Small Business Grants Canada
What Canadian small business grants are available? What do you have to be or do to get a small business grant in Canada? Here's "the truth" about small business grants in Canada and listings of Canadian small business grants that your business may be eligible for, including government small business grants.
5 Tips for Finding Small Business Grants in Canada
Small business grants that can help you start and grow your Canadian small business do exist. Use these five tips to make your search for small business grants in Canada more successful.
Small business grants that can help you start and grow your Canadian small business do exist. Use these five tips to make your search for small business grants in Canada more successful.
The Truth About Small Business Grants in Canada
What small business grants are available in Canada? And what do you have to be or do to get one? See if you fit the criteria for any of these Canadian small business grants.
What small business grants are available in Canada? And what do you have to be or do to get one? See if you fit the criteria for any of these Canadian small business grants.
Aboriginal Business Canada
They make a point of saying on the Web site that they don’t provide small business grants, but Aboriginal Business Canada does provide funding for small businesses in the form of “non-repayable contributions”. Applicants must be of aboriginal heritage and prepared to make a personal investment.
They make a point of saying on the Web site that they don’t provide small business grants, but Aboriginal Business Canada does provide funding for small businesses in the form of “non-repayable contributions”. Applicants must be of aboriginal heritage and prepared to make a personal investment.
Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP)
Qualifying Canadian publishers may receive grant funding through one of these four funding initiatives designed "to ensure choice of and access to books written by Canadian authors that reflect Canada's cultural diversity and linguistic duality both in Canada and abroad".
Qualifying Canadian publishers may receive grant funding through one of these four funding initiatives designed "to ensure choice of and access to books written by Canadian authors that reflect Canada's cultural diversity and linguistic duality both in Canada and abroad".
Canada Music Fund
The Canada Music Fund offers a host of programs designed to support the recording industry. Some of this funding may be available in the form of small business grants.
The Canada Music Fund offers a host of programs designed to support the recording industry. Some of this funding may be available in the form of small business grants.
Canadian Agricultural Skills Service (CASS)
While this program does not provide outright grants, it does cover the costs associated with eligible training to help farmers and their spouses develop skills to improve farm practices and increase their off-farm income.
While this program does not provide outright grants, it does cover the costs associated with eligible training to help farmers and their spouses develop skills to improve farm practices and increase their off-farm income.
CANtex (Canadian Textiles Program)
The Canadian Textiles Program provides funding for Canadian companies who manufacture textiles established prior to June 27, 2002; it provides both non-repayable and repayable contributions to fund eligible projects.
The Canadian Textiles Program provides funding for Canadian companies who manufacture textiles established prior to June 27, 2002; it provides both non-repayable and repayable contributions to fund eligible projects.
Establishment Grant for Aspiring Farmers (Quebec)
This small business grant is for aspiring farmers between 18 and 40 who reside in Quebec and are just starting out in agriculture as a primary activity. The amount of the grant depends on the level of agricultural training a person has taken (La Financière agricole du Québec).
This small business grant is for aspiring farmers between 18 and 40 who reside in Quebec and are just starting out in agriculture as a primary activity. The amount of the grant depends on the level of agricultural training a person has taken (La Financière agricole du Québec).
Grants to Small Business NWT
These small business grants are for small businesses, co-operatives, partnerships or sole proprietorships with less than $500,000 in gross sales. Artists and craft producers and licensed renewable resource harvesters can get a maximum $5000 grant (over the lifetime of any one business).
These small business grants are for small businesses, co-operatives, partnerships or sole proprietorships with less than $500,000 in gross sales. Artists and craft producers and licensed renewable resource harvesters can get a maximum $5000 grant (over the lifetime of any one business).
Job Creation Partnerships
Employers who participate in this HRSDC program may receive funding for overhead costs, and eligible expenses, and capital costs to a maximum of $1 million per year.
Employers who participate in this HRSDC program may receive funding for overhead costs, and eligible expenses, and capital costs to a maximum of $1 million per year.
NRCan Industrial Energy Audit Incentive
Canada-wide program to "assist companies in identifying ways to increase energy efficiency, improve production processes and cut costs" (Ontario Centre For Enviromental Technology Advancement).
Canada-wide program to "assist companies in identifying ways to increase energy efficiency, improve production processes and cut costs" (Ontario Centre For Enviromental Technology Advancement).
Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities
Businesses (and other organizations) may apply for funding of projects that "assist persons with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining, and keeping employment or becoming self-employed". This government grant program is administered through HRSDC.
Businesses (and other organizations) may apply for funding of projects that "assist persons with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining, and keeping employment or becoming self-employed". This government grant program is administered through HRSDC.
Self-Employment Program
This government grant program provides "unemployed EI eligible individuals with financial support, planning assistance and mentoring while they get their businesses up and running" (HRSDC Canada).
This government grant program provides "unemployed EI eligible individuals with financial support, planning assistance and mentoring while they get their businesses up and running" (HRSDC Canada).
Small Business Grants for R&D Activities
If your business needs money for research and development, NRC-IRAP (the National Research Council of Canada and Industry Canada) "provides non-repayable contributions to Canadian SMEs interested in growing by using technology to commercialize services, products and processes in Canadian and international markets." They also provide funding on a cost-shared basis.
If your business needs money for research and development, NRC-IRAP (the National Research Council of Canada and Industry Canada) "provides non-repayable contributions to Canadian SMEs interested in growing by using technology to commercialize services, products and processes in Canadian and international markets." They also provide funding on a cost-shared basis.
Summer Company Program for Young Entrepreneurs
Students in Ontario aged 15 to 29 can receive small business grants ("awards") of up to $3000 and hands-on entrepreneur training and support to run their own summer businesses.
Students in Ontario aged 15 to 29 can receive small business grants ("awards") of up to $3000 and hands-on entrepreneur training and support to run their own summer businesses.
Targeted Wage Subsidies
An outline of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's wage subsidies program, designed to encourage employers to hire people they normally wouldn't be able to hire. The program is dependent upon local needs.
An outline of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's wage subsidies program, designed to encourage employers to hire people they normally wouldn't be able to hire. The program is dependent upon local needs.
Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM)
Projects that "demonstrate technologies that mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationally and internationally, and that sustain economic and social development" may qualify for funding of 50% (up to a maximum of 2 million dollars per year for any one project).
Projects that "demonstrate technologies that mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationally and internationally, and that sustain economic and social development" may qualify for funding of 50% (up to a maximum of 2 million dollars per year for any one project).
Toronto Region Sustainability Program
This program for SME manufacturers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) provides one-stop pollution prevention technical assistance and a 50 percent cost-share funding incentive, up to a maximum of $4,000 (Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement).
This program for SME manufacturers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) provides one-stop pollution prevention technical assistance and a 50 percent cost-share funding incentive, up to a maximum of $4,000 (Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement).