Funding for small businesses across Canada
We track verified funding in every province and territory: the real rules, the real amounts, the real deadlines. Pick your province below to see what your business may qualify for and what each program can pay for: equipment, storefronts, energy savings, hiring and training, and starting up. Where we have a city page, it shows which streets and areas qualify.
Provinces & territories
Ontario
Ontario small business funding, from retail technology grants to energy retrofit incentives and city improvement grants.
Quebec
Quebec funds storefront improvements and energy efficiency, from Quebec City and Gatineau facade grants to Hydro-Québec support.
British Columbia
B.C. backs energy efficiency through BC Hydro incentives and reimburses training at 80% up to $10,000 per employee.
Alberta
Alberta backs training at 50/50 up to $5,000 per trainee and manufacturing technology up to $30,000, plus Edmonton storefront grants with fixed intake windows.
Saskatchewan
SaskPower's commercial energy program offers performance incentives up to $200,000, alongside CanExport export funding and CSBFP loans.
Manitoba
Manitoba has funding for storefront and green-energy projects: Brandon's facade grant covers up to $20,000 and the Green Energy Equipment Tax Credit rewards efficient heating.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia small-business funding includes Efficiency Nova Scotia energy rebates, up to $25,000 back on export growth, and up to $500,000 in financing through the Small Business Loan Guarantee.
New Brunswick
New Brunswick funds storefront improvements, energy retrofits and business growth, from Moncton's beautification grant to NB Power's retrofit program worth up to $1.25 million.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador's small-business funding includes takeCHARGE energy rebates, the Business Growth Program and St. John's facade grants. These programs pay for productivity projects, energy savings and storefront work.
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island grants, cost-shares and loans for new and growing businesses, from first-year marketing help to storefront and export funding.
Yukon
Yukon backs business growth and new markets through the Economic Development Fund (up to $100,000), and tourism projects through the Community Tourism Destination Development Fund (up to $375,000).
Northwest Territories
SEED grants up to $25,000 a year, plus Community Futures and Prosper NWT financing, can help pay for your Northwest Territories project. This funding can pay for start-up, expansion and market development costs.
Nunavut
Nunavut's business funding runs through Kakivak, the Kivalliq Business Development Centre and the territory's own investment fund. These programs can pay for starting, growing and equipping a business.
Ontario town programs mapped in detail
Some towns have detailed pages: which streets qualify and what needs approval first. Every other city's programs are on its province page above.
Lakeshore
Lakeshore's RED CIP is one of the region's most usable programs, including a signage grant of its own (with rules on which signage types qualify).
Tecumseh
Tecumseh's Main Street CIP supports facade work (signage included) along the Tecumseh Road corridor, with rules worth checking before you design anything.
Amherstburg
Amherstburg's CIP names signage in its facade grant and pays more for heritage buildings, a fit for the town's historic downtown.
Essex
The Town of Essex publishes CIP grant amounts for Colchester, while Essex Centre and Harrow need a direct answer from the Town.
Windsor
Funding for Windsor businesses: Main Streets CIP facade grants in designated areas, plus the Ontario programs open to the city.