Western Canada Funding Directory
Western Canadian Government Grant, Loan, and Funding Programs Ryan Can Write for Your Business
Western Canada government funding programs can support a wide range of strategic projects, including business expansion, research and development, hiring and training, and capital investment. By being proactive and applying for funding prior to the start of projects, companies can access government grants and loans that provide a boost to company investments and greatly improve project outcomes.
Funding is widely available for businesses in Western Canadian provinces, such as Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Many of these programs are offered by Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) and Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) agencies.
Funding Activity
Funding Programs
Region
Description
Action
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports local groups for recurring festivals that present the work of local artists, artisans, or heritage performers.
- Access up to 100% of eligible expenses to a maximum of $200,000.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- This program offers funding in partnership with Canada and the United Kingdom to aid R&D projects for critical minerals technologies.
- Up to 50% reimbursement for eligible Canadian SMEs to a maximum of $500,000 over 12-24 months.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Support for projects that improve the physical condition of arts and heritage collaboration, creation, presentation, and exhibition spaces.
- Up to 50% to $500k-$15M depending on the project type. Up to 75% for rural and underserved communities.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Designed to support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that need to make digital adoptions in their businesses to be able to remain competitive in this new digital age.
- Up to 90% of eligible costs up to $15,000 grant.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Support for employers providing supervised career-related work experience for youth employees.
- Up to 50% of employee minimum hourly rate; Non-profits can receive grants up to 100% of minimum wage; Amount is capped at a max $300K per employer.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Offers a process through which the Government of Canada assumes financial risk, responsibility, and provides compensation for damage or losses to objects and appurtenances in eligible travelling exhibitions.
- Receive up to $700K in Indemnification Coverage.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Provides help for convergence of agriculture, equipment manufacturing and technology into real-world application.
- Up to 40% of the total eligible supported expenses.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- The Canadian Food Innovation Network’s (CFIN) program is designed to support smart product and process development, food ecosystem sustainability, and agile and safe supply chains.
- Up to 50% of eligible expenses or up to $2M in cost matching funds per application.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- The Canadian Food Innovation Network’s (CFIN) program is designed to support smart product and process development, food ecosystem sustainability, and agile and safe supply chains.
- Up to 50% of eligible expenses or up to $2M in cost matching funds per application.
- Alberta
- This program prioritizes solutions along the CCUS value chain to enable broad deployment, low carbon hydrogen technologies across the entire value chain, and next-generation materials and products from natural gas.
- Up to 25% – 50% of total eligible costs to a maximum of $2M per project.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- This program provides rapid support to food or beverage manufacturers who want to engage third-party support to analyze the sustainability of their operations.
- Access 70% non-repayable funding up to a max of $25K.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Helps Canadian communities confront discrimination by funding new opportunities, discussions, and research to bring together Canada’s diverse cultures and religions.
- Up to $1 million in government funding.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Offers funding for projects that generate export revenues and help Canadian Creative Industries reach more people around the world.
- Access up to 75% of eligible expenses to a maximum of $2.5M in government contribution.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- The Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF) will support projects that will enable the acceleration of Canada’s critical minerals production and reinforce associated supply chains.
- Up to $50M in Critical Minerals funding.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- The Horizon AI’s Technology Commercialization will co-invest in the early stages of commercialization and adoption of 10-15 projects.
- Up to 50% of costs to a maximum of $5M in Canadian government funding.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports Canadian businesses by co-investing in projects that help Canadians develop the skills, leadership and opportunities needed to grow innovative digital enterprises.
- Funding amounts vary from project to project.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Helps businesses implement energy efficiency and energy management strategies that optimize energy efficiency, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, and competitiveness.
- Up to 100% of total eligible implementation costs to a max. of $20M for provincial-territorial and other governments.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports green and accessible retrofits, repairs or upgrades of existing public community buildings, and the construction of new publicly accessible community buildings.
