Innovation funding in Canada
629 innovation funding programs are open across Canada right now, representing over $382.6M in total funding — every one checked against its official funder source.
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Innovation funding in Canada runs on two rails: advisory-plus-grant programs like the National Research Council’s IRAP, where a project is scoped with an advisor before money is committed, and tax-side support like SR&ED, claimed after the work is done. Many funded businesses use both on the same development effort.
The programs on this page fund the resolving of technical uncertainty — developing a product or process that does not yet exist — rather than routine improvement. That definition, not company size or sector, is usually the eligibility line that decides an application.
Provincial layers add commercialization support on top of the federal rails, and innovation programs stack with the sector and regional funding listed elsewhere in this directory.
