Supporting economic diversification and growth in Northern Ontario
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
Supporting the growth of Canadian businesses, their expansion into new markets and their adoption of new technologies and processes.
Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP)
Supporting communities' efforts to plan and mobilize their resources, enhance business growth, and exploit new opportunities for economic development and diversification.
Community Futures Program (CFP)
Encouraging the growth of small and medium-sized businesses via a network of 24 Community Futures Development Corporations spread out across the region.
Economic Development Initiative (EDI)
Enhancing the economic viability of the region's Francophone communities through support for innovation, economic diversification and business growth initiatives.
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII)
Supporting small and medium-sized businesses accelerate the adoption and commercialization of AI in Northern Ontario.
Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative for Northern Ontario
Helping businesses and organizations enhance the local housing supply chain and advance innovation in the residential construction sector.
Regional Tariff Response Initiative
The Regional Tariff Response Initiative aims to support tariff impacted small and medium-sized enterprises and sectors to boost productivity, catalyze growth, and diversify markets, through projects that can be executed successfully within the timeframe of this initiative (between March 21, 2025 and March 31, 2028.
Regional Defence Investment Initiative
The Government of Canada is strengthening Canada’s defence industrial base with the Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII). The initiative supports the Government of Canada’s efforts under the Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) to enhance national defence capabilities and contribute to Canada’s commitment to spend 2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence as part of its NATO obligations.
Build Communities Strong Fund—Local Impact Stream in Northern Ontario
The National BCSF, led by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), supports the development and renewal of public infrastructure across the country. Through its Direct Delivery stream, HICC will focus on large infrastructure projects which support and advance economic prosperity, housing, education, health, transit (roads, highways), and climate adaptation
Black Entrepreneurship Program
Black Canadian business owners can grow their businesses and succeed now and into the future.