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Ontario Grants
Find out what funding is currently available from the Government of Ontario, if you’re eligible and what you need to apply.
- Aboriginal Participation Fund
- Black Youth Action Plan – Economic Empowerment Stream
- Celebrate Ontario Blockbuster
- Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) program
- Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care Program
- Fire Protection Services Reimbursement: Unincorporated Ontario
- Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program
- Francophone Community Grants Program
- Great Lakes Local Action Fund
- Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program: Public Transit Stream
- Investment Ready: Certified Site designation
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Budget Form 2021-2022
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Child Protection Services 2021-2022
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services –Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy 2021-2022
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Ontario Works Programs 2021 or 2021-2022
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Partner Facility Renewal Program 2021-2022
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Temporary Wage Enhancement for Direct Support Workers
- Municipal Energy Plan Program
- Ontario Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Grant Program
- Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations
- Ontario Sport Hosting Program 2022-2023
- Ontario Together Fund
- Regional Development Program: Eastern Ontario Development Fund and Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
- Regional Development Program: Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC) Stream
- Seniors Community Grants
- Site Readiness Program
- Tourism Economic Development and Recovery Fund
- Closed funding opportunities
https://www.ontario.ca/page/available-funding-opportunities-ontario-government
Community Futures Huron
If you’re looking for a loan to finance your business, we want to make getting one as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Through Government of Canada funding, CFDCs, like Community Futures Huron, help finance new or existing small businesses and social enterprises for start-up, expansion or stabilization plans that help maintain or create jobs.
Community Futures Huron loan products include:
- Business Succession Loans
- Facade Improvement Loans
- Innovation Loans
- Micro Enterprise Loans
- Rural Women in Business Loans
- Small Farm Loans
- Social Enterprise Loans
- Youth Business Loans
Huron County Economic Development
Are you starting, expanding or purchasing a small business? Apply for up to $5,000 in start-up funding and business training.
Summer Company
Students aged 15-29 can apply to receive up to $3,000 in start-up funding and business coaching to run their own summer business.
Digital Transformation Grant
Digital Service Squad members will help businesses apply for a $2500 Digital Transformation Grant to improve their digital development.
SLED
SLED (Supporting Local Economic Development) is a focused program designed to help fund projects targeting key regional economic development priorities.
RTO4 Tourism Relief Fund
RTO4 will be distributing $5 million in Tourism Relief Funding in the areas of Waterloo Region, Huron County, Perth County and Wellington County.
RISE
RISE is the only national charity providing people a path toward sustained self-employment or small businesses ownership.
Futurpreneur
Futurpreneur Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to growing the nation’s economy one young entrepreneur at a time.
For more information on how Huron Economic Development can help you, click on the link: