Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:The Aboriginal Business Financing Program (ABFP), administered by Ulnooweg, offers non-repayable business contributions to individual Aboriginal entrepreneurs and community owned businesses. Some of the eligible expenses for ABDP support are: business planning, establishment and operating costs, business acquisitions and expansions, local, domestic or export oriented marketing initiatives, new product
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants & Loan Description:The Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF) provides funding to businesses and organizations to help create jobs and position local economies for long-term growth.Comments on Funding:Funding will take the form of: interest-free repayable contributions for up to 50% of eligible costs for eligible businesses;non-repayable contributions for up to
Amount:$3,000,000.00 Type of Program:Grants & Loan Description:The Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) is helping Atlantic Canada compete at home and abroad by supporting the development of innovative products and services that lead to commercial success. AIF helps researchers and innovative businesses team up to develop new products and services and put them on the market. Comments
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grant, In-Kind Support Description:The Self Employment Assistance (SEA) Program is designed to help participants in Atlantic Canada continue to receive their Employment Insurance benefits while going through the process of launching a new business. The program assists eligible individuals with qualified businesses concepts with planning and starting of a new
Amount:$200,000.00 Type of Program:Grants Description:The Short-Form Digital Series Program is a selective program that supports Canadian, independent producer/creators by funding premium, original series for online distribution, specifically the production of fiction (drama, comedy, and children’s and youth programming) and non-fiction (documentary and lifestyle/factual programming).Comments on Funding:Funding is available as a non-repayable grant of 75% of
Amount:$250,000.00 Type of Program:Grants Description:The purpose of the TV Program is to support the production of great, market-driven Canadian content in the genres of lifestyle, drama , comedy series and documentary series. For eligible projects supported by a Major Production Funder (MPF), funding will be allocated from a MPF envelope. The MPF shall provide a
Amount:$250,000.00 Type of Program:Grants Description:The purpose of the TV Program is to support the production of great, market-driven Canadian content in the genres of lifestyle, drama, comedy series, and documentary series. For the Selective stream any public or private broadcaster may support up to 3 applications per deadline. Comments on Funding:Funding available for eligible projects in
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grant, In-Kind Support Description:OSC’s Innovation Ecosystem program is mobilizing the ecosystem to collaborate on ocean initiatives that transform the innovation landscape and have lasting impacts on the ocean economy.The program is designed to address shared talent challenges identified by OSC’s members, attract the best entrepreneurs to the cluster, support the
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:Technology leadership projects (TL Projects) are collaborative projects where OSC Members and the OSC coinvest to perform research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and capability-building activities that deliver business value and benefits to participating organizations, the innovation ecosystem, and Canada’s ocean economy. Comments on Funding:Funding from OSC matches up to 1:1 the
Amount:$2,500.00 Type of Program:Grant, Loan Description:The CBDC Online Presence Micro Loan provides financing for small businesses looking to create or improve their online presence.Comments on Funding:Funding is up to $2,500 +HST for the set up of the website (inclusive of E-Commerce). The loan has a $500 forgivable training portion and interest rate is prime +2,
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:The Atlantic Fisheries Fund is intended to help the fish and seafood sector in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to transition to meet the growing demand for seafood globally. Its aim is to bring high value, high quality and sustainable products to markets
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:The Space Technology Development Program (STDP) provides funding to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations established and operating in Canada for projects that:1. reduce technological unknowns of future space missions, and2stimulate industrial innovation and strengthen core capabilities in order to increase industrial readiness and competitiveness of Canadian space companies.Comments on Funding:Funding
This program is currently closed. Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grant & Loan Description:With a budget of $500 million over two years (ending March 31, 2023), including $50 million specifically dedicated to Indigenous tourism initiatives and $15 million for national initiatives, The Tourism Relief Fund supports tourism businesses and organizations to adapt their operations to
Amount:$2,000,000 Type of Program:Grants Description:The Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) funds downstream research and development (R&D) projects that address real world opportunities and challenges identified by industry, government, not-for-profits and other “Receptors” of genomics knowledge and technologies. GAPP projects are collaborations between academic researchers and Receptor organizations, and are co-funded by Genome Canada, Receptors and
