Grants for All Manufacturing Industries
Regional Development Program: Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness Stream
Amount: Up to 15% of funding to a maximum of $5 million, interest free during the project period (loan for up to four years).
Export Marketing Assistance (EMA) Program
Amount: Up to $30,000 or maximum of 30% of total eligible project costs over $100,000.
SME in Action Program – Support for SME Productivity component
Amount: non-refundable contribution of up to 40% of eligible project expenses, up to a maximum of $ 50,000 per project.
SME in Action Program – Support Component for the Implementation of Investment Projects (Feasibility Studies)
Amount: non-refundable contribution of up to 40% of eligible project expenses, up to a maximum of $ 100,000 per project, with the exception of equipment manufacturers and processors in the aluminum, for which the maximum can reach $ 250,000 per project.
Accelerating Manufacturing Scale-Up Grant Program
Amount: between $50,000 up to a maximum of $250,000 to eligible businesses or up to a maximum of $500,000 to eligible groups in collaboration.
Wage Subsidies and Hiring Grants
Student Work Placement
Through the following program employers can apply for wage subsidies to help them hire post-secondary students across Canada.
Amount:
- Up to $5,000 for every student you hire through the program
- Up to $7,000 for every student you hire that is in their first year or is from an under-represented group including:
- women in STEM
- persons with disabilities
- newcomers; and
- Indigenous students
- As a COVID-19 measure, subsidy is offered at 75% coverage (maximum $7500) for all students, until March 2021.
Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) projects
Amount: Up to 50% of eligible costs, to a maximum of $40,000.
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) Technology Assessments Program
Amount: 100% of eligible costs up to a maximum of $25,000
Ontario Automotive Modernization Program (OAMP)
Amount: 50% of eligible costs up to a maximum of $150,000
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Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF) (Temporarily Unavailable)
Amount: $250,000 per project ($20,000 minimum)
Rural Innovation Initiative Eastern Ontario (RIIEO) REGIONAL STREAM (Temporarily Unavailable)
Amount: Selected projects will be eligible for a non-repayable performance-based contribution and require a minimum 50 percent cash contribution by the recipient on eligible expenses net of HST. The minimum project size for an Eastern Ontario Innovation Initiative regional stream project is $200,000 resulting in a minimum contribution of $100,000 by the recipient.
Business Scale-up and Productivity
Amount: No-interest, repayable contributions from $500,000 up to $10 million per project
Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant (CSJG)
Amount: $10,000 per trainee up to a maximum of $100,000 per applicant
Canada-Nova Scotia Job Grant – Workplace Innovation and Productivity Skills Incentive (WIPSI)
Amount: $10,000 per trainee up to a maximum of $100,000 per applicant
British Columbia Employer Training Grant program (ETG)
Amount: up to $20,000 per trainee, with maximum of $300,000 per fiscal year
Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG)
Amount: $15,000 per trainee up to a maximum of $300,000 per applicant
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF)
The Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) supports projects and investments to businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations for economic development in eastern Ontario. The fund supports projects that create jobs, encourage innovation, collaboration and cluster development, attract private sector investment and lead to business growth and broad positive economic impacts.