Current Opportunities
Deadline: Applications are ongoing. There are 4 application intake periods each year.
Eligibility: The fund supports business and community economic development projects.
The Regional Development Program provides support for projects and investments to businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations for economic development in Ontario, by region. The types of support available include: Funding & Complementary services.
The program supports projects that:
- Create jobs and build talent
- Attract and encourage private sector investment
- Lead to business growth and broad positive economic impacts
- Encourage innovation, collaboration and cluster development
Deadline: Intake period is open.
Eligibility: Full eligibility listed on the website.
Experience Ontario 2025 supports in-person festivals or events in Ontario that will:
- Draw tourists and increase visitor spending through innovative programming in partnership with businesses and community partners.
- Provide job opportunities for Ontarians in the tourism, culture, and entertainment sectors.
Deadline: Intake period is open.
Eligibility: View list of past recipients HERE
The Ontario Sport Hosting Program provides project-based funding to help applicants deliver national and international amateur sport events in Ontario.
The program:
- provides funding for a variety of winter and summer sports
- helps to create a culture that values sport and contributes to athlete development
- encourages the development of legacies for amateur sport and local communities
- boosts local economies through sport tourism
Ontario Transit Investment Fund
Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are municipalities, non-profit organizations and Indigenous communities.
Provides annual funding of $5 million to deliver local and intercommunity transportation projects in unserved and underserved areas in Ontario, particularly in rural areas.
OTIF provides time-limited, application-based funding for up to 5 years to support the start-up and growth of transit services across the province. Through OTIF, the province is providing eligible communities with the support they need to build safe and reliable transit services.
Rural Ontario Development Program
Deadline: Intake 2 - February 26, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET | Intake 3 - October 1, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET | Intake 4 - February 25, 2027, at 5 p.m. ET.
Eligibility: Your project must be within an eligible rural area of Ontario & your organization must be one of the following:
- A municipality
- Not-for-profit organization
- An Indigenous community or org
- A local services board
- A small business with 1 to 20 employees.
Get funding to help create strong businesses, boost economic growth, protect jobs and improve infrastructure in small communities.
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Indigenous Economic Development Fund: Regional Partnership Grant 2026 — 2027
Deadline: Applications must be received by December 1st, by 5:00 p.m. EST.
Eligibility: You are a:
- Political Territorial Organization in Ontario
- Tribal Council in Ontario
- First Nations / Metis community
- Indigenous business in Ontario
- Recognized Indigenous organization
AND you are applying in partnership with one or more of the following:
- Political Territorial Organization in Ontario
- Tribal Council in Ontario
- First Nations / Metis community
- Indigenous business in Ontario
- Recognized Indigenous organization
The Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) improves access for Indigenous people to the skills training required to gain sustainable employment and support Indigenous business development and economic growth in Ontario. Projects are approved through a competitive process.
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Business Scale-up and Productivity in Northern Ontario
Deadline: Limited budget availability. Please contact a FedNor officer to discuss your project prior to submitting an application under the program.
Eligibility: Applicants include:
- Incorporated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
- Indigenous (First Nation/Métis/Inuit) businesses and organizations.
The Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) Stream aims to accelerate the growth of firms and assist with the adoption and adaptation of new, innovative technologies that support scale-up, productivity, development of and entry into new markets to help companies become competitive in both domestic and global markets.
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Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Program for Canadian Tourism & Hospitality Entrepreneurs
Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Crafts, Tours, Guiding, Workshops, Transportation, Accommodations, Food Services. All Tourism businesses.
Firecircle’s fully-funded and mentored business development program to truly ignite your tourism business! Valued at over $5,000.00 per seat, this program is funded in part by the Government of Canada and offers entrepreneurs empowering and comprehensive tools to plan, launch and grow their tourism business.
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Propel Student Work Placement Program
Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Registered Canadian businesses, startups, and not-profits related to the tourism and hospitality sector. The position must be a work-integrated learning (WIL) placement.
