Southwestern Ontario Development Fund Awards Wineries Business Expansion Grants

Niagara Wineries Awarded $1M in SWODF Funding for Business Expansions

Ontario government funding has recently been announced for two wineries, Diamond Estates Wines and Spirits Limited and Andrew Peller Limited. Each business will use its manufacturing grants to expand facilities and purchase state-of-the-art equipment. Between the two recipients, 45 new jobs will be created and another 133 jobs will be retained. In total, $1,135,300 in…

SWODF Funding for Ontario Business Expansion

Sleeman Awarded $422k in SWODF Funding for Business Expansion

Sleeman Breweries Ltd. is Canada’s third-largest brewery. With facilities in Guelph, Ontario, Sleeman brews over 20 different brands year-round, including Sleeman, Sapporo, Unibroue, Okanagan Spring, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. The brewery creates premium lagers and ales that are incredibly popular in Canada and are also sold internationally. Recently, Sleeman Breweries Ltd. was awarded $422k in…

Southwestern Ontario Development Fund for Capital Investments

Over $2M in Ontario Government Funding Supports Barrie Manufacturers

Ontario government funding support has recently been announced for three Barrie-based companies. Each successfully awarded business will use its small business grants to expand facilities and purchase new state-of-the-art equipment. As result, 94 new jobs will be created and another 370 jobs will be retained in the area. In total, $2,017,700 in business expansion grants…

NRC-IRAP Funding Awarded to Zucara Therapeutics

Zucara Receives $350,000 in NRC-IRAP Funding for Health Innovation

Zucara Therapeutics Inc. is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based pre-clinical life sciences company that is advancing a long-term novel approach to prevent low blood sugar in patients with diabetes. Founded in 2015, the organization is a spin-out company from the Centre for Drug Research & Development and MaRS Innovation. Today, Zucara Therapeutics is partnering with professors…

AgriMarketing Export Expansion Grant Awards the Canada Organic Trade Association

AgriMarketing Export Expansion Grant Awards the Canada Organic Trade Association

The Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) seeks to enhance the environment and people’s lives by promoting access to organic products. With an overarching goal to connect and support the Canadian organic supply chain, COTA focuses its activities in three key areas: government relations, consumer education, and global market development. Recently, COTA was awarded more than…

Southwestern Ontario Development Funding for Nestle Canada

Nestlé Canada Expands with over $390k in Ontario Business Grants

Nestlé Canada is a food and beverage processor that manufactures and sells a variety of products from coffee to frozen meals to pet foods. Headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé is a highly-respected brand and a global market leader that achieves consistent growth both in Canada and across the world. Nestlé Canada’s business expansion project recently…

NRC IRAP ARP Funding Awarded to E3 Metals

E3 Metals Receives $40,000 in IRAP Funding for Mining Innovation

E3 Metals Corporation is a Calgary, Alberta-based mining company with specialties in lithium and other mineral exploration and development. Since being founded in 2017, E3 Metals has secured the rights to mine 580,000 hectares of lithium-rich land in Alberta. To locate and extract this lithium, the company studies over 60 years of data from oil…

Canada Media Fund Innovation Program - Experimental Stream Funding Success

Canada Media Fund’s Innovation Program Awards ~$6.2M in Funding

In February 2018, Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced over $6.2 million in Canadian government funding to support innovative digital media projects. These projects will help leading-edge of software and interactive digital media companies bring their projects to market, both within Canada and across the world. Canada Media Fund is supporting 27 Canadian innovative digital media…

Growing Forward 2 Funding Success Wilton Cheese

Wilton Cheese Factory Awarded $17.8k in GF2 Ontario Business Grants

Based in Odessa, Ontario, the Wilton Cheese Factory has been manufacturing artisan cheese since 1867. The company is known for their variety of high quality and award-winning cheeses. Its products are uniquely old-fashioned, have natural flavours and are full bodied, giving consumers some of the best cheeses on the market. Recently, the Wilton Cheese Factory…

Health Technologies Fund for Ontario Small Business

12 Health Tech Projects Invigorated with $5.5M Government Grants

The government of Ontario has recently supported 12 collaborative projects between businesses and healthcare institutions to commercialize innovative medical technologies. Through the Health Technologies Fund (HTF), each research project will receive Ontario government grants to develop, test, and integrate cutting-edge technologies into provincial health care institutions. Health Technologies Fund will provide up to $5.5M in…