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

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

Open:

Funding for Southern Ontario Businesses and Organizations - deadline November 7, 2023 

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)

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
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
September 20, 2:30-3:30pm - Understanding Financial Statements (Myles Evans, CPA)
September 22, 10:30am-12:30pm - Doing Business with the Government (In-person)

September 26 Deadline - Tourism Digital Marketing Certification

September 26, 9:30am - Teeny Tiny Summit: Creating Community Wealth and Well-Being

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 12, 10am-11am - Becoming a Paid Speaker (WE-CAN for Women)

October 15-21 - BDC SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

See Workshops and Opportunities page for more details.

 
Open/On Demand:

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.