Federal Green Business Grants

Below, we’ve curated a (hopefully) comprehensive list of provincial funding opportunities designed to foster innovation, sustainability, and economic growth in Canada. Explore the grants below to discover how you can access financial support tailored to your business’s unique purposes.

For application assistance or to better understand how Green Business Grants can help your cleantech startup, non-profit or social enterprise, contact us for a consultation.

Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative

• Purpose: This initiative provides funding to organizations that assist building owners in developing deep retrofits in commercial, institutional, and residential buildings in Canada.

• Eligibility:

  • Businesses;

  • Not-for-profit organizations;

  • Government bodies; and

  • Indigenous organizations.

• Deadline: March 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm PST for Indigenous applicants, or until funds are exhausted. Application closed for non-Indigenous applicants.

Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program

• Purpose: Encourages the use of wood-based building technologies. Supports Canada’s emissions reduction targets.

• Eligibility:

  • Businesses;

  • Not-for-profit organizations;

  • Government bodies; and

  • Indigenous organizations.

• Deadline: Multiple windows, with the latest being June 30, 2024.

Incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles Program (iMHZEV)

• Purpose: Offers point-of-sale incentives for the purchase or lease of eligible medium and heavy-duty ZEVs.

• Funding: Up to $200,000.

• Eligibility: Canadian businesses and organizations with an office registered in Canada.

• Deadline: N/A

Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT)

• Purpose: Aims to adopt transformative technologies in the Canadian forest sector.

• Eligibility:

  • Businesses;

  • Not-for-profit organizations;

  • Government bodies; and

  • Indigenous organizations.

• Deadline: Multiple windows, with the latest being June 30, 2024.

Net Zero Accelerator Initiative

• Purpose: The initiative is part of the Strategic Innovation Fund, which accepts applications on an ongoing, non-competitive basis. Its investment pillars are:

  • Decarbonization of large emitters;

  • Industrial transformation; and

  • Clean technology and battery ecosystem development.

• Eligibility:

  • Businesses (corporations, cooperatives, partnerships); and

  • Networks or consortiums (i.e., a collection of companies, not-for-profit organizations, and/or other institutions incorporated in Canada).

• Deadline: N/A

Green Jobs for hiring organizations

• Purpose: Provides funding to hire, train, and mentor youth in the natural resources sector.

• Funding: Up to 75% in wage subsidies.

• Eligibility:

  • Organizations in the natural resources sector who can offer youth full-time (min. 30 hours/week, some exceptions may apply) work experience for up-to-12 months;

  • Businesses;

  • Not-for-profit organizations;

  • Government bodies; and

  • Indigenous organizations.

• Deadline: N/A

Zero Emission Transit Fund

• Purpose: Investing in the electrification of public transit and school buses.

• Eligibility:

  • Provinces and territories;

  • Municipal or regional governments;

  • Transit agencies;

  • Public bodies (e.g., school boards); 

  • Private-sector school bus operators; and

  • Private accessible transit transportation providers (e.g., paratransit services).

• Deadline: Applications accepted until funding is allocated, and expenses must be claimed by Fall of 2025.

Should you require further information or assistance in navigating green grants and incentives in Canada, our law firm is here to assist.