Retail & E-commerce Business Grants
Retail and e-commerce businesses can access grants for digital transformation, premises improvement, and high street revitalisation. Local authorities and business improvement districts are key funding sources.
High Street Support
High street shops can access shop front improvement grants, business rate relief, and local authority business support. Town centre regeneration programmes provide additional opportunities.
Digital Transformation
Grants support retailers moving online or improving their digital presence. E-commerce development, inventory systems, and digital marketing may be funded through regional schemes.
Sustainability & Accessibility
Retail businesses can access grants for energy efficiency, accessibility improvements, and sustainable practices. These often come through local authority programmes.
Canadian Retail Grants
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Business Assistance - Immigrant Investor Program
The Immigrant Investor Program is a unique and advantageous formula, with the interest on investments made by immigrant investors, managed by Investissement Québec, distributed as a non-repayable contribution to Québec businesses.
Financing of Refundable Tax Credits
The ideal product to boost your liquid assets quickly, with financing covering up to 100% of the amount of your refundable tax credits for a given fiscal year.
Financing for collective entrepreneurship
A product tailored to the needs of social economy enterprises, with minimum financing of $50,000 per project, covering up to 100% of costs.
Financing tailored to your needs
Short or long-term financing, covering up to 100% of project costs for purchase of machinery or equipment, construction of modernization of a building, business transfer, merger or acquisition, working capital, exporting, innovation, and more.
Women’s Economic Recovery Challenge Grant Program
Funding projects that increase women's participation in the economy.
Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs (R.A.I.S.E.)
A program focused on assisting Indigenous, Black and other racialized entrepreneurs to start and scale their business
Aboriginal Participation Fund
Helps support Indigenous communities and organizations to participate in economic development activities associated with mineral exploration and development
Adopt Digital Tools for Your Business
Apply for a grant to adopt digital tools for your business
CanExport SMEs
The CanExport SMEs program provides competitive funding to help eligible Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises expand into new international markets by sharing the costs of export‑related activities.
NRC IRAP
NRC IRAP provides customized advice, valuable connections and, in some cases, funding, to help your business build innovation capacity, strengthen technical skills and capabilities, bring new products or services to market faster, solve business and technical challenges, and plan for future growth.
Indigenous Participation Fund
The Indigenous Participation Fund (IPF) provides funding to improve the capacity of Indigenous communities to participate in consultation related to mineral exploration and mine development, and economic opportunities associated with the minerals sector.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Canadian retail grants