- Receive up to $50% of costs for $10 million or more projects.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports pre-commercial military and defence technologies that have the potential to address current challenges faced by Canada’s Armed Forces.
- Access up to $1.2M for initial R&D. Fully-developed solutions may access up to $20M through a procurement program.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Helps startups and small businesses overcome technology development hurdles so that they can produce globally demanded products and services.
- Up to $150k for proof-of-concept projects, and up to $1M for prototype development, and may also be awarded a government contract.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supporting clean technologies in the forest industry.
- Applicants can receive 50% of eligible costs up to $20M for the general stream of the program, $1M for the small business stream, and $500K for the studies project stream.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Focuses on manufacturing scale-up along the ZEV value-chain, specifically on BEVs, FCEVs, and their components.
- Receive up to $2.96M, you can receive non-repayable funding for 37% of your eligible project expenses.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- The Workforce Transformation program provides leadership teams with an affordable and high-value opportunity to participate together in learning and assessment workshops to develop strategic plans.
- Up to 80% reimbursement for upskilling and training costs.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Will support and fund partners in developing short-cycle programs (4 to 16 weeks) that combine specialized technical training, general business training, and interpersonal skills development across key economic sectors.
- Up to 70% of the total eligible costs.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports Canadian plant-based forward-thinking companies and organizations to develop projects that will transform our industry and help realize Canada’s agri-food potential.
- Access up to $50% of project costs in funding support.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supporting collaborative product or process research, technology development, and export market development projects related to expanding Canada’s plant-based protein sector.
- Offsets up to 50% of eligible project expenses with no defined maximum contribution. Remaining project funds must be supported by at least two project partners.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supporting rural economic development projects for capacity building, economic diversification, and more.
- Funding varies by stream up to 80% of costs to a maximum of $1 million in funding contributions.
- Manitoba
- The Research and Innovation Program supports the development of science-based solutions and tools that address known challenges, prepare for potential disruptions and climate threats, in the agriculture and agri-food sector.
- Access $100K+ for agricultural research.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- This initiative aims to support farmers and food processors invest in innovative technologies and capital to increase production levels.
- Up to 50% to a maximum of $100,000 for innovation technology and equipment projects.
- Alberta
- Encourages farmers to adopt innovative technologies that minimize agricultural waste, maximize farm efficiency, and ensure farm security.
- Access 50% up to maximum of $48,000 for eligible farm technology expenses, and up to 50% up to max, of $2,000 for eligible farm security expenses.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- One of the largest tax incentive programs available to a wide range of Canadian businesses.
- Access up to 69% of labour and overhead costs, 36% of contractor costs, and 45% of material costs.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports cleantech projects that aim to improve water, soil and air quality to reduce the effects of climate change.
- Access up to 40% of project costs for an average funding contribution of $3,000,000.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Designed to assist social purpose organizations in their efforts to sell goods/services for revenue while achieving positive social, cultural, or environmental results.
- Up to $75,000 in Loan Funding Support.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Enhances Canada’s existing supply chain practices by boosting economic development through faster adoption and integration of artificial intelligence.
- Access up to 40% of eligible project costs, with no minimum or maximum investment allocated per project.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Helps businesses with high growth potential adopt/adapt innovative technologies that support productivity and export expansion.
- Access up to 50% of costs to a maximum $5M per application and $10M per applicant.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Aims to increase women-owned businesses’ access to the financing, talent, networks and expertise they need to start up, scale up and access new markets.
- Receive a non-repayable contribution up to $3 million, defined based on scope and impact of project.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Supports projects that address knowledge gaps among Canadians on ZEV technologies to move forward to ZEV adoption.
- Up to 50% of total project costs, with a maximum contribution amount $300,000 per project.
- Atlantic Canada
- Canada Wide
- Ontario
- Québec
- Western Canada
- Designed to increase a network of zero-emission vehicle charging and refuelling stations in more localized areas where Canadians live, work, and play.
- Up to 50% of costs to a maximum of $5M in Canadian government funding.
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