Funding Programs
The Accelerated Growth Service helps growth-oriented Canadian businesses access the key government services they need to grow and expand, such as financing, exporting, innovation and business advice.
The AI Compute Access Fund offers up to $300 million in financial support to help small and medium-sized businesses access the advanced AI compute resources they need to develop and commercialize AI projects.
The Canada Small Business Financing Program makes it easier for small businesses to obtain loans from financial institutions because the government shares the risk with the lenders.
The Global Hypergrowth Project is a scale-up service that supports growth in jobs, exports, R&D and new IP creation. This project brings together the combined strength of its government partners to help tailor support to each participating company's specific needs, offering solutions that are as unique as the companies themselves.
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A made-in-Canada model, the Global Innovation Clusters program is providing nearly $2 billion to encourage large-scale collaboration among industry leaders, SMEs and post-secondary institutions to develop and scale high-potential technologies in Canada. The program supports five industry-led clusters in key sectors of Canadian advantage to build world-leading innovation ecosystems: the Digital Technology Cluster, the Protein Industries Cluster, the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster, the Scale AI Cluster and the Ocean Cluster. For the Global innovation cluster, specifically the advanced Manufacturing Cluster |
Innovative Solutions Canada, a program with over $100 million, supports the scale-up and growth of Canada's innovators and entrepreneurs by having the federal government act as a first customer.
The Government of Canada is helping Canadian businesses, creators, entrepreneurs and innovators understand, protect and access intellectual property (IP) through a comprehensive IP Strategy.
Through the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the Government of Canada is investing in efforts to drive the adoption of artificial intelligence across Canada's economy and society. The second phase of the strategy bridges Canada's world-class talent and research capacity with programs to that enable commercialization and adoption to help ensure that Canadian ideas and knowledge are mobilized and commercialized here at home.
The Patent Collective Program helps small and medium-sized enterprises better leverage intellectual property in their drive to grow to scale and compete in the innovation economy.
The Strategic Response Fund (SRF) will support large-scale innovation and Canada's industrial transformation. It replaces the Strategic Innovation Fund and builds on its mandate. The SRF includes a $5 billion investment to help firms in strategic sectors significantly impacted by tariffs to adapt, diversify and grow.
Talent Innovation Canada (TICAN) connects top research and development (R&D) talent from Canadian universities with innovative companies. This initiative supports high-growth companies by placing graduate, PhD and post-doctoral students in high-impact R&D roles, strengthening Canada's innovation workforce and supporting long-term economic growth.
By fostering partnerships between employers and training providers, the Upskilling for Industry Initiative seeks to develop and deliver demand-driven short-cycle upskilling programs that will meet the skills needs of employers from high-growth industries by providing them with access to a competitive workforce.
The Business Benefits Finder helps businesses find government programs and services that match their needs by having them answer a few simple questions.
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