Funding for Entrepreneurs and Communities
I’m a small Indigenous tourism business and I need financial support:
- Business Development Bank of Canada
- The Benefits Finder is a tool that can help you find Benefits and Services that you may be eligible to receive. It asks a few questions and uses your answers to search.
- Indigenous Women Entrepreneurship Fund– Closes May 19
- Innovation Science and Economic Development
- Department of Finance list of all federal support updated daily
- Global Affairs (Exports)
- COVID-19 Supports for your Business
- Support to Businesses | Extending the Work-Sharing program, providing small businesses with wage subsidies, Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP)
- Apeetogosan Grants and Loans for Metis or Non-Status Entrepreneurs
- WD support for western Canadian businesses
- Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program
- Canada Digital Adoption Program
Support for Indigenous Communities:
- Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD) in the Prairie provinces- for not-for -profits
- Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) in the Prairie provinces- for not-for -profitshttps://www.canada.ca/en/prairies-economic-development/services/funding/regional-innovation-ecosystems.html
- Nation Development Fund program
- Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples
- Community Facility Enhancement Program
- Community Opportunity Readiness Program
- Alberta Culture Community Facility Enhancement Program. Large Funding Stream Deadline June 15, 2023
- Events Component of the Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives
- Piikani Youth & Education Foundation Group and Community Grants
Wage subsidy programs:
- First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy Summer Work Experience Program (SWEP)
- Aboriginal Futures Wage Subsidy Program
- Young Canada Works
Employee Training:
- Canada Job Grants. Applications accepted starting Dec. 15, 2022.
Artisan Grants:
- Indigenous Arts Individual Project Funding
- Creating, Knowing and Sharing Program
- Professional Development for Artists
Project Based: