Western Canada Funding Directory
Western Canadian Government Grant, Loan, and Funding Programs Mentor Works Can Write for Your Business.
Western Canada government funding programs can support a wide range of strategic projects, including business expansion, research and development, hiring and training, and capital investment. By being proactive and applying for funding prior to the start of projects, companies can access government grants and loans that provide a boost to company investments and greatly improve project outcomes.
Funding is widely available for businesses in Western Canadian provinces, such as Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Many of these programs are offered by Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) and Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) agencies.
The Western Canada business grants and loans listed on this page may offer support for your organization’s upcoming projects. To discuss your eligibility and receive assistance with the application process, please contact Mentor Works.
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Funding Programs | Region | Funding Activity | Description | Learn More | Show on Site? | Tags |
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Accelerating Innovations Into Care | Alberta | Research & Development |
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Yes | ||
Accessible Technology Program (ATP) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | software, non profit, | |
Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | cleantech, covid-19, tech | |
AG Action Manitoba | Manitoba | Business Expansion |
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Yes | agri, food | |
AgriAssurance: SME Stream | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | food, manufacturing, agri, | |
Agricultural Clean Technology Program (ACT) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | food, manufacturing, agri, | |
AgriDiversity | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | agri, hiring | |
AgriInnovate | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | food, agri, | |
Agtech Growth Fund (AGF) | Saskatchewan | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | food, agri, | |
Alberta Aviation Skills Grant (ASG) | Alberta | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | training, aviation, aerospace | |
Alberta Innovates: Industry Commercialization Associates Program | Alberta | Research & Development |
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Yes | research, | |
Product Demonstration Program | Alberta | Research & Development |
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Yes | research, cleantech | |
Alberta Innovates: Voucher Program | Alberta | Research & Development |
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Yes | ||
Alberta Media Fund | Alberta | Research & Development |
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Yes | software, | |
Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage – Local Festivals Program | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | municipality, non profit, | |
Business Scale-up and Productivity Program – British Columbia | British Columbia | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development |
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Yes | exporting, food, software, manufacturing, auto, cleantech, | |
British Columbia’s Project Feasibility Studies Program | British Columbia | Research & Development |
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Yes | research, feasibility | |
Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | municipality, non profit, covid | |
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | municipality, | |
Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | software, tech, media | |
Canada Growth Fund | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | software, tech, media, cleantech, manufacturing, | |
Canada Job Grant (CJG) | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | exporting, food, software, manufacturing, auto, northern ontario, cleantech | |
Canada Media Fund: Experimental Stream | Canada-wide | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development |
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Yes | software, cleantech, | |
Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | exporting, food, software, manufacturing, auto, | |
Canada Summer Jobs | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | exporting, food, software, manufacturing, auto, northern ontario, cleantech | |
Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | municipality | |
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) – Smart Farms Program | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | food, agri, | |
Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) Alberta | Alberta | Business Expansion |
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Yes | food, agri, municipality, non profit, agri, | |
Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) Federal | Canada-wide | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development |
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Yes | food, agri, municipality, non profit, agri, | |
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | food, agri, | |
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | agri, food | |
Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | non profit, | |
CanExport SMEs | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | exporting, food, software, manufacturing, auto, northern ontario, cleantech, | |
CleanBC Custom Incentives – Capital Incentive Stream | British Columbia |
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Yes | cleantech, energy | ||
CleanBC Customs Program – Energy Study Incentive Stream | British Columbia | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | cleantech, energy | |
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | municipality, energy, cleantech | |
Clean Fuels Awareness (CFA) Program | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | municipality, energy, cleantech | |
Commemorate Canada Program | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | municipality, covid | |
Commercial Vehicle Pilots Program (CVP) | British Columbia | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | auto, commercial | |
Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | municipality | |
Creative Export Canada (CEC) | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | tech, arts | |
Creative Export Canada – Export Ready Stream | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | tech, arts | |
DELIA – NCFDC | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption Business Expansion Hiring & Training Research & Development |
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Yes | food, forest, manufacturing, energy, tech, software, agri | |
Digital Supercluster Capacity Building Program | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | tech, software | |
Digital Supercluster Technology Leadership Funding | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | tech, software | |
Efficiency Manitoba Innovation Fund | Manitoba | Research & Development Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | forest, manufacturing, energy, tech, software, municipality, non profit, agri | |
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration (EVID) Program | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | automotive, | |
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) | Alberta | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | forest, manufacturing, energy, tech, software, municipality, non profit, agri | |
ESB – Expanded Technologies Pilot Program (ETP) | Alberta | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | energy | |
Export Support Fund | Alberta | Business Expansion |
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Yes | exporting, | |
