Export & New Market Funding across Canada
17 verified programs currently help Canadian small businesses pay for trade shows, market research, translation and the other costs of selling outside your own province: 14 grants and rebates and 3 loans and financing programs, across 6 provinces and territories. Every record shows amounts, the official source, and the date we last checked it. Verified as recently as today.
- 17
- verified programs
- 14
- grants & rebates
- 3
- loans & financing
- 6
- provinces & territories
Beyond one city
Canada-wide and province-wide programs
Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) Stream
Up to $500,000
The Business Scale-up and Productivity Stream helps established Northern Ontario businesses modernize and expand.
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INVEST North Program — Innovation Stream
Up to $500,000
This matching grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation helps you cover technical labour, prototyping, and testing for new products…
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Step Forward Entrepreneurs Program
Up to $10,000
Accelerate your growth with a matching grant that covers 50% of eligible costs for innovative products or services.
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Tourism Cooperative Marketing Fund
Attract more visitors and gain international exposure for your Yukon-based tourism business.
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Strategic Improvement Assistance
Up to $20,000
This provincial grant helps Prince Edward Island businesses in strategic sectors invest in outside expertise for operational efficiency, planning, or…
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Economic Development Fund — Tier 1
Up to $30,000
This territorial program helps Yukon businesses and communities build long-term economic strength.
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Business Growth Program
Up to $200,000
This program provides non-repayable contributions to help you start, innovate, or scale your business.
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Business Investment Program — Term Loan
This term loan helps SMEs in strategic sectors or with export potential bridge the gap when conventional funding falls short.
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Agri-Food Market Development and Access
Up to $15,000
This provincial cost-share program helps New Brunswick food and beverage producers and processors invest in market readiness, packaging, and…
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E-tools for Exporting
Up to $15,000
This cost-share program helps PEI SMEs cover eligible expenses for export market development activities like SEO, paid advertising, and e-commerce…
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Export Market Access Program (EMAP)
Up to $15,000
This cost-share program helps PEI small businesses expand into international markets by reimbursing eligible expenses for digital export activities…
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Export Development Program
Up to $15,000
Offset the real costs of taking your goods or services global with this Nova Scotia program.
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Economic Development Fund — Tier 2
Up to $100,000
This territorial program helps Yukon businesses, First Nations, and community groups build long-term economic strength.
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Export Funding NB
Up to $15,000
This matching grant helps New Brunswick SMEs cover eligible export development activities like market research, lead generation, and digital…
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Export Enhancement and Diversification Fund
Up to $32,000
Innovation PEI helps you break into new global markets by funding key export activities like trade shows and market research.
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Specific owner groups
For specific owner groups
These 2 programs are open only to specific owner groups, like women, Indigenous, young or newcomer founders. Worth a look if that's you.
Aboriginal Business Financing Program (ABFP)
Up to 75% of costs
The Aboriginal Business Financing Program provides non-repayable contributions to Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-owned businesses in the…
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Micro Lending Program
Up to $5,000
Access flexible financing and non-repayable contributions through the Atlantic Indigenous Business Fund to start, expand, or acquire your business in…
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Frequently asked questions
How many export and market-development programs are there in Canada right now?
17 verified programs are open as of our latest checks: 14 grants and rebates and 3 loans and financing programs, across 6 provinces and territories. Programs open and close through the year, and every record shows the date we last verified it.
Do these programs cover the full cost?
Rarely. Most are cost-share programs: they pay a percentage of eligible costs up to a cap, and you pay the rest. Many also require approval before you buy or sign anything, because spending first can disqualify the whole project. Each record spells out the rules we found.
Who approves these applications?
Each program's administrator, usually the government body or organization that runs it, and never us. BBN Labs is an independent Canadian company, not a government agency. Applying through the official program site is always free.
Funding by upgrade
Closed right now · re-checked weekly
These export & new markets programs are closed at our last weekly check. Each page shows what the program offered, what may replace it, and a reopen alert you can join.
Customized Export Development & Training Program · Export Marketing Assistance Program · Global Market Development for Music Managers · Market Opportunities and Diversification Program · Organic Industry Development — Increasing Market Competitiveness · Product and Market Development Program — Agri-Businesses
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