Business Programs: Canada and Ontario
| Ontario | Canada |
The Governments of Canada and Ontario offer many financial assistance and incentive programs to assist business. A selection of programs of interest to research-intensive businesses can be found below. Please note that the content for these pages has been provided by the Canada Ontario Business Service Centre (COBSC).
| Selected Programs for Business offered by the Government of Canada |
| Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Centres: CETACs help SMEs commercialize environmental technologies through support services such as general business development counselling, market analysis, assistance in raising capital, and technical assistance |
| CRC - Communications Research Centre Canada: The CRC is the Canadian government's primary laboratory for research and development (R&D) in advanced telecommunications |
| Earth Sciences Information Centre - ESIC: Provides the earth science community with a single contact point for their information needs and integrates the delivery of traditional library-based services with the development and marketing of new, technology-driven information products and services |
| Environmental Industries: This Web site offers information on the Canadian environment industry |
| Federal Business Immigration Program: The Federal Business Immigration Program seeks to attract people experienced in business to Canada. |
| Financial Support - Science and Technology: This Info-Guide provides an overview of financial support that does not fall under the categories of grants, employment subsidies or tax credits. It lists these alternative forms of financial support potentially available for businesses in Ontario |
| Funding Guide for International Science and Technology Cooperation: A guide describing the grants and bursaries, post-doctoral fellowships, and major international prizes available for Canadian research institutes, universities and firms for research |
| Going Global Science and Technology Fund: The Going Global Fund, administered by DFAIT, provides financial assistance to Canadian researchers in the identification and the establishment of new international collaborative R&D initiatives |
| Government Procurement Info-Guide: This guide is designed to help navigate through federal and provincial government programs, services and resources that may be of interest to those planning to sell products or services to various government agencies |
| Grants, Subsidies and Contributions - Science and Technology: This Info-Guide provides an overview of grant and subsidy programs potentially available for businesses in Ontario involved in science and technology, including programs offered or supported by the governments of Canada and Ontario |
| Hiring a Temporary Foreign Worker: Employers from all types of businesses can recruit foreign workers with a wide range of skills to meet temporary labour shortages |
| Innovation Financing: The program provides loans that established businesses can use as working capital to explore new markets and develop new products and new technologies |
| Innovation Support Fund: The Innovation Support Fund is available to companies for developing new and re-formulated dairy and finished food products |
| Innovation Synergy Centre in Markham (ISCM) : The Innovation Synergy Centre in Markham (ISCM) is a not-for-profit Canadian business advisory 'hub,' supported by the Town of Markham, Ontario Government, National Research Council Canada's Industrial Research Assistance Program, York University and Seneca College |
| Intellectual Property - IP Toolkit: The toolkit is based on the top questions that entrepreneurs ask about Intellectual Property (IP) including patents, trade-marks, copyrights and industrial designs |
| Internship Program with Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises: The program provides financial assistance to innovative Canadian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the hiring of post-secondary graduates to work on innovation projects in these firms |
| New Environmental Technologies Evaluation (NETE): This program provides an opportunity for the private sector to have new environmental technologies evaluated and assessed by the Ministry of Environment |
| Non-Financial Support - Science and Technology: This Info-Guide provides an overview of non-financial support, potentially available for businesses in Ontario involved in science and technology, including programs offered or supported by the governments of Canada and Ontario |
| NRCan Science and Technology Internship Program: This program helps employers hire recent graduates in science and engineering by partially funding salaries. Likewise, the program provides relevant and meaningful work experience to these graduates |
| NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD): The NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD) promotes socio-economic well-being, and acts as an industrial catalyst, through research and development in leading-edge, instrumentally based, medical diagnostic technologies |
| NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI): NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI), the largest research facility devoted to biotechnology in Canada, promotes, assists and conducts leading-edge R&D collaborations, services and technology transfers with the biotechnology industry |
| NRC Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS): The NRC Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS) does innovative research in the application of neuro-and glycosciences to reduce the impact of age-related and infectious diseases. Research programs are carried out with partners in industry, universities, hospitals and other R&D organizations |
| NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences (NRC-IMS): The NRC-IMS develops novel materials, devices and processes to be used by Canadian high tech sectors in the creation of next generation hardware |
| NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) : NRC-IRAP provides a range of technical and business advisory services along with potential financial support to growth-oriented Canadian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) |
| Science and Technology Program - FAITC: FAITC's Science and Technology Program strengthens Canada's science and technology capacity and promotes international business |
| Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) - Canada Revenue Agency: This program offers investment tax credit (ITC) of 35% for eligible expenditures for SR&ED carried out in Canada. |
| Sustainable Development Technology Canada: Funding and support for the development and demonstration of clean technologies |
| Technology and Innovation Info-Guide: This Info-Guide is designed to help you navigate through the technology-related federal and provincial government programs and resources available to businesses in Ontario that are interested in developing technology |
| Your Business and the Environment Info-Guide: The following Info-Guide is a document designed to help you navigate through the different government programs, services and regulations which deal with the environment and your business |
Regional / Municipal Programs
City of Hamilton Financial Incentive Programs
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