The MITACS Enterprise business funding grants program provides support to small businesses through 6-month internships involving Bachelor, Masters, or Ph.D graduates, as well as Masters or Ph.D students in the science, technical, engineering and math (STEM) fields of study. MITACS will facilitate the following: Match qualified interns with SMEs Deliver business and management training Facilitate…
The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) offers small business funding grants for community-based projects throughout all of Canada. These projects must improve accessibility, remove barriers, and allow Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their communities. Government Funding for Small Business Details This Canadian grant funding for business program offers up to $50,000 in…
The highly successful ICTC Career Focus program offers business funding grants for eligible companies to hire a recent graduate. As mentioned in the Upcoming Grants for Small Business in Ontario blog, this program subsidizes wages of new graduates who will be hired to specialize in IT, business development, or online marketing work within the applying…
Recently, the Attracting Investment and Creating Jobs Act was passed. This Act has made the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) permanent and has created the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF). These regional development funds for southwestern and eastern Ontario will soon be open and accepting proposals to help support local companies and help generate local…
The Graduate Enterprise Internship is a program offered by FedDev Ontario. This hiring grant funding for business program helps fund internships for small and medium sized businesses. This is done through select post-secondary institutions that are searching for SMEs who can take on STEM interns for a 6-month period. Eligible institutions include: Ryerson University University…
Currently, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is not accepting applications to their highly successful Rural Economic Development (RED) program. This popular grant funding for business program focused on the food and agriculture sectors in Ontario families and rural economies. Small Business Government Grants Overview This Ontario government funding program was created…
The Tourism Development Fund is an Ontario government funding program that helps support projects that encourage tourism investment, tourism product development and industry capital building. This business funding grants program focuses on the following: Supports innovative product development for emerging sectors that have demonstrated market potential Enhances the quality of tourism services, businesses and practices…
A new Canadian government funding program has been released that will help optimize food processing packaging. The Optimisation des Emballages en Transformation Alimentaire contributes up to 70% up to a total of $51,000 per food processor located in Quebec, Ontario. The company can then carry out up to 3 technical and economic analysis and 3…
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) offers the Youth Internship and Co-op Canadian government funding program, which provides young northerners access to work placements and internships that will provide them with further opportunities to a successful career. NOHFC is investing in highly skilled young workforce and will prepare them for future employment in the…
The Sectoral Youth Career Focus Program is open to all organizations of the food processing sectors. The objective of the Food Processing HR Council is to provide well-trained and well-skilled workforce to the Canadian food processing industry via a wage subsidy. Sectoral Youth Career Focus Program Overview The approved projects will gain business funding grants…