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Arts & Culture:
Collective Initiatives │ The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR)
Deadline: September 21st 2021
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Individual Micro Grant | Alberta Music
Deadline: Open
Media Arts Equipment Acquisition Fund │ Canada Council for the Arts
Deadline: Varies
Museums Assistance Program (MAP)
Deadline: Varies
Music Business Innovation Micro Grant | Alberta Music
Deadline: August 31st 2021
Summer School Project Funding │ Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Deadline: July 15th 2021
Young Canada Works (YCW)
Deadline: Varies
Employment:
Alberta Jobs Now Program
Deadline: August 31st 2021
Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement
Deadline: Ongoing
Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA)
Deadline: June 30th 2021
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
Deadline: Varies
Canada-Alberta Job Grant
Deadline: Varies
Canada's COVID Economic Response Supports
Deadline: Varies
Career Launcher Internship Programs │ Colleges & Institutes Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Career Launcher Supportive Care Assistant Program │ Colleges & Institutes Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Career Ready Program | TECHNATION
Deadline: August 31st 2021
Digital Skills for Youth program (DS4Y) │ Eco Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Driving Back to Work Grant Program
Deadline: Varies
EDGE UP 2.0 program
Deadline: TBA
Edmonton Launch │ Foresight
Deadline: August 10th 2021
Growth Catalyst program
Deadline: Ongoing
Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program (HASCAP)
Deadline: Ongoing
Innovation Employment Grant
Deadline: Open
Next 36
Deadline: August 21st 2021
Science Horizons Youth Internship Program | Government of Canada
Deadline: Varies
Skills and Partnership Fund
Deadline: Varies
Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant (SMERG)
Deadline: Varies
STEM Youth Awareness Program │ Scale AI
Deadline: Ongoing
Student Work Placement Program │ Eco Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Young Canada Works (YCW)
Deadline: Varies
Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP) | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Energy & Environment:
Alberta Petrochemicals incentive Program (APIP)
Deadline: Varies
Clean Energy Improvement Program | Made-in-Alberta PACE program
Deadline: Summer 2021 Intake
Clean Fuel Fund
Deadline: TBA
Cleaner Hydrocarbon Production | Alberta Innovates
Deadline: Ongoing
Climate Action and Awareness Fund
Deadline: Varies
Energy Innovation Program (EIP): Clean Energy Innovation | Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Deadline: Varies
Energy Savings for Business| Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA)
Deadline: First Come Basis
Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) | Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)
Deadline: Open
Natural Gas Innovation Fund - Innovation Challenge
Deadline: July 8th 2021
Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) | Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Deadline: Varies
SD Tech Fund | Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Deadline: Ongoing
Site Rehabilitation Program
Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program
Deadline: Open
Export:
Accelerated Investment Incentive
Deadline: Ongoing
Alberta – Jalisco │ Alberta Innovates
Deadline: Ongoing
Alberta Export Expansion Program │ Government of Alberta
Deadline: Ongoing
CanExport Associations
Deadline: Fall 2021
CanExport Community Investments (CECI)
Deadline: Fall 2021
CanExport Innovation │ Government of Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
CanExport SMEs Program | Government of Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Collaborative research and development projects – Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
Deadline: Varies
Creative Export Canada
Deadline: Fall 2021
EUREKA
Deadline: Ongoing
Export Readiness Micro-Voucher Program | Alberta Innovates
Deadline: Ongoing
Foreign Exchange Facility Guarantee | EDC
Deadline: Ongoing
Going Global Innovation (GGI)
Deadline: Ongoing
Mitacs Entrepreneur International
Deadline: Ongoing
Pan- Canadian AI Strategy
Deadline: Ongoing
Partnership development activities (PDA) – Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
Deadline: Varies
Soft Landing Program | Canadian Digital Media Network
Deadline: Varies
Startup Global │ StartUp Canada
Deadline: September 1st 2021
Food & Agriculture:
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Food Waste Reduction Challenge
Deadline: Varies
Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP) | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Deadline: Open
Housing:
Affordable Housing Programs
Deadline: Ongoing
Designated Communities Funding Stream
Deadline: Varies
Home Depot Canada Foundation Orange Door Awards
Deadline: Varies
Innovative Solutions to Homelessness
Deadline: Varies
Rural and Remote Homelessness funding stream
Deadline: Varies
Seed Funding for Affordable Housing New Construction Stream
Deadline: Ongoing
Seed Funding Program Preservation Stream
Deadline: Ongoing
Special Needs Assistance for Seniors (SNA) Program | Alberta Seniors and Housing
Deadline: Ongoing
Surplus Federal Real Property for Homelessness Initiative (SFRPHI)
Deadline: Varies
The Home Depot Canada Foundation Community Impact Grants
Deadline: Varies
The Home Depot Canada Foundation The Orange Door Project Grant Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Indigenous:
50 – 30 Challenge
Deadline: Ongoing
Community Opportunity Readiness Program | Indigenous Services Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Health Facilities Program
Deadline: Varies
Métis Entrepreneurs’ Assistance Program (MEAP) │ Apeetogosan (Métis) Development Inc. & Pinnacle Business Services Ltd
Deadline: Ongoing
Professional and Institutional Development Program | Indigenous Services Canada
Deadline: Varies
Skills and Partnership Fund
Deadline: Varies
Infrastructure
Green and Inclusive Community Buildings │ Infrastructure Canada
Deadline: July 6th 2021
Healthy Communities Grant Program
Opens June 2021
Western Innovation Initiative (WINN) | Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Deadline: Varies
Community Buildings Retrofit (CBR)
