Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Public entities

Job Creation Partnerships

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Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Job Creation Partnerships (JCP) is a program designed to support projects that will provide Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA) eligible participants with meaningful work experience that will improve their employment prospects. Financial assistance is available for income support and/or Employment Insurance Benefits for those participants who are active EI claimants up to a maximum EI rate(non-insurable).

Comments on Funding:

Financial assistance is available for income support and/or Employment Insurance Benefits.
The maximum duration of an agreement for a JCP project is 52 weeks. 

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • businesses, 
  • Federal Crown Corporations and comparable Provincial Crown Corporations, 
  • organizations, 
  • individuals,
  • municipal governments,
  • band/tribal councils,
  • public health and educational institutions,
  • having project activities that are incremental to and not part of their normal operations, are not-for-profit activities and will be finite in nature,
  • provide a valuable work experience to an eligible client,
  • supervise and mentor the client,
  • provide financial and/or activity reports to Employment Nova Scotia.

Participants must:

  • be Canadian citizens or permanent residents legally entitled to work in Canada,
  • meet the definition of an insured participant,
  • meet one of the following: 
  • have a current Employment Insurance (EI) claim,
  • have received benefits under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB),
  • have had an EI claim that ended within the last 60 months,
  • have been employed with gross insurable earnings of $2000 or higher annually, in at least 5 of the last 10 years,
  • have a Return to Work Action Plan that identifies that the JCP work experience being considered supports a reasonable occupational goal for them. 

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must register in the online Labor Market Programs Support System (LaMPSS),

2

Applicants must submit the application form and supporting documents electronically.

Documentation Needed: 

The applicant must submit:

  • the application form,
  • the job descriptions,
  • an organization overview,
  • a project budget with itemized budget breakdown.

Other Things to Note: 

No other details available.

Program Contact:

Job Creation Partnerships

Job Creation Partnerships Program Guidelines

Agri-Food Growth Program

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Amount:

$10,000.00

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Agri-Food Growth Program aims to build and enhance local markets, and increase the awareness, sale and consumption of Prince Edward Island produced agri-food products. The program has five funding streams:

  1. 1
    Signage and Promotion Stream,
  2. 2
    Farm Market And Farmers’ Market Compliance Stream,
  3. 3
    New Product Market Readiness Stream,
  4. 4
    Season Extension Stream,
  5. 5
    Sector Growth Initiatives Stream.  

Comments on Funding:

Funding for:

  1. 1
    Signage and Promotion Stream is up to 50% of eligible expenses to a maximum of $5,000 for individual agri-businesses and up to 75% of eligible expenses to a maximum of $5,000 for agricultural commodity/marketing
    boards/farmers’ markets,
  2. 2
    Farm Market And Farmers’ Market Compliance Stream is up to 75% of eligible expenses to a maximum of $2,000 per project,
  3. 3
    New Product Market Readiness Stream is up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $5,000 for project,
  4. 4
    Season Extension Stream is up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $5,000 for project,
  5. 5
    Sector Growth Initiatives Stream is up to 75% of eligible costs to a maximum of $10,000 for project.

Maximum contribution per applicant per fiscal year for all components combined is $10,000.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

March 1, 2023

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

  • Mi’kmaq first nations or indigenous organizations,
  • farmers,
  • farmers' markets,
  • farm markets,
  • agricultural commodity/marketing boards.

Others may be considered upon special request.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must submit their completed applications via regular mail or email to the attention of the Agri-Food Growth Program Officer.

Documentation Needed: 

Applicants must submit:

  1. 1
    the completed application form,
  2. 2
    a project proposal.

Other Things to Note:

Published date: May 9, 2022.

Guideline updated April 2022.

Program Contact:

Agri-Food Growth Program

af_agri-food_growth.pdf

af_agri-food_growth_application.pdf

Innovation Ecosystem Activities

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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 growth of work integrated learning environments and skill agility of the ocean workforce. OSC provides financial and in-kind support for approved projects.

Comments on Funding:

No other details available.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • The applicant must be an OSC member.

Individuals, government departments and their agencies, health care institutions/organizations, as well as professional and recreational organizations are excluded.

Application Steps:

Applicants must go through these steps: 

1

submit a proposal after OSC opens a competitive call for proposals to solve a specific challenge, 

2

OSC reviews solutions (proposals) and assesses against IE program criteria. Successful projects are selected,

3

project is contracted with delivery partners (if applicable),

4

project is announced and launched.

Documentation Needed:

no specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

Data taken from January, 2021 Guidelines (Strategy).

Program Contact:

Innovation Ecosystem activities

Strategy Doc - Jan 2021.indd

Getting-Started_An-Introduction-to-OSC-4.20.pdf

Research & Development Program

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Amount:

$5,000.00

Type of Program:

Grants, Loan

Description:

The Research & Development Program provides research funding support to investigate, design and develop: materials or products that incorporate solid waste resources, technologies that will facilitate the separation and recovery of solid waste resources, and enhanced market opportunities for solid waste resources and/or recycled materials.

Comments on Funding:

Funding will be provided in the form of a non-repayable contribution or a conditionally repayable loan.
Funding is up to 50% of approved eligible costs, to a maximum of $50,000.
In some instances, where in the opinion of the Committee the project is of particular strategic value, a higher level of assistance may be offered. 

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be businesses, business associations, partnerships, agencies, municipalities, universities, colleges,
  • and/or project activities shall be based in Nova Scotia,
  • have research and development initiatives that support the Province’s Solid Waste-Resource Management Strategy and the mandates of Divert NS

Application Steps:

Applicant must:

1

notify Divert NS of intent to submit an application, 

2

complete and submit the application package. 

Documentation Needed: 

The applicant must submit:

  • the completed application form,
  • a detailed research plan not exceeding 20 pages.
  • resumes of all researchers and information on all partners and associates.

Program Contact:

Funding - DivertNS

RD Program Guidelines FINAL.docx

Generalized-Checklist-FINAL.pdf

Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) for Rental Conversion

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Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Loan

Description:

The Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) for Rental Conversion Program provides financial assistance to owners/landlords to convert non-residential properties into affordable self-contained rental housing units and/or bed-units to be occupied by low income households.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is in the form of a forgivable loan. The funding amount is based on the cost of eligible work and the number of eligible units within the project.
The maximum amount for each self-contained unit is $24,000. The maximum forgivable loan per bed unit is $16,000.
With the exception of non-profit organizations, owners must contribute 25% of the total mandatory repairs.  

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be New Brunswick private entrepreneurs, non-profit corporations, co-operatives or Municipalities who wish to convert non-residential properties into bona fide affordable permanent rental accommodations,
  • own properties that operate as bona fide rental enterprises,
  • have a legitimate landlord tenant relationship,
  • convert property that will have to contain more than 3 bed units or one or more self-contained units to be rented to occupants with incomes at or below the applicable income threshold,
  • apply a post-conversion rent charge which is at or below levels established by this Department,
  • have a financially viable project upon post-conversion rents.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must contact the housing office of the Department of Social Development in their area for further details.
All approved applicants must enter into a rental agreement to ensure that rents remain affordable to low-income occupants during the earning period of the loan.

Documentation Needed:

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

The Program is funded by a cost sharing arrangement between the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick.

Program Contact:

Rental Conversion Program

Rental Conversion Program Guidelines