Funding programs in Canada
Hand-checked programs plus official open data. Each links to its official page. Loans and private funders are labelled.
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Open-data catalog: Startups and new ventures
- Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program - Access to Capital · National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association (NACCA) · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Accelerate Fund · Government of Alberta, Accelerate Fund · Alberta · Dates vary
- Accelerate Okanagan - Startup Basics · Accelerate Okanagan · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Atlantic IP Advantage - IP Strategy Development · Springboard Atlantic Inc. · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Axeo · Axeo · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- BDC Financing - Inclusive Entrepreneurship Loan · Business Development Bank of Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- BDC Financing - Start-up · Business Development Bank of Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Black Entrepreneurship Program - Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund · Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE) · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Business Coaching & Advisory Services · TechAlliance · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- CBDC Youth Entrepreneurship Development Initiative · Community Business Development Corporations · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- CGLCC - 2SLGBTQI+ Entrepreneurship Program - Ecosystem Fund · Canadian LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce ( CGLCC ) · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Co.Labs - In-Revenue · Government of Saskatchewan, Co.Labs · Saskatchewan · Dates vary
- Collective entrepreneurship financing · Gouvernement du Québec, Investissement Québec · Québec · Dates vary
- Corporations Canada - Starting a Business · Corporations Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Creative Entrepreneurship Program · Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Cultivator · Cultivator · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Early Stage Startups · Parkdale Centre for Innovation · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- ElevateIP · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- ElevateIP - Communitech · Communitech · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund - Non-Profits that Serve Underrepresented Communities · ventureLAB · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund - Small Businesses or Entrepreneurs Developing Agri-tech and Cleantech Solutions · ventureLAB · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Entrepreneurship@UBC Hatch · University of British Columbia · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Evol - Conventional start-up loan · Evol · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Foodpreneur Start-Up Seminars · Foodpreneur Advantage · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Futurpreneur Canada Black Entrepreneur Startup Program · Futurpreneur Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Futurpreneur Canada Core Start-Up Program · Futurpreneur Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Futurpreneur Canada Indigenous Startup Program (IESP) · Futurpreneur Canada · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Innovation Factory - Support for Startups · Innovation Factory · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Invest Nova Scotia - Incubation · Government of Nova Scotia, Invest Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia · Dates vary
- Invest Ottawa - IO Ignition Program · Invest Ottawa · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Invest Ottawa Accelerator Program · Invest Ottawa · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- JEDI - Aboriginal Development Fund - Business and Entrepreneurship Development · JEDI - Joint Economic Development Initiative · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- JEDI - Indigenous Business Accelerator Program · JEDI - Joint Economic Development Initiative · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- JEDI - Indigenous Business Incubator Program · JEDI - Joint Economic Development Initiative · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Kakivak Association - Sivummut Grants to Small Businesses · Kakivak Association · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Launch Export Atlantic Incubator · Government of Nova Scotia, Invest Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia · Dates vary
- LRCC - Metis Women Entrepreneurship Program · Louis Riel Capital Corporation · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Mitacs - Accelerate Entrepreneur · Mitacs · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Northern Indigenous Economic Opportunities Program (NIEOP) - Entrepreneurship and Business Development · Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency · Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon · Dates vary
- Réseau des SADC et CAE - Business Start-Up and Expansion · Réseau des SADC et CAE · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive · Government of Saskatchewan, Innovation Saskatchewan · Saskatchewan · Dates vary
- SK Startup Institute - Business Advising · Government of Saskatchewan, SK Startup Institute · Saskatchewan · Dates vary
- SOCCA - Term loan for Indigenous businesses · Native Commercial Credit Corporation · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
- Student Entrepreneurship · Government of New Brunswick, Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour · New Brunswick · Dates vary
- Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub · Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub · Canada (federal) · Dates vary
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