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Startup Grants 2026

Browse open grant programs for startups and early-stage founders in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance.

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Non-dilutive money for companies that are too early for a bank and too small for most investors.

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Open grants

234

Average award

$1,472

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.

ONRolling

IDEA Mississauga Starter Company Plus

Grantor

Government of Ontario

Award Amount

$5,000

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Startup Grants 2026

Funding is hiding in plain sight.

High-intent funding opportunities

Where to focus first

IDEA Mississauga Starter Company Plus

Invest Barrie Starter Company Plus

Niagara Falls Starter Company Plus

Brantford-Brant Starter Company Plus

Starter Company Plus

CieNOV Creavenir Grant

Guelph-Wellington Summer Company

BACD Summer Company - Ajax

Brampton Entrepreneur Centre Summer Company Program

BACD Summer Company - Whitby

Richmond Hill Summer Company

York Small Business Enterprise Centre Summer Company - Newmarket

Niagara Summer Company - St. Catharines

Thunder Bay CEDC Summer Company

Halton Region Summer Company

Windsor-Essex Summer Company

Halton Region Summer Company - Milton

Summer Company

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre Summer Company - Waterloo

Markham Small Business Centre Summer Company

Invest Barrie Health Venture Program

Innovation PEI Web Presence Assistance

Metro Business Opportunities Newcomer Training Grant

City of Edmonton Corner Store Small Business Support Grant

ConnexionWorks Catapult Microgrant

Invest Ottawa ScaleUp Program

MaRS Discovery District

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Invest North Program

Innovate BC Integrated Marketplace

CBDC Central PEI Greater Charlottetown Impact Loan

Envision Saint John Impact Loan

Community Futures Lethbridge Region Business Loans

Community Futures Central Okanagan Business Loans

Communitech Hub

Yukon Small Business Investment Tax Credit

NBIF Breakthru Startup Competition

Community Futures Thompson Country Business Loans

FE Monteregie Women Entrepreneur Financing

Nunavut Small Business Opportunities Fund

Invest Ottawa Pre-Accelerator Program

Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development Program

CieNOV Local Investment Funds

Platform Calgary Startup Support Programs

Vieux-Lauzon New Business Startup Support Program

Nunavut Entrepreneur Development Fund

Alberta Innovates Quantum Technologies Challenge

MRC de La Riviere-du-Nord Creavenir

Community Futures Central Island Business Loans

Prosper NWT Business Loans

NORCAT Innovation Acceleration Program

Ignite Impact Loan Fund

Prosper NWT Digital Programs

Drummond Creavenir Program

Impulsion PME

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