Funding for Entrepreneurs and Communities
I’m a small Indigenous tourism business and I need financial support:
- Business Development Bank of Canada
- 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
- Tourism Relief Fund in Western Canada
- Canada Digital Adoption Program
- Energy Savings for Small Business
- Alberta Multiculturalism, Indigenous and Inclusion Grant Program. Deadline January 15, 2023
Support for Indigenous Communities:
- Indigenous Community Infrastructure Fund is now open for 2023-2024
- Northern and Regional Economic Development Program closes January 22
- 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
- Tourism Relief Fund in Western Canada
- Community Facility Enhancement Program
- Community Opportunity Readiness Program
- TREE CANADA Edible Trees Fund. Deadline December 12, 2022
- Indigenous Community Support Fund
- Alberta Multiculturalism, Indigenous and Inclusion Grant Program. Deadline May 15, 2023
- 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: