Productivity 

Is your company as productive as you would like it to be? As a business owner you may feel that working longer hours and working faster will increase your company's productivity. What if you could get the same results in less time? The following information can help you work smarter and more efficiently.

• Improving your productivity with technology

  Find programs and resources to help you adopt and use information and communications technologies (ICTs) in your business.

• How your company can work smarter

  How innovative is your company? Find out how to work smarter and improve the efficiency of your company.

Financing for productivity

Use our government grants and financing search to find financing programs that will help you increase your productivity.

• Aboriginal Business Canada

  Apply for financing to start or grow your Aboriginal business.

• Aboriginal Business Development Program
  Applies only to: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon

  If you are Aboriginal and live in the territories, you could get financing to start or grow a business.

• AgriMarketing Program

  Do you have an agricultural business? You could get money to advertise and market your agricultural products and adapt appropriate assurance systems.

• AgriProcessing Initiative

  If you are a Canadian processor of agricultural products, you could receive money for new machinery to help you update your manufacturing processes.

• BDC growth capital for aboriginal business

  Find out how you could get money to help start or grow your Aboriginal business.

• Canada Book Fund

  You could receive financial assistance for your Canadian book publishing business.

• Canada Feature Film Fund

  If you are an incorporated Canadian film producer, you could receive money to develop, produce and market your movies in English or French.

• Canada Small Business Financing Program

  Access funds for your small business with the help of this loan guarantee program.

• Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program

  As a Canadian farmer or processor, you could receive funding for projects that solve problems other farmers face or that help them grow or market their products.

• Industrial Research Assistance Program — Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program

  Find out how you can add digital technologies to your business operations to increase productivity.

• Strategic Industries Development Fund
  Applies only to: Yukon

  If your business undertakes a strategic industry-related project, you may be eligible for funding if the project provides positive economic outcomes.

• Technology financing — Information and communications technology loan

  Do you need financing for your technology projects? Find out how you could get a loan to pay for information and communications technology for your business.

• Yukon Agriculture Development
  Applies only to: Yukon

  You could receive funding to develop agricultural projects that can improve the economic conditions of your region.

• Yukon Underutilized Land Initiative
  Applies only to: Yukon

  Receive up to $250 per hectare to use farm land that has not been used for agriculture for several years.