Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP)
Receive up to $3 Million in Funding Support.
The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) is an effort to strengthen the competitiveness, innovation, and resilience of the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products industries, the Canadian government, provincial government, and territorial government has signed a new 5-year agreement until 2028 known as the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Please note that the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership has a variety of different programs, each with unique streams, funding rounds, eligibility criteria, and program deadlines. To learn more about each of these programs, please visit each corresponding program page by clicking the “Learn More” button.
Alberta SCAP Programs
Alberta SCAP – Value-Added Program
Invests in projects that expand market opportunities, increase company sales, and create jobs to improve Alberta’s value-added food and bioindustry processors.
Alberta SCAP – Emerging Opportunities Grant Program
Contributes to the Government of Alberta’s strategic objectives to grow and develop Alberta’s value-added agriculture sector.
Alberta SCAP – Efficient Grain Handling Program
Supports grain handling components and equipment that offer significant improvements over standard practices.
Alberta SCAP – Farm Technology Program
Encourages farmers to adopt innovative technologies that minimize agricultural waste, maximize farm efficiency, and ensure farm security.
Ontario SCAP Programs
Ontario SCAP – Agri-Food Energy Cost Savings Initiative
The Agri-Food Energy Cost Savings Initiative supports competitiveness, profitability, growth, and long-term sustainability.
Ontario SCAP – Grow Ontario Market (GOM) Program
The Grow Ontario Market (GOM) program helps agri-food businesses in Ontario export their products to local and global markets.
Ontario SCAP – Meat Processors Capacity Improvement Initiative
Helps eligible meat processors expand their operations to produce more meat at one or more of their locations.
Ontario SCAP – Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative
This program supports and funds the resiliency of the agriculture and food sector by addressing biosecurity risks.
Ontario SCAP – Maple Production Improvement Initiative
This program will provide eligible maple syrup producers access to cost-shared funding to support a range of activities to enhance their operations.
Ontario SCAP – Growing Future Opportunities Initiative
This program supports Ontario apple, tender fruit, table grape, and grape wine growers.
Ontario SCAP – Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program (RALP)
This program provides funding support to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon.
Ontario SCAP –
Dairy Processing Modernization Initiative
This initiative is designed to support dairy processors upgrade equipment to create and/or increase processing efficiencies and/or improve food safety.
Manitoba SCAP Programs
Manitoba SCAP – Capital Infrastructure and Investments program (CII)
Providing capital investment support to modernization activities is the goal of the Capital Infrastructure and Investments program.
Manitoba SCAP – Marketing Development Program
The SCAP Market Development Program helps businesses enhance their export capacity and improve their domestic and international access.
Manitoba SCAP – Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program
The Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program funds carbon sequestration from practices related to agroforestry and grassland management.
Manitoba SCAP – Sustainable Agriculture Manitoba Program (SAM)
The Sustainable Agriculture Manitoba (SAM) program funds the adoption of beneficial management practices (BMPs).
Manitoba SCAP – Research and Innovation Program
The Research and Innovation program funds basic research projects or the adoption of research equipment in the agricultural industry.
New Brunswick SCAP Programs
New Brunswick SCAP – Market Development and Access (MDAP)
The Market Development and Access Program (MDAP) supports the food basket industry in leveraging new, existing, and emerging markets.
New Brunswick SCAP – Advancing Agri-Food Processing Program
Helps agri-food companies innovate, be more competitive, improve accuracy, as well as improve their quality and efficiency.
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