Food Processing Growth Fund (FPG) | British Columbia | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | food, manufacturing | |
GIFMP’s Energy Efficiency Solutions (EES) Stream | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | cleantech, municipality, energy | |
GIFMP’s Industrial Facility track (IFT) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | cleantech, municipality, energy | |
Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | municipality, | |
Green Municipal Fund | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, northern ontario, municipality, non profit, | |
Healthy Hire Manitoba Program | Manitoba | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | ||
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) – National Research Council (NRC) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | software, | |
Industry Commercialization Associates Program | Alberta | Hiring & Training Research & Development |
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Yes | ||
Industry R&D Associates Program | Alberta | Hiring & Training Research & Development |
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Yes | ||
Innovation for Defence and Security Program (IDEaS) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | ||
Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | media, software, cleantech, | |
Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) Program | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | covid, forest, cleantech, | |
Manitoba Industrial Opportunities Program (MIOP) | Manitoba | Business Expansion |
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Yes | ||
Matching Investment Fund (MIF) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | food, agri, | |
Mitacs | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training Research & Development |
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Yes | research, university, collaborative | |
Mitacs Accelerate | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training Research & Development |
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Yes | cleantech, | |
Mitacs Elevate | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | university, college, collaboarative, cleantech, agri, | |
Museums Assistance Program (MAP) | Canada-wide | Research & Development Business Expansion Hiring & Training |
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Yes | municipality | |
NGen Advanced Manufacturing Projects | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | manufacturing, manufacturers, tech, software | |
NGen AI For Manufacturing Challenge | Canada-wide | Research & Development Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | manufacturing, manufacturers, tech, software | |
NGen Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Value Chain Program | Canada-wide | Research & Development Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | manufacturing, manufacturers, tech, software | |
NGen Manufacturing Program | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | manufacturing, manufacturers, municipality, non profit, | |
NSERC Alliance | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | university, college, collaboarative, | |
Palette Skills – Upskill Canada Program | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | hiring, training | |
Plant-Based Protein AI Project Funding | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, cleantech food, food | |
Plant-Based Protein Innovation Capacity Building Funding | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, cleantech food, food | |
Plant-Based Protein Innovation Technology Funding | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, cleantech food, food | |
Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program (PEFIP) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, cleantech food | |
Product Demonstration Program | Alberta | Research & Development |
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Yes | forest, manufacturing, energy, tech, software | |
Protein Industries Canada | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | university, college, collaboarative, health, research, food, agri, | |
Quantum Leap Funding Program | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | university, college, collaboarative, health, research, | |
Regional Quantum Initiative (RQI) in British Columbia | British Columbia | Research & Development |
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Yes | non profit, collaboarative, research, food, agri, quantum | |
Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | collaboarative, health, research, food, agri, automotive, manufacturing | |
Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) | Canada-wide | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development Hiring & Training |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – AgriMarketing | Canada-wide | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – AgriScience Program | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Capital Infrastructure and Investments program (CII) | Manitoba | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Efficient Grain Handling Program | Alberta | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Emerging Opportunities Grant Program | Alberta | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Farm Technology Program | Alberta | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Marketing Development Program | Manitoba | Business Expansion |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program | Manitoba | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Sustainable Agriculture Manitoba Program (SAM) | Manitoba | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
SCAP – Value-Added Program | Alberta | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | research, university, manufacturing, media, agri, collaborative, northern ontario, cleantech, software, cleantech, municipality, non profit, tech, auto | |
SD Tech Fund | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | agi, software, cleantech, | |
Social Enterprises – Investment Readiness Program | Canada-wide | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | non profit | |
Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development |
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Yes | software, cleantech, municipality, non profit, | |
Supply Chains and Logistics Excellence AI (SCALE.AI) | Canada-wide | Research & Development |
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Yes | software, municipality, non profit, | |
Supply Management Processing Investment Fund (SMPIF) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agri, tech, food | |
Western Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) Program | Canada-wide | Business Expansion Capital & Tech Adoption Research & Development |
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Yes | forest, manufacturing, energy, tech, software, covid, | |
Women Ecosystem Fund (WEF) | Canada-wide | Business Expansion |
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Yes | for profit | |
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy – Ecosystem Fund | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | for profit | |
Women in Skilled Trades Initiative | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | non profit, municipality | |
Youth Employment Program (IRAP) | Canada-wide | Hiring & Training |
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Yes | forest, manufacturing, energy, tech, software, covid, | |
Zero Emission Transit Fund | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | tech, software, cleantech, auto | |
Zero-Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative (ZEVAI) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agi, software, auto, cleantech, | |
Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVI) | Canada-wide | Capital & Tech Adoption |
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Yes | agi, software, auto, cleantech, |
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