Hospitality & Tourism Business Grants
The hospitality and tourism sector can access grants for business improvement, destination development, and recovery support. Local authorities, VisitEngland/Scotland/Wales, and regional tourism bodies provide funding opportunities.
Destination Development
Regional tourism bodies and councils fund destination improvement projects. These support attractions, accommodation providers, and visitor infrastructure development.
Business Improvement
Hospitality businesses can access grants for premises improvement, accessibility, and sustainability. These often come from local authorities or business improvement districts.
Skills & Training
The sector benefits from specific skills funding including apprenticeship support and training grants to address hospitality workforce challenges.
Canadian Tourism & Hospitality Grants
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Paid Work Experience Tax Credits
The Paid Work Experience Tax Credit (PWETC) provides eligible employers with a refundable tax credit on a percentage of wages paid to trainee employees, recent graduates, co‑op students and apprentices in Manitoba, with credit caps up to $5,000 per individual.
First Jobs Fund
A Manitoba application-based fund for organizations delivering job-readiness and paid work experience programs that help youth aged 15 to 29 obtain their first workplace experience.
Canada-Manitoba Job Grant
The Canada-Manitoba Job Grant was a program that provided funding to support employee training, but it has been discontinued and replaced by the Building Up Manitoba Program (BUMP).
Communities Economic Development Fund Business Loan Program
The CEDF Business Loans Program provides flexible, repayable loans of up to $2 million to support Indigenous entrepreneurs and businesses in northern Manitoba.
Trade Growth Investment Financing Program
The Trade Growth Investment Financing Program provides repayable loans of $250,000 to $5 million (up to 25 % of total project costs) to Manitoba‑based small and medium‑sized enterprises for productivity‑enhancing projects such as trade/export growth, job creation and workforce development.
Workplace Innovation and Productivity Skills Incentive (WIPSI)
Funding to help train your employees to improve the productivity and competitiveness of your business.
START
An incentive to help you hire unemployed Nova Scotians.
Student Summer Skill Incentive (SKILL)
A wage subsidy to reduce the cost of hiring post-secondary students for quality summer jobs if you work for a non-profit or registered charity.
Job Creation Partnership
A funding incentive to help you hire unemployed Nova Scotians for community projects that will help them achieve their full-time employment goals.
Graduate to Opportunity (GTO)
A 2-year salary incentive that reduces the cost of hiring recent post-secondary graduates for full-time, permanent jobs.
Energy Training Program
A wage subsidy to help you hire post-secondary students or grads for a summer work experience in the energy sector.
Co-op Education Incentive (CO-OP)
Wage assistance when you hire university or community college co-op students for career-related work terms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Canadian tourism & hospitality grants