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Business Expansion

Every business wants to grow; however, they all face a common barrier to growth—available cash flows.

The Canadian government provides grants to subsidize small business growth. This includes grants for:

Expanding your facility

Purchasing new capital equipment

Entering new markets

These grants are available to mature, growth-oriented companies in Canada.

Globalization has shifted how businesses operate and grow. There is a growing need for automated and advanced technologies. Businesses need to constantly invest in new equipment to keep up with this growing demand. Without making these investments, businesses will limit their production capabilities and risk losing competitive advantage.

Programs exist on both the federal and provincial level (i.e., Ontario grants for small business, and Western Canadian government grants). Both federal and provincial governments provide loans and grants for small businesses to invest in:

There are programs to assist in the following areas:

Capital equipment

Enterprise software

Advanced technologies

Building design

Construction

Commercialization strategies

Find funding programs:







Funding ProgramDetailsRegionIndustryExpenditure
Strategic Innovation Fund – Stream 2 (Firm Expansion and Growth)

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream supports expansion or material improvement of existing industrial/technological facilities or projects .

Canada-WideAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Innovation
Strategic Innovation Fund – Stream 3 (Investment attraction and reinvestment)

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports businesses with large projects in innovation efforts that have commercialization potential. This stream supports new investment in Canadian industrial/ technological facilities.

Canada-WideAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Innovation
Dairy Processing Investment Fund

This program aims to assist dairy processors in adapting to market changes resulting from the Canadian-European Union’s economic trade agreement.

Canada-WideBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion, Innovation
NOHFC INVEST North Program – Grow Stream

This program will support productivity, innovation, business competitiveness, revenue growth, export capacity development, job creation and retention.

OntarioAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Hiring and Training, Innovation
CAP – On-Farm Value- Added Program

This program supports projects that are focused on the growth of Alberta’s producers adding value to their commodity products. Value adding activities include creating jobs, supporting investment, expanding into new markets, developing new products, and increasing sales of value adding product.

AlbertaBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion
CAP – Value-Added Program

This program supports projects that are focused on the growth of Alberta’s value-added food and bio-industrial processors. Value adding activities include creating jobs, supporting investment, expanding into new markets, developing new products, and increasing sales of value adding product.

AlbertaBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion
Eastern Ontario Development Fund

This program offers support to businesses and community economic development projects for economic development in Eastern Ontario.

OntarioAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Commercialize Innovation
Ontario Creates – Export Fund: Book

This program supports Ontario book publishing businesses to participate in international activities that will lead to business and market growth and development.

OntarioDigital Media & EntertainmentBusiness Expansion, Commercialize Innovation
Ontario Creates – Export Fund: Film and Television

This program supports Ontario film or television production companies to participate in international activities that will lead to business and market growth and development.

OntarioDigital Media & EntertainmentBusiness Expansion, Commercialize Innovation
FedDev Ontario – Business Scale Up and Productivity 

This program supports business efforts to adopt/ adapt new, innovative technologies to help accelerate growth. The program hopes to assist in scale-up or expansion, commercialization of new technologies, adaption or adoption of leading-edge technologies, and market diversification.

OntarioAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Commercialize Innovation, Innovation
Canada Small Business Financing Program 

This funding provides loans to Canadian small businesses. This program is delivered and approved by financial institutions, and then they will register the loan with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Canada-WideAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF)

This program offers support to businesses and community economic development projects for economic development in Southwestern Ontario.

OntarioAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Commercialize Innovation, Innovation
Ag Action Manitoba – Market Development

This program helps agri-processors and industry service providers expand or maintain their existing market presence.

ManitobaBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion, Innovation
Ag Action Manitoba – Research and Innovation

This program provides support for applied research, capacity building and knowledge transfer projects that advance the growth and sustainability of the agriculture industry by accelerating innovation.

ManitobaBiotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion, Innovation
AgriAssurance: SME Stream 

This program supports Canadian agricultural and agri-food businesses to help implement third-party assurance certification projects that address international market requirements.

Canada-WideBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion
CME Technology Assessment Program (TAP)

The Technology Assessment Program connects SME’s manufacturers in southern Ontario with qualified experts to get customized technology assessments.

OntarioAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion
Manitoba Industrial Opportunities Program (MIOP)

This program supports business in Manitoba expand or relocate within the province.

ManitobaAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion
Market Readiness Program (OCI)

OCI supports early-stage companies that are raising pre-seed and seed investments.

OntarioAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion
Food Processing Growth FundBritish ColumbiaFood & BeveragesBusiness Expansion
Business Scale-up and Productivity in British Columbia

BSP supports high-growth businesses that are scaling up and producing innovative goods, services or technologies. It offers interest-free, repayable funding to incorporated businesses.

British ColumbiaAdvanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aeronautics, Automotive, Biotech and Agriculture, Clean Tech & Sustainable Technologies, Digital Media & Entertainment, Electrical, Communications & Electronics (ECE), Equipment Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, Material Science and Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Laboratories, Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Plastics, Moulds & Rubber, Software & IT, Waste ManagementBusiness Expansion, Commercialize Innovation, Innovation
SCAP – Advancing Agri-Food Processing ProgramNew BrunswickBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion
CAP – Farm Technology Program

This program supports producers in protecting their businesses by encouraging adoption of best management practices in farm security.

AlbertaBiotech and Agriculture, Food & BeveragesBusiness Expansion, Innovation

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