Grants/Contests/Awards
September 30 - Digital Transformation Grant ($2,500)

October 12 deadline - Pitch your business at Startup Canada Tour (cash prize of $3,000; in-person pitch in Brampton)

November 7 deadline - Funding for Southern Ontario Businesses and Organizations

November 9 launch - Maple Production Improvement Initiative (up to 50 per cent cost-share funding for eligible costs, to a maximum of $20,000 per project)

November 30 deadline - Community Empowerment for Economic Dveleopment (CEED) (Stirling, Tyendinega, Deseronto only)

2024 - Total Mom Pitch (closed for 2023)
2024 – Starter Company Plus (closed for 2023)

Open:

Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF, up to $10,000) Contact Chantal Ouellet at Trenval - chantal.ouellet@trenval.ca or 613-961-7999 ext 223 
Canada-Ontario Jobs Grant (Up to $10,000 for training)

Black Opportunity Fund (contact for current funding availability)

BITS Bucks (Up to $5,000 grant/loan for youth 18-34)
First Nations Women’s Entrepreneurship program (FNWE) (Loans and grants up to $15,000)

Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital

Digital Main Street (Up to $2,400)

R.A.I.S.E (Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs, up to $10,000)
Grow Your Business Online Grant ($2,400)
Canadian Digital Adoption Program (Up to $15,000)
PEFIP (Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program)
Applied Research and Development Grant
Alliance Grant (R&D partnerships with educational institutions and businesses)

ODSP Start Up Benefit (Up to $500 for training and business costs)
Bryan Baeumler Casting Call, (Building project makeover)
CIP Programs (Signage and façade) – Centre Hastings, Marmora and Lake, Tweed, Bancroft
Benefits and Grant Finder (search tool)

See Training and Workforce section for recruitment funding support

Loans
BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada) - Large projects
Community Futures - Start-ups and small enterprises

IAPO First Nations Farm & Business Financing
DELIA - Microloans for underserved women
FACE (Federation of African Canadian Economics)
Futurpreneur - Ages 18-39
PARO - Women
WEOC (Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada)

Black Opportunity Fund 
BITS Bucks (Business In The Streets) - Up to $5,000 grant/loan for youth 18-34

Workshops, Events, Education

October 5, 10am-11:30am - Are You an Inclusive Leader? (WE-CAN for Women)
October 5 - Business Transitions Event - Growth Beyond Resilience (In-person)

October 11, 2:30pm-3:30pm - Financial Literacy Session - A healthy balance sheet and why it matters (Michael McMurray, CPA, CA, LPA)
October 12, 10am-11am - Becoming a Paid Speaker (WE-CAN for Women)

October 12, 1pm - How to Transform Today’s DEI Practices (WorkHuman)

October 12, 1pm-2pm - How to Leverage Canada’s Free Trade Agreements with TCS (Startup Global)

October 15-21 - BDC SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

October 17, 2pm-3pm - Small Business Week Kick-off (BDC)

October 18, 12pm-1pm - Thinking Big, Supporting Small: Navigating Business Decisions with Data (Canadian Chamber of Commerce)

October 18, 1pm-5pm - IDEAS for Gender Equality Community Building Hybrid Event (CCEW)

October 18, 2:30pm-3:30pm - Financial Literacy Session - Getting Money: What lenders and investors (Manju Jakhu CPA, CGA)
October 19, 1pm-2:30pm - Elevate Your Entrepreneurial Skills: A Fireside Chat (Futurpreneur)

November 9, 1pm-2pm - Ready, Set, Go Global! Assessing Export Readiness (Startup Global)

November 29, 12pm-1pm - Financial Fitness: Keeping Your Books in Shape (Startup Women)

See Workshops and Opportunities page for more details.

 
Open/On Demand:

BDC Learning Centre

Teeny Tiny Summits

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub  (WEKH)
OBCT (Ontario Building Trades and Construction) Newsletter
StrikeUp - Digital conference for women entrepreneurs
Product Testing at Loyalist College - Contact Loyalist Industry Partnership Officer Laurie Caouette LCaouette@loyalistcollege.com

Reports

Our Economic and Tourism Development Staff collect and analyze statistics, conduct research and review reports regularly. This helps inform our plans and programming, and should also serve to help you with your business planning.