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Northern Ontario Grants

Grants in Greater Sudbury

Greater Sudbury consolidated its municipal incentives in 2025 into a single Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan, tax-increment equivalent grants (standard, affordable-housing, brownfield and core-area streams) that rebate the property-tax uplift from redevelopment for five to ten years. The city's Regional Business Centre at Tom Davies Square is the local Small Business Enterprise Centre and now runs the Business Incubator Program; Invest Sudbury handles investment attraction. On the Community Futures side, Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation lends within Greater Sudbury, and Waubetek serves Indigenous entrepreneurs across the northeast. The regional layer matters most for dollar amounts: NOHFC Invest North, FedNor NODP and REGI, and, for the city's film cluster, NOHFC's Film & Television Stream stacked with Ontario tax credits.

Local programs

Open, continuous intakePartly repayable, check terms

NOHFC Invest North, Investment: Launch

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation

Up to $200,000

no fixed deadline; approvals on the funder's cycle

myportal.nohfc.ca · Last verified Aug 16, 2026 · Reported, verification pending

Open, continuous intakePartly repayable, check terms

NOHFC Invest North, Investment: Grow

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation

Up to $1,000,000

no fixed deadline; approvals on the funder's cycle

myportal.nohfc.ca · Last verified Aug 16, 2026 · Uncertain: confirm with funder

Open, continuous intake

FedNor, NODP Youth Internships

Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario

Up to $52,500

no fixed deadline; approvals on the funder's cycle

fednor.canada.ca · Last verified Aug 16, 2026 · Reported, verification pending

Closing soon

CanExport SMEs

Global Affairs Canada, Trade Commissioner Service

$10,000 – $50,000

closes Aug 31, 2026 (12:00 ET (noon)) (14 days left)

tradecommissioner.gc.ca · Last verified Aug 16, 2026 · Reported, verification pending

Status unconfirmed

Canada Summer Jobs

Employment and Social Development Canada

Varies; see program

confirm with funder

canada.ca · Last verified Aug 16, 2026 · Reported, verification pending

Open, continuous intakePartly repayable, check terms

NRC IRAP, Innovation Funding

National Research Council, Industrial Research Assistance Program

From $10,000

no fixed deadline; approvals on the funder's cycle

nrc.canada.ca · Last verified Aug 16, 2026 · Reported, verification pending

Regional programs

Local programs sit alongside the regional layer available across Northern Ontario: NOHFC · FedNor · OTF · the CFDC network. The eligibility finder covers both at once.

Local offices in Greater Sudbury

  • Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation CFDC
    CFDC-type federal development corporation administering community loan funds and financing guidance for businesses in and around Greater Sudbury.
    705-673-9802
  • Waubetek Business Development Corporation IFI
    Indigenous Financial Institution providing business loans, micro-loans, e-commerce and community economic grants, and business planning support to Indigenous entrepreneurs in Northeast Ontario.
    705-285-4275

Common questions

What grants are available for a small business in Sudbury?

The Regional Business Centre at Tom Davies Square is the free first stop, advisory, training-linked start-up grants and the city's Business Incubator Program. Beyond that: NOHFC's Invest North Launch (new businesses, conditional contribution up to $200,000) and Grow streams, FedNor's NODP and REGI for expansion and innovation, Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation for loans, and Waubetek for Indigenous entrepreneurs in the northeast. Property projects can add Greater Sudbury CIP tax-increment grants on top.

What funding exists for redeveloping property or brownfields in Greater Sudbury?

The consolidated Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan offers tax-increment equivalent grants that rebate 100% of the municipal property-tax uplift from a redevelopment for up to five years, extended to as long as ten years where a project includes brownfield remediation or affordable housing, and core-area grants can stack with them. Applications go through the city's Planning Services division.

Are there film and television grants in Sudbury?

Yes, Sudbury is one of Northern Ontario's two production clusters. NOHFC's Film & Television Stream funds up to 50% of eligible costs for productions shooting in the North, and it stacks with the Ontario Film & Television Tax Credit (reported at 35% plus a 10% regional bonus outside the GTA). Verify current caps and rates before budgeting.