Recreation Energy Conservation Program
Built Together (NEW)
Deadline: September 30th
Municipalities:
Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Program
Deadline: Varies
Asset management grants for municipalities │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Deadline: Year-round
Canada Healthy Communities Initiative │ Community Foundations of Canada
Deadline: June 25th 2021
Climate Action and Awareness Fund
Deadline: Varies
Climate Adaptation Program │Municipal Climate Change Action Centre
Deadline: Ongoing
Community-Based Justice Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
Electric Vehicles for Municipalities Program | Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC)
Deadline: Ongoing
Family Violence Initiative | Department of Justice
Deadline: Varies
Grants in Place of Taxes (GIPOT)
Deadline: Varies
Green and Inclusive Community Buildings │ Infrastructure Canada
Deadline: July 6th 2021
Green Municipal Fund’s (GMF) Sustainable Affordable Housing │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Deadline: Ongoing
Housing Supply Challenge │ Impact Canada
Launches June 2021
Municipal Asset Management Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Municipal Asset Management Program │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Deadline: Ongoing
Municipal Energy Manager Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Municipal Stimulus Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Municipal Sustainability Initiative
Deadline: Ongoing
Pilot project: Local home-energy upgrade financing program │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Deadline: Until all funds are allocated
Pilot project: Signature initiative │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Deadline: Ongoing
Pilot projects: Stormwater quality, community project │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Deadline: Year-round
Recreation Energy Conservation Program │Municipal Climate Change Action Centre
Deadline: Ongoing
Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program
Deadline: Open
Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program – Community Airport Program
Deadline: November 30th 2021
Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program – Local Municipal Initiatives (LMI)
Deadline: November 30th 2021
Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program – Local Road Bridge Program
Deadline: November 30th 2021
Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program – Resource Road Program
Deadline: November 30th 2021
Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program (STIP)
Deadline: November 30th 2021
Water for Life Funding
Deadline: Ongoing
Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program
Deadline: June 30th 2021
Western Innovation Initiative (WINN) | Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Deadline: Varies
Non-Profit:
Building Back Better program │ U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada
Deadline: June 28th 2021
Climate Action and Awareness Fund
Deadline: Varies
Community Facility Enhancement Program – Large Funding Stream
Deadline: June 15th annually
Community Facility Enhancement Program – Small Funding Stream
Deadline: January 15; May 15; September 15 annually
Other:
Alberta Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Credit | Alberta Ministry of Finance and Enterprise
Deadline: Ongoing
Allard Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
Canada Book Fund (CBF)
Deadline: Varies
Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime
Deadline: Ongoing
Economic Development Initiative (EDI)
Deadline: Varies
Futurpreneur Canada
Deadline: Open
Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC)
Deadline: Ongoing
Post-Production, Visual Effects and Digital Animation Grant
Deadline: Varies
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund
Deadline: June 30th 2021
Scientific Research and Experimental Development
Deadline: Ongoing
Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program | Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Deadline: Ongoing
Strategic Innovation Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program – Grants
Deadline: Varies
Tax Savings for Industry | Natural Resources Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Software/Technology:
Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Concepts Program │ Alberta Innovates
Deadline: June 30th 2021
Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Validate Program │ Alberta Innovates
Deadline: August 13, 2021; October 15, 2021; January 14, 2022.
Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
Deadline: Varies
Entrepreneurial Investments | Alberta Innovates
Deadline: Varies
ImplementAB.digH │ Alberta Innovates
Deadline: Open
Internet of Things: Quantum Sensors Challenge program
Deadline: Varies
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) Supercluster Projects
Deadline: Varies
Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE)
Deadline: Open
SD Tech Fund | Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Deadline: Ongoing
Technology │ Protein Industries Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Tourism:
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
Deadline: Ongoing
Cooperative Investment Program | Travel Alberta
Deadline: September 30th 2021
Partnership Marketing | Travel Alberta
Deadline: September 30th 2021
Product/ Experience Development Investment | Travel Alberta
Deadline: September 30th 2021
Stabilize Program – Phase 2 (NEW)
Deadline: Varies with stream. July 29, August 31, or November 5th
Universities:
Climate Action and Awareness Fund
Deadline: Varies
Health Innovation Talent Development │Alberta Innovates
Deadline: Ongoing
John R. Evans Leaders Fund
Deadline: October 15th 2021
Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF)
Deadline: Ongoing
Young Investigator Grant │Alex’s Lemonade Stand foundation for Childhood Cancer
Deadline: July 12th 2021
Women:
Global Fund for Women
Deadline: Varies
Status of Women Grant Program – Innovation | Status of Women
Deadline: Varies
Women Entrepreneurship Fund | Startup Canada
Deadline: Varies
Women in Trade – Export Development Canada (EDC)
Deadline: Ongoing
Women’s Program | Status of Women Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Workplace opportunities: Removing barriers to equity
Deadline: Varies