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants & Loan Description:The Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI) will help the Canadian aerospace sector emerge from the pandemic with the capacity to compete on the global stage, by supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the following three objectives: to green their operations and adopt environmentally sustainable practices, to
Amount:$50,000.00 Type of Program:Grants Description:The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Assessments will assist manufacturers who are seeking innovative solutions to increase their efficiency, productivity and competitiveness.Comments on Funding:Funding is 75% of eligible costs, to a maximum non-repayable contribution of $50,000. When It Ends:Ongoing Deadline:Rolling DeadlineEligibility:Applicant must be: be incorporated Atlantic Canadian manufacturers, demonstrate the desire and the
Amount:$7,000 Type of Program:Accelerator, Grants Description:The Summer Institute is a 3-month intensive accelerator which offers participants funding for living costs and prototyping, and skills training and coaching as they turn their vision into a livelihood. Comments on Funding:Funding will take the form of:1a scholarship of up to $5,000 (these scholarships support up to three team members
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants, In-Kind Support Description:Self-Employment Benefit (SEB) is a program which provides various types of support to eligible unemployed Atlantic Canadians during the initial phase of their business, including financial assistance, counselling and technical advice. Comments on Funding:Funding takes the form of financial assistance: Eligible applicants must be receiving or have received
Amount:$2,400 Type of Program:Grants Description:The Grow Your Business Online grant is a micro-grant of up to $2,400 designed for small businesses across the country to help with the costs related to adopting e-commerce and is supported by a network of e-commerce advisors. Comments on Funding:Funding is a micro-grant of up to $2,400. When It Ends:Ongoing Deadline:Rolling
Amount:$5,000 Type of Program:Grants Description:BBI’s Business Consulting Advisory Services Grant Program is designed to help entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada build up and strengthen their operations and continue to grow their clientele. Comments on Funding:Funding is a grant of up to $5,000. When It Ends:Ongoing Deadline:Rolling deadlineEligibility:Applicants must: be small to medium Black-owned business; be operating in
Amount:$16,250 Type of Program:Grants Description:The Commercialization Consulting and Mentoring Program (CCM) provides financial assistance to help Atlantic Canadian businesses and institutions in the final stages of commercialization. This program provides funding to: 1hire consultants or mentors to help get a new and innovative product, technology, or process to market;2host group learning activities that will improve knowledge
Amount:$15.000 Type of Program:Grants Description:Mitacs Accelerate Program provides funding to reduce the cost to access collaborative research from post-secondary institutes and faculty supervisors. Each 15-week research project is awarded $15,000. Approved applicants receive a 15-week internship with a Masters or PhD level student to complete a research project aimed at solving a unique business challenge. Comments
Amount:$20,000.00 Type of Program:Grants & Loan Description:The Innovation Mobilization (IM) Program provides service to all Springboard members, supporting industry engagement and advancing ideas. There are 4 funding categories:1The Industry Engagement program connects skilled professionals in academia with like-minded contacts in industry to drive new collaborations and support research commercialization in Atlantic Canada. 2Proof of Concept: The
Amount: $ 750,000.00 Type of Program:Grants Description:The Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) aims to help communities across Canada build and improve community infrastructure projects so they can rebound from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments on Funding:Funding will be determined based on the minimum amount required to carry out a project and may represent up
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:Through the EDI, ACOA will be delivering $1.1 million per year in EDI funding to help support, strengthen and diversify the economic base of Atlantic Canada’s Acadian and Francophone communities, which are the official language minority communities – or OLMC – in the region.Comments on Funding:Funding is up to
This program is currently closed. Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants & Loan Description:The Canadian Experiences Fund (CEF) provides $6 million over two years to support communities across Atlantic Canada as they create, improve or enhance tourism products, facilities and experiences. Investments made through the CEF will focus on five categories: winter and shoulder-season tourism,
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:The Innovative Communities Fund (ICF) invests in strategic projects that build the economies of Atlantic Canada’s communities. It focuses on investments that lead to long-term employment and economic capacity building in rural communities.Comments on Funding:The amount provided to each individual project will be determined by an assessment of the
Amount:No Fixed Amount Type of Program:Grants Description:The Regional Innovation Ecosystems stream provides funding to non-profit organizations that support businesses at each stage of development. By doing this, we create strong and inclusive regional networks to fuel growth and innovation. They also focus on making business support networks stronger for under-represented groups. These include women, Indigenous