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Browse Open ProgramsHelps small businesses in rural and remote areas get loans, training, and resources to start or grow their operations. Offers support for franchising or selling a business as well.
Provides financing, including the Business Elevation Loan, and tailored business support services to entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized businesses in rural and remote communities.
Business Size: small, medium
Region: rural Canada, remote Canada
Other Criteria: entrepreneurs, businesses in underserved areas, businesses facing geographic barriers, businesses requiring tailored support
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Community Futures Saskatchewan
Rural Saskatchewan business loans, advice and training
Government of Canada, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Information to start or grow a business in Ontario
Community Futures Ontario
Assistance for rural Ontario entrepreneurs
Québec International
Support to start or grow a business in Quebec City
Rural Action Centre
Business counselling for rural Prince Edward Island entrepreneurs
Gouvernement du Québec, Investissement Québec
Funding for targeted RCMs to strengthen their economic vitality
This program is available to small, medium businesses located in rural Canada, remote Canada.
This program offers funding up to $287,000,000.
The application deadline is October 15, 2025.
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