Propel offers post-secondary students the opportunity to gain the skills sought by employers through hands-on, paid work-integrated learning opportunities in tourism and hospitality.
The wage subsidy is available for employers who hire students enrolled at a recognized post-secondary institution for a paid position to fulfil the co-op or internship component of their program. The wage subsidy can be accessed by businesses from all facets of the visitor economy: accommodations, food and beverage services, recreation and entertainment, transportation, and travel services.
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Tourism Innovation Challenge - Cornwall
Deadline: Monday, November 24, 2025.
Eligibility: Business must be run in Cornwall, Ontario. Any operational or new business can apply, but if the business is more than three (3) years old, the innovative idea being pitched must be a NEW idea. The business must be an anchor attraction and cannot be an event.
Bring together businesses and innovative leaders in an effort to discover new tourism based solutions for the City of Cornwall. The Challenge extends beyond a regular Pitch Competition and also includes Coaching Seminars (in partnership with CBEC) for the Semi-Finalists and one-on-one mentorship from successful business professionals for the Top 5 Finalists. The final Pitch Competition will take place in front of a live audience where the winner will be awarded a $25,000 grand prize to go towards elevating their innovative business idea.
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Local Festivals — Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
Deadline: January 31 — for festivals starting between September 1 and December 31 of the same calendar year
April 30 — for festivals starting between January 1 and June 30 of the next calendar year
October 15 — for festivals starting between July 1 and August 31 of the next calendar yearEligibility: Must represent 1 of the following community-based groups:
- A local non-profit organization or group
- A local band council, tribal council or other Indigenous government or organization.
Provides funding to local groups for recurring festivals that present the work of local artists, local artisans, local heritage performers or specialists, and local First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural carriers. This includes the celebration of 2SLGBTQI+ communities and Indigenous cultural celebrations.
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Accessible Destination Program
Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Tourism businesses: accommodations, restaurants, attractions, local retail, sports hosting, and event organizers with outdoor/indoor events that contribute to the visitor experience.
The Accessible Destination Program supports the creation of welcoming, barrier-free environment that enhances the visitor experience. In collaboration with AccessNow, a Canadian-founded platform that maps and shares accessibility information, applicants can request a space review along with a grant to support accessibility improvements.
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Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Varies.
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) provides grants to Ontario-based individual artists and arts professionals, ad hoc groups, collectives and organizations. Grants support a range of arts activities and disciplines. OAC currently offers more than 65 grant programs.
Skills Development Fund: Capital Stream
Deadline: Continuous intake until funding is fully allocated.
Eligibility: As a primary applicant:
- Employers in Ontario
- Minister-approved, non-college apprenticeship program training delivery agents
- Non-profits including Indigenous band offices and Indigenous Skills and Employment Training agreement holders
- Professional, industry or employer associations
- Trade unions or union-affiliated organizations
- Municipalities
- Hospitals
- District Social Services Administration Boards
- Consolidated Municipal Service Managers
The Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream offers funding to eligible organizations to:
- build new training centres
- upgrade existing training centres
- convert an existing building into a training centre
Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Varies.
Take a successful project to a new level. Grow grants provide a higher level of funding over 2 or 3 years to help proven community projects increase their impact.Grants support established programs and services that have a proven track record of success and meet community need. Applicants can apply for funding to expand, improve or adapt an existing program or service.
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Varies.
It has three aims: (1) to increase cultural tourism by providing investments to assist Ontario organizations to develop, promote and present one- off or first time events, or a significant expansion of existing activity, which are designed to attract new tourists and visitors to cultural events; (2) increase the earned revenue capability of the applicant organization; and (3) support events that foster economic growth and contribute to job creation.
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Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Eligibility: Varies.
No matter what stage of development you’re at, FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) can help fund your next sustainability project. For over 23 years, GMF’s long-standing funding offer has helped municipalities switch to sustainable practices faster. Our updated funding goes even further in helping you bring projects to life that address local environmental challenges, enhance quality of life and support a net-zero Canada by 2050.
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