Did you know there are nearly 500 small business funding organizations that provide financial support to entrepreneurs in Ontario?
It’s true!
Those organizations provide a wide range of financial incentives:
We’ve created profiles for many of those funding organizations, so you can see at-a-glance the types of financial support they provide, their specific funding programs, how to contact them, and more.
Click the name of the organization you’re interested in below to learn about its programs:
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES
Federal Government – Regional Development Agencies
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor Ontario)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES & AGENCIES
ONTARIO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
Ontario Cities and Towns
Ontario Regions
Ontario Districts
ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES
- Collège La Cité
- EDGE (Sheridan College)
- Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship (Humber College)
- Imagination Catalyst (Ontario College of Art & Design)
- Entrepreneurship, Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre) (University of Windsor)
- John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (University of Guelph)
- Ingenuity (Lakehead University)
- Innovation Hub (Carleton University)
- Goodman Group (Brock University)
- Genesis Entrepreneurship Centre (St Clair College’s entrepreneurship centre)
- Helix (Seneca College’s innovation and entrepreneurship incubator)
- Humber Centre for Entrepreneurship (Humber College’s entrepreneurship centre)
- Leap Junction (Fanshawe College’s entrepreneurship centre and accelerator)
- Queen’s University
- Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson University)
- The Forge (McMaster University’s)
- University of Toronto
- BFN Accelerate (accelerator)
- Health Innovation Hub (accelerator)
- ICUBE UTM (UofT Mississauga’s entrepreneurship centre & accelerator)
- InnovED
- The BRIDGE
- The Entrepreneurship Hatchery (accelerator)
- The Hub at UTSC (University of Toronto Scarborough, incubator)
- University of Waterloo
- Western Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship (Western University)
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI)
- YSpace at York University
ONTARIO UTILITY COMPANIES
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Associations
Chambers of Commerce
Networks
Research Organizations
Regional Innovation Centres
Ontario Regional Innovation Centres provide funding and in-kind support to early-stage or growing innovation and technology companies. Click a link below to learn more about a specific Regional Innovation Centre: