Funding and incentive programs for greening your business 

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Find financial assistance programs to help you make your business more environmentally friendly and more energy efficient.

  • 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.

  • Agriculture Development Fund
    Applies only to: Saskatchewan

    Access funding to undertake agriculture or food research and development.

  • Canada Small Business Financing Program

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

  • Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation

    Access financial assistance, workshops, and other services that can help your industrial facility save energy.

  • Conservation Fund
    Applies only to: Ontario

    You could receive funding for new conservation programs and technology for your business.

  • ECO-FINANCING
    Applies only to: Québec

    You could obtain a loan, loan guarantee or quasi-equity funding to institute environmentally friendly business practices within your business.

  • Electric Vehicle Incentive Program
    Applies only to: Ontario

    Find out how you might receive a rebate toward the purchase or lease of a new plug-in hybrid electric or battery electric vehicle.

  • Energy Loan

    Find financing to help your agricultural or agri-business produce its own renewable energy.

  • Energy Smart Commercial Buildings Retrofit Program
    Applies only to: New Brunswick

    You could get up to $3,000 to evaluate the energy efficiency of your business and up to $75,000 to pay for the energy upgrades.

  • Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
    Applies only to: Nova Scotia

    If you live in the Cape Breton or Mulgrave areas, you could get money to help you start or grow your business or to upgrade your website.

  • Farm Credit Canada Products and Services

    You could access capital for your farming or agri-business operation.

  • Financial Assistance to Industry Program
    Applies only to: New Brunswick

    You could get a loan or loan guarantee to start, grow or maintain your business in New Brunswick.

  • Good Energy
    Applies only to: Yukon

    Obtain a rebate on eligible energy-efficient appliances, heaters and outboard motors purchased between April 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013.

  • NB Growth Program
    Applies only to: New Brunswick

    You could get a grant of up to $100,000 to start a business, or up to $60,000 to expand, diversify or improve your small business.

  • NextGen Biofuels Fund

    Find out if you are eligible for funding to develop a biofuel production facility in Canada.

  • Northern Energy Program (Northern Ontario)
    Applies only to: Ontario

    If your business is based in Northern Ontario, you could apply for funding to help you plan renewable energy projects in your region.

  • On-Farm Energy Management
    Applies only to: Alberta

    As an Alberta producer you may be able to increase your profitability and strengthen your competitive position by improving your energy efficiency.

  • Ontario Innovation Demonstration Fund
    Applies only to: Ontario

    You may qualify for funding to help commercialize your innovative green technologies.

  • Ontario Innovation Tax Credit
    Applies only to: Ontario

    You may be able to claim a 10% tax credit for scientific research and experimental development done by your Ontario-based corporation in Ontario.

  • Power Savings Blitz program
    Applies only to: Ontario

    Find out how your Ontario business may be eligible for up to $1,000 in free lighting upgrades.

  • Product Incentive Program
    Applies only to: British Columbia

    This program provides financial incentives to help you replace old, inefficient technologies with new energy-efficient products.

  • Reclamation of Yukon Land
    Applies only to: Yukon

    You can apply for up to $10,000 to remove abandoned fences, vehicles or garbage piles from land having an agriculture title or a grazing lease.

  • Research and Development Program (waste diversion)
    Applies only to: Nova Scotia

    You could receive research funding of up to $50,000 for your solid waste diversion idea.

  • Small and Medium Industrial Program
    Applies only to: New Brunswick

    You could get up to $95,000 in financial support to find ways to save energy, build a business case for an energy saving project, and implement it.

  • Strategic Investments Program — Nunavut Equity Investment Fund
    Applies only to: Nunavut

    If you live in Nunavut, you could get money to start or grow a business in mining, tourism, cultural industries or fisheries.

  • The LEAN + Energy Efficiency and Environment Program
    Applies only to: Nova Scotia

    Apply for funding to hire a qualified productivity and energy efficiency consultant for your manufacturing or export business.

  • Value-Added Manufacturing Program
    Applies only to: Nova Scotia

    You could receive funding of up to 50% of eligible start-up costs related to your diverted-waste innovation.