Grants in Canada
Explore grants for companies in Canada. This directory includes national and regional funding from Canadian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Canada, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Canada come first.
Showing 73-96 of 1,738 grants
Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
🇨🇦Govt of Canada · Canada
Funds large Canadian innovation projects, from R&D and commercialization to major investments and collaborative innovation, through four defined streams.
Technology Leadership — Genomics Stream
🇨🇦PIC · Canada
Funds commercialization pathways for genomic tools for pulse and cereal crop improvement through Canadian crop innovation.
Canada SR&ED Federal
🇨🇦CRA · Canada
Funds Canadian companies through federal innovation tax deductions for qualifying innovation experimentation costs.
Provincial SR&ED top-ups (Ontario Quebec BC etc)
🇨🇦Provincial governments · Canada
Offers Canadian provinces extra incentives that top up federal measures for qualifying innovation activity.
Defence Innovation Secure Hubs
🇨🇦DND Canada · Canada
Funds Canadian consortia establishing secure quantum and uncrewed-systems defence innovation hubs.
AI Skills & Adoption
🇨🇦DIGITAL · Canada
Funds Canadian company-led projects that grow AI talent and speed up AI adoption, co-investing alongside industry.
AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program
🇨🇦ISED · Canada
Administers Canada's AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program to build domestic public supercomputing capacity for researchers and innovators.
BC Innovator Skills Initiative
🇨🇦Province of BC · Canada
Funds British Columbia employers hiring skilled technology talent through targeted support linked to each hire.
Canadian Safety and Security Program — Collaborative Projects
🇨🇦DND Canada · Canada
Supports research teams and institutions for Canadian Safety and Security Collaborative Projects in defense innovation, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.
CareerTech
🇨🇦DIGITAL · Canada
Funds Canadian company-led projects that build digital CareerTech and workforce solutions, co-investing alongside industry.
Catalyst Grant: Reimagining Acute Care
🇨🇦CIHR (Canadian Institutes of H · Canada
Funds exploratory studies reimagining acute care to improve treatment pathways.
Climate Tech Trailblazer Prize
🇨🇦Climate Solutions · Canada
Awards Canadian climate-tech startups $200,000 in non-dilutive prize funding without taking equity.
Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF) — EOI
🇨🇦NRCan · Canada
Funds Canadian clean energy and transportation infrastructure enabling critical minerals development.
Eurogia Clean Technologies Call for Proposals
🇨🇦NRC · Canada
Funds Canadian firms in EUREKA low-carbon energy R&D consortia.
Forest Innovation Program (FIP) — Renewal
🇨🇦NRCan · Canada
Supports Canadian forestry innovators through FIP by funding early growth collaborations that move forest technologies forward.
India-Canada Collaborative Industrial Research & Development Programme 2025
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds joint India-Canada industrial R&D projects with a grant up to INR 1.5 crore per project.
Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI)
🇨🇦NRCan · Canada
Supports Indigenous Canadian communities through training, participation, and forestry sector development.
Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge
🇨🇦Ingenious+ · Canada
Pays Canadian youth aged 14 to 18 cash awards for innovation projects that address community, national or global challenges.
MJFF Access Advocate for Clinical Research Participation
🇺🇸MJFF · United States
Supports structured trial access advocacy in Parkinson's programs by strengthening participant pathways at sites.
NGen AI for Manufacturing Challenge
🇨🇦NGen · Canada
Supports Canadian consortia of manufacturers and AI companies advancing production innovation.
NGen AMTP
🇨🇦NGen · Canada
Supports advanced manufacturing collaboration among Canadian firms and research teams for innovation.
Ocean Idea Challenge
🇨🇦OSP · Canada
Pays up to $8,000 to Canada-based individuals, teams and very early-stage companies who complete a milestone-based customer discovery sprint validating an ocean-sustainability idea.
Oceans Stream
Creative Destruction Lab · Canada
Offers ocean-economy founders and researchers a nine-month, no-fee, no-equity mentorship program in Halifax where they meet mentors five times to set and hit growth objectives.
SREPs — Critical Regional Priorities & Indigenous-Led Streams
🇨🇦NRCan · Canada
Supports Canadian clean electricity infrastructure through regional and Indigenous-focused deployment contributions.