Ontario business grants

106 federal and provincial funding programs available to businesses in Ontario — amounts, deadlines and what each one asks you to submit.

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NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program — Federal, up to $250K+
Mitacs Accelerate — Federal, up to $15,000 per 4-month internship unit (clusters of 2+ units typical)
NSERC Engage Grant — Federal, up to $25,000
WD Regional Innovation Ecosystems — Federal, up to $500,000+
ACOA Business Development Program — Federal, up to $500,000
FACIT Prospects Fund (OICR Commercialization Partner) — Ontario, up to $200,000
Regional AI Initiative — Federal, up to $3M
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy — Federal, up to $100,000
Innovative Solutions Canada — Federal, up to $1,000,000 (Phase 2)
Futurpreneur Canada Startup Program — Federal, up to $60,000 (loan + BDC co-loan)
NRC IRAP Youth Employment Program — Federal, up to $30,000 per hire (50% wage subsidy)
NSERC Alliance Grants — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
ElevateIP Intellectual Property Program — Federal, up to $100,000
Canada Small Business Financing Program — Federal, up to $1,150,000 ($1M term loan + $150K line of credit)
Agricultural Clean Technology Program — Federal, up to $2,000,000
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant — Federal, up to $50,000
FCM Green Municipal Fund — Federal, up to $5,000,000
Indigenous Growth Fund — Federal, up to $300,000
Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund — Federal, up to $250,000
NSERC Idea to Innovation Grants — Federal, up to $500,000
CanExport Innovation — Federal, up to $75,000
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship — Federal, up to $15,000 per project
Student Work Placement Program — Federal, up to $7,000 per student (70% for underrepresented)
BDC Tech Startup Loan — Federal, up to $150,000
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy — Federal, up to $7,500 per youth hire
Ontario Centres of Excellence Market Readiness — Ontario, up to $50,000
Ontario Together Trade Fund — Ontario, up to $5,000,000
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation — Ontario, up to $500,000
Ontario Scale-Up Voucher Program — Ontario, up to $50,000
Invest Ontario Incentives — Ontario, up to Varies by project size
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund — Ontario, up to $500,000
Digital Technology Supercluster — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
Scale AI Supercluster — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
Atlantic Innovation Fund — Federal, up to $3,000,000
ACOA Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
Social Finance Fund — Federal, up to $2,000,000
Export Development Canada Buyer Financing — Federal, up to Varies by deal size
Digital Technology Supercluster — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
Ocean Supercluster — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
Protein Industries Canada Supercluster — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
NGen Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster — Federal, up to $1,000,000+
Canadian Agricultural Partnership — Agri-Innovation — Federal, up to $500,000
NRC IRAP Clean Tech Accelerator — Federal, up to $500,000
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship — Federal, up to $130,000 per fellow per year (subsidized to $30K company cost)
Strategic Innovation Fund — Federal, up to $100,000,000+
Net Zero Accelerator Initiative — Federal, up to $500,000,000+
Sustainable Development Technology Canada — Federal, up to $5,000,000
Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program — Federal, up to $50,000,000
Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program — Federal, up to $5,000,000
Apprenticeship Service — Federal, up to $10,000
Enabling Accessibility Fund — Federal, up to $100,000
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program - Business Development — Federal, up to $99,999
Metis Capital Corporations Business Financing — Federal, up to $250,000
Creative Export Canada — Federal, up to $2,500,000
Canada Media Fund — Federal, up to $5,000,000
Canada Music Fund — Federal, up to $1,500,000
Canada Book Fund — Federal, up to $1,500,000
PrairiesCan - Regional Business Scale-Up and Productivity — Federal, up to $5,000,000
FedDev Ontario - Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation — Federal, up to $10,000,000
CanNor - Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North — Federal, up to $1,000,000
National Quantum Strategy - Quantum Commercialization Program — Federal, up to $4,000,000
Clean Growth Program — Federal, up to $10,000,000
Genome Canada Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition — Federal, up to $10,000,000
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy - Ecosystem Fund — Federal, up to $3,000,000
Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada Development Fund — Federal, up to $75,000
Strategic Innovation Fund - Net Zero Stream — Federal, up to $200,000,000+
Low Carbon Economy Innovation Fund — Federal, up to $50,000,000
Canada Plastics Pact - Zero Plastics Waste Initiative — Federal, up to $5,000,000
AgriInnovate Program — Federal, up to $10,000,000
Trade Accelerator Program — Federal, up to $50,000
CME SMART Program - Sustainability, Manufacturing, Automation, Robotics, and Technology — Federal, up to $100,000
Stem Cell Network Platform Support Program — Federal, up to $1,500,000
Local Journalism Initiative — Federal, up to $250,000
Indigenous Screen Office - Development Program — Federal, up to $75,000
Canada Arts Presentation Fund - Film and Video — Federal, up to $500,000
AgriRecovery Framework — Federal, up to $5,000,000
Clean Fuels Fund — Federal, up to $150,000,000
Forest Innovation Program — Federal, up to $3,000,000
Smart Grid Program — Federal, up to $25,000,000
Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence — Ontario, up to $5,000,000
Small Business Enterprise Centres — Ontario, up to $10,000
Starter Company Plus — Ontario, up to $5,000
Summer Company — Ontario, up to $3,000
Eastern Ontario Development Fund — Ontario, up to $1,500,000
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund — Ontario, up to $1,500,000
Export Market Access Program — Ontario, up to $50,000
Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance — Ontario, up to $500,000
Digital Main Street — Ontario, up to $2,500
LIFT Agri-Food Program — Ontario, up to $250,000
Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit — Ontario, up to $2,000,000
Ontario Creates - Book Publishing and Content Fund — Ontario, up to $150,000
OBIO Proof-of-Concept Fund — Ontario, up to $100,000
L-SPARK SaaS Accelerator Program — Ontario, up to $50,000
Ontario Automotive Modernization Program — Ontario, up to $500,000
Ontario Mining Innovation Program — Ontario, up to $500,000
Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine Grants — Ontario, up to $300,000
Ontario Futures Fund - Skills Training — Ontario, up to $200,000
Ontario Centre for Women in Enterprise — Ontario, up to $15,000
Ontario Youth Entrepreneurship Fund — Ontario, up to $10,000
NOHFC Youth Internship Program — Ontario, up to $35,000
Ontario Health Technology Commercialization Fund — Ontario, up to $250,000
Agri-Food Innovation Fund — Ontario, up to $400,000
Ontario BioRefinery Development Fund — Ontario, up to $1,000,000
Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit — Ontario, up to $5,000,000
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit — Ontario, up to $3,000,000
Northern Adult Basic Education and Skills Development Program — Federal, up to $250,000