Funding and support opportunities

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• Supports and funding from federal departments and agencies
• Regional development agencies
• Provincial and territorial supports
• Industry opportunities
• Additional resources

Supports and funding from federal departments and agencies

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

• BDC Clean technologies – What's on our radar
• BDC 16 ways to finance a cleantech business

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

• CIPO Intellectual Property Advisors
• CIPO Advanced examination for green technologies
• ExploreIP: Canada's IP Marketplace

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

• Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

• Department of Fisheries and Oceans programs and initiatives
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans Projects near water

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

• Funding programs and grants for jobs, training, and social development projects

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

• Environment and Climate Change Canada funding programs
• Climate change: Funding programs
• Tools for applying for environmental funding
• Greenhouse gas offsets toolkit
• The Net-Zero Challenge

Export Development Canada (EDC)

• Export Help Hub | EDC

Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

• Trade Commissioner Service
• Trade Commissioner Service Support programs

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

• Clean Technology
• Cleantech Engagement Team
• Industrial Decarbonization
• Research technologies and innovative solutions
• Strategic Response Fund (SRF)

National Research Council Canada (NRC)

• Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)
• NRC IRAP support for clean technology
• NRC IRAP support for intellectual property
• Challenge programs – National Research Council Canada

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

• Funding and Partnerships
• Energy Innovation Program
• Programs and funding for critical minerals projects
• Forest sector funding programs

Transport Canada (TC)

• Funding programs

Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (TBS)

• Greening government

Regional development agencies

You may find additional support for your cleantech project through Canada's Regional Development Agencies.

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
• Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
• Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)
• Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)
• Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
• Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
• Regional business support

Provincial and territorial supports

You may find additional support for your cleantech project through provincial and territorial governments.

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Saskatchewan
• Quebec
• Yukon

Industry opportunities

Funding and other opportunities may also be available through the following cleantech organizations:

Écotech Québec

Écotech Québec brings together key decision makers in Quebec's cleantech sector. It helps create the most favourable conditions for business growth and development in the green economy and encourages the use of clean technologies.

Foresight Canada

Foresight Canada is a leading cleantech innovation accelerator that brings industry together to accelerate the growth and adoption of competitive cleantech solutions that address the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Foresight Canada offers regional support and resources to businesses across Canada.

MaRS Cleantech

MaRS Cleantech supports organizations and startups that push the boundaries of clean technology. It also helps entrepreneurs bring their products to market quickly, while making organizations and businesses more sustainable and cost effective. MaRS Cleantech provides expert advice and connections to talent, capital and global markets.

Ontario Clean Technology Industry Association (OCTIA)

The Ontario Clean Technology Industry Association (OCTIA) exists to promote, foster and grow Ontario's clean technology sector.

Global Innovation Clusters

Canada's Global Innovation Clusters help industry leaders, small- and medium-sized companies, not-for-profit organizations and post-secondary institutions collaborate on large-scale projects and increase growth in five of Canada's most promising industries:

• Digital technologies
• Plant proteins
• Advanced manufacturing
• Artificial intelligence
• Oceans

The Global Innovation Clusters Initiative is led by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, but each cluster is an independent, not-for-profit entity with its own industry-led board of directors.

Organizations of all sizes and from all sectors of the economy can join the clusters, including individuals, like researchers and entrepreneurs. Each cluster has a different membership model, including fee and benefit structures.

Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT)

The Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT) is a joint industry-government initiative to support innovation, economic growth and environmental sustainability in the aviation sector. Targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, INSAT encourages the development of green aviation technologies through grants and cross-sector collaboration.

Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN)

The Clean Resources Innovation Network (CRIN) strengthens the cleantech ecosystem by facilitating opportunities to collaborate, convene, and collide. The network brings together the full energy ecosystem across five key sectors: Adopters, Funders, Innovators, Support Services, and Talent Development to drive environmental and economic solutions with global impact.