🚀 Startups Grants in Canada

Comprehensive funding opportunities for Canadian startups businesses

105 Available Programs
$97M+ Total Funding
63 Federal Programs

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Federal Programs: 63 grants
Provincial Programs: 16 grants
Tax Credits: 4 programs
R&D Funding: 7 opportunities

Available Startups Grant Programs

Canada Digital Adoption Program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Up to $15,000
Helps small and medium-sized businesses adopt digital technologies to grow their businesses, compete in the global marketplace, and create jobs.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Program Ended

Eligibility: Small and medium-sized businesses with 1-499 employees

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Black Entrepreneurship Program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Up to $250,000
Provides financing and support to Black entrepreneurs and business owners to start and scale their businesses.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Black entrepreneurs and business owners in Canada

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Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
National Research Council Canada
Up to $1 million
Provides advice, connections and funding to help Canadian small and medium-sized businesses increase their innovation capacity and take ideas to market.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Canadian SMEs with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees

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Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED)
Canada Revenue Agency
Up to 68% tax credit
Federal tax incentive program that encourages Canadian businesses to conduct research and development in Canada.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Canadian businesses conducting eligible R&D activities

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Canada Small Business Financing Program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Up to $1 million
Helps small businesses get loans by encouraging financial institutions to provide financing for small business loans.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Small businesses with gross annual revenues of $10 million or less

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Clean Growth Program
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Up to $10 million
Supports the development and demonstration of clean technology solutions that address climate change, air quality, clean water and clean soil.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Canadian companies developing clean technologies

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Youth Employment and Skills Program
Employment and Social Development Canada
Up to $25,000
Helps employers create quality work experiences for youth while addressing their human resource needs.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Employers hiring youth aged 15-30

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Innovative Solutions Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Up to $1 million
Helps Canadian entrepreneurs bring their innovations to market by connecting them with federal departments and agencies that have a challenge to solve.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises

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AgriInnovate Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Up to $10 million
Supports the development and commercialization of innovative agri-food products, technologies, processes or services.
📍 All Canada 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: For-profit organizations in the agriculture and agri-food sector

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Ocean Supercluster
Ocean Supercluster
Up to $5 million
Accelerates ocean technology development and commercialization to strengthen Canada's ocean economy.
📍 NS, NB, PE, NL 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Companies in Atlantic Canada's ocean technology sector

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Digital Technology Supercluster
Digital Technology Supercluster
Up to $5 million
Builds digital technology solutions that address challenges in health, manufacturing, and natural resources.
📍 BC 🏢 federal 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Companies in British Columbia's digital technology sector

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Ontario Job Grant
Government of Ontario
Up to $10,000 per employee
Provides direct funding to employers to train their employees. Employers can receive up to $10,000 per person for training costs.
📍 ON 🏢 provincial 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Ontario employers with employees requiring skills training

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Ontario Innovation Tax Credit
Government of Ontario
Up to 8% tax credit
Refundable tax credit for eligible R&D expenditures incurred in Ontario by qualifying corporations.
📍 ON 🏢 provincial 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Qualifying corporations conducting R&D in Ontario

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B.C. Employer Training Grant
Government of British Columbia
Up to $10,000 per employee
Provides funding to help employers train their workforce and improve productivity through cost-shared grants.
📍 BC 🏢 provincial 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: B.C. employers training employees or new hires

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Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
Government of British Columbia
Up to 17.5% tax credit
Refundable tax credit for eligible interactive digital media activities conducted in B.C.
📍 BC 🏢 provincial 📅 Ongoing

Eligibility: Corporations developing interactive digital media in B.C.

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