural product or technology.

​PME  MTL et MEDTEQ+
Get coaching and start-up financing to develop your business in the health technology field.

​Ville de Laval
Get support and a grant of up to $125,000 for your Laval company's digital transformation project.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Up to $1 million over five years for not-for-profit organizations to help industry develop and adopt systems, standards and tools to support health and safety claims about Canadian agricultural and agri-food products.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Get up to $50,000 to implement third-party assurance certification projects that will help your company address international market requirements.

Agriculture and Agri-Food
Your not-for-profit organization can get a maximum of 70% funding of eligible costs on projects that focus on consumer awareness, sector awareness, and environmental sustainability, to build public trust within the agriculture sector. 

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
National associations and Indigenous groups can apply for up to $5 million over 5 years to cover 70% of the costs of activities that help the agricultural sector to leverage, coordinate and build on existing capacity; enhance safety; adapt to changing commercial and regulatory environments; seize new opportunities; share best practices; and provide mentorship opportunities.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Not-for-profit organizations can get up to $1 million in funding over 5 years for projects that help under-represented groups (youth, women, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities) to pursue entrepreneurship, leadership and careers in agriculture and agri-food.

​Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If you are an agricultural producer facing significant revenue declines due to severe natural hazards., the interim insurance payments you receive from the government could increase from 50% to 75%, in accordance with the delivery of the program in your province/territory.

​Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
​Get up to $15,000 in matching contributions to set aside savings if you are an agricultural producer.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Get up to $2 million in financial support over five years to pursue new markets abroad.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Your association in the agriculture, agri-food, or agri-based products sector, including fish and seafood, could get a contribution of matching funds, up to $2 million/year, for projects that break down trade barriers and build market success.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Your not-for-profit organization can get up to $5 million over 5 years to fund 70% of the cost of pre-commercial scientific research in priority areas.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Your for-profit business can get up to $5 million over 5 years to fund 50% of the cost of pre-commercial scientific research in priority areas.

La Financière agricole
If your production margin falls below 70% of your reference margin, leading to a large decline in your farm income, get a payment of 75% of the difference.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Get a financial contribution to develop a transformative clean technology or to expand a current technology, in 1 of 3 priority areas: green energy and energy efficiency, precision agriculture, and bioeconomy. Use this support for pre-market innovation, including research, development, demonstration and commercialization activities.

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
Receive up to $100,000 for food-related diagnostic studies.

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
Get up to $150,000 for the development or modification of a health food product.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Need R&D help for a business problem? Get support when you partner with a university researcher and make an in-kind contribution to a project that benefits Canada.

​Career Launcher
You can receive $5,000 to hire a first-year apprentice and $5,000 more for an equity-deserving apprentice, in one of the 39 Red Seal trades.

Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Receive funding of up to $50,000 per site to identify and quantify potential fossil fuel to bioenergy conversion measures and the costs to implement them that would reduce GHG emissions by using bioenergy for thermal power generation applications (heating or process) to replace fossil fuels.

Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get financing of up to $5 million for a project that helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using bioenergy for thermal energy production applications (heating or process) with a view to replacing fossil fuels.

​BioTalent Canada
Get up to 50% (maximum $20,000) in wage subsidies for a three to nine-month job placement in the bio-economy to adopt a diverse and inclusive skilled labour.

​Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Get a subsidy to help lower the high costs associated with stocking and shipping various personal hygiene products and nutritious food to the North, including product purchasing costs, transportation, insurance and overhead. These savings can then be passed on to your customers.

Investissement Québec
Non-repayable contributions of $40,000 to $250,000 covering up to 10% of project costs for existing businesses and 15% for start-ups.

​Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your SME or non-profit is working on a project to become more environmentally friendly, improve productivity, strengthen commercialization or integrate with regional and global supply chains, you could get a contribution to help with some of the costs.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your company or not-for-profit organization is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you may be eligible for a contribution to cover some of the project costs.

​Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get a contribution for up to 100% of the project’s cost.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get a non-repayable contribution for up to 90% of the project’s cost.

Canadian Heritage
Contributions for ongoing production, marketing and distribution of Canadian-authored books, in Canada and globally.

Canadian Heritage
Contributions of up to $22,500 (typically $15,000) for internships in the book publishing, distribution, marketing, wholesale or retail sectors representing Canadian authors.

Canadian Heritage
Get a contribution of up to $1.2 million for a book industry project related to marketing, digital technology, professional-development and more.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Get financial support for your SME to adopt new technologies. Support for your businesse will be in the form of grants to offset the cost of retaining Digital Advisors who will develop digital adoption plans tailored to the business. The grant will cover 90% of the cost to develop the digital plan, up to $15,000. To support the implementation of the plan, your SME will be able to apply for a zero-interest loan from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) (up to $100,000) as well as a wage subsidy up to $7,300 for a youth placement.

​Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If your export-ready company features products from the agriculture and agri-food sectors, you can get funding to offset the cost of booth prices on a show-by-show basis when you exhibit at trade shows.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If you’re a not-for-profit or Indigenous organization working towards sustainability and competitiveness by adopting new technology or building capacity, get up to $1 million per project in cost-shared funding to cover up to 50% of eligible project costs in most cases, and up to 75% for high-priority projects for the sector.

​Global Affairs Canada, Trade Commissioner Service
Get up to $600,000 in funding to cover up to 50% of research and development project expenses while working with a foreign partner in Brazil, China, India, Israel or South Korea.

Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks
Is your next-generation communication solutions project ready for commercialization? You could qualify for commercialization support.

​Propulsion Québec
Receive up to $100,000 in financial assistance for the acquisition and installation of Level 2 charging stations, 20-49 kW fast charging stations and 50 kW fast charging stations in a fleet, workplace or public space.

Natural Resources Canada
Receive funding for capital clean fuel production projects, feasibility studies, basic engineering studies and detailed front-end engineering studies for the the new build or expansion of low carbon fuel production facilities.

​Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Get a grant of up to $150,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs for carrying out research and an innovation project to develop and grow products and services for which the start-up was created.

​Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Receive up to $350,000 in funding to cover up to 30% of eligible expenses for a product or process innovation project involving AI, from the planning stage through to real-life demonstration.

Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Receive up to $1.5 million in funding to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses for structuring projects that highlight collaborative research in AI by a cluster of companies that share project costs, benefits and intellectual property.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Your business can partner with college researchers who are eligible to apply for grants for social innovation projects that are conducted in partnership with public, private or not-for-profit sector organizations.