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Startup Grants 2026

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234

Average award

$12,083

Top eligibility tags

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Browse open grant programs for startups and early-stage founders in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance. Use this page as your shortlist, then jump into the intake wizard so Forrest can narrow the list to the programs you are most likely to win.

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Kakivak Sivummut Grants to Small Businesses

Grantor

Kakivak Association

Award Amount

$25,000

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Startup Grants 2026

Funding is hiding in plain sight.

High-intent funding opportunities

Where to focus first

Kakivak Sivummut Grants to Small Businesses

Black Business Initiative Business Support and Financing

Terrebonne Business Subsidies and Incentives

Ville de Quebec Entrepreneurial Vision Startup Support

MRC Les Moulins Youth Entrepreneurship Fund - Terrebonne

Entreprendre Sherbrooke Youth Entrepreneurship Fund

Drummond Mentorat Desjardins Fund

Akaitcho BDC Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Micro-Loan

Cape Breton CBDC Youth Loan

MicroEntreprendre Chaudiere-Appalaches Microcredit - Levis

Courant Levis Young Entrepreneurs Loan

CBDC Westmorland Albert Youth Loan

CBDC Blue Water Youth Loan

CBDC South Coast Youth Loan

CréAvenir - PME MTL and Desjardins

CBDC Central PEI Youth Loan

däna Näye Ventures Business Loans and Indigenous Women Entrepreneur Micro Loan

Manitoba Black Entrepreneurs and Small Business Program

CieNOV Creavenir Loan

Finance PEI Micro-Loan Program

PME MTL Young Business Fund

Drummond Business Succession Program

Finance PEI Micro-Loan Program

Creative Saskatchewan Business Capacity Grant

Fonds Jeunes Entreprises (Young Business Fund) - PME MTL

PEI Future Farmer Program

PME MTL Young Social Economy Enterprises Fund

DEL Fonds Regions et Ruralite - Business Call for Projects

Metro Business Opportunities Kick$tart Loan

Metro Business Opportunities Consultant Advisory Services

Metro Business Opportunities Newcomer Business Loan

Momentum Micro Business Loans Calgary

Momentum Micro Business Loans

Alberta Innovates Micro-Voucher

Commercial Entrepreneurship Fund for Urban Commercial Sectors

Brampton Entrepreneur Centre Starter Company Plus

York Small Business Enterprise Centre Starter Company Plus - Newmarket

BACD Starter Company Plus - Whitby

CieNOV Fonds FQM

Hamilton Business Centre Starter Company Plus

BACD Starter Company Plus - Ajax

Thunder Bay CEDC Starter Company Plus

Yukon Spark Tourism Micro-grant

Halton Region Starter Company Plus

Saskatchewan Young Entrepreneur Bursary Program

Co-operative Development Fund

Windsor-Essex Starter Company Plus

Access Community Capital Fund Loans

Markham Small Business Centre Starter Company Plus

Richmond Hill Starter Company Plus

Guelph-Wellington Starter Company Plus

CBDC Central PEI Consultant Advisory Services

City of Toronto Starter Company Plus

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre Starter Company Plus

Halton Region Starter Company Plus - Milton

Kingston Starter Company Plus

Peterborough and the Kawarthas Starter Company Plus

Invest Ottawa Starter Company Plus

Vaughan Starter Company Plus

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre Starter Company Plus - Waterloo

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