North Bay Growth Community Improvement Plan
Also known as: Growth CIP · GCIP
North Bay's Growth CIP is the umbrella for the city's development incentives across four target areas: Downtown, Housing, Industrial, and Waterfront. Each area has its own grants, tax incentives, and fee waivers set out in per-area guideline documents (2019 plan, since expanded with Housing Accelerator Fund top-ups). The best-documented stream is Housing, up to 75% of costs to $25,000 per dwelling unit. Start with a pre-consultation: growthcip@northbay.ca.
Key facts
- Amount
- Amount not published by funder
- Instrument
- Mixed instruments
- Status
- Open no announced close date
- Who qualifies
- Property owners and developers Businesses Nonprofits and charities
- property-owner
- developer
- business
- nonprofit
- Four target areas: Downtown, Housing, Industrial, Waterfront, each with its own incentive suite and guideline document
- Housing projects must connect to municipal sewer and water services
- Incentives encourage beautification, job creation, and new housing units
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- Where
- Nipissing DistrictThis program is limited to one district.
1 of 11 Northern Ontario districts are eligible for this program. A filled dot is eligible, an outline is not.
When can you apply?
| Cycle | Opens | Closes | Status | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAF Year 2 top-up (2026) NEW SLUG (north-bay-growth-cip). City page: 'Starting January 2026', no exact open day published, so opens_on omitted. Pre-consultation with the City required before applying. This is the one confirmable municipal while-funds-last flag found. |
- | - | Open Subject to available funding per stream (three HAF top-up streams), effectively while-funds-last; no fixed close date published |
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How do you apply?
Call first. This funder expects contact with a program officer before you apply.
- Pre-consultation (recommended): email growthcip@northbay.ca or call 705-474-0400 ext. 2414
- Application per target-area guideline document
- Staff evaluation against eligibility criteria and available funding
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Common questions
What are the four target areas?
Downtown, Housing, Industrial, and Waterfront. Each has specific financial incentives, beautification grants, tax incentives, fee waivers, detailed in its own guideline document and information sheet on northbay.ca.
Do I need a pre-consultation?
Strongly recommended. Planning staff ask that you email growthcip@northbay.ca or call 705-474-0400 ext. 2414 before applying, to confirm your project fits program parameters.
Where are the dollar amounts for industrial, downtown, and waterfront incentives?
In the per-area guideline PDFs on the city's Growth CIP pages, the city does not publish them on the summary pages, so confirm figures with staff for your specific stream.
Where else could this money come from?
Chosen by what these programs have in common with this one, not by hand. The reason is shown for each, so you can judge whether it holds.
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North Bay Growth CIP, Housing Target Area Incentive
Next intake not announced same funder (City of North Bay); both for small business, expansion and homeowners, energy retrofits; north bay, housing — Up to 75% of costs
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North Bay Growth CIP Top-Up Funding Streams (HAF Year 2)
Next intake not announced same funder (City of North Bay); both for small business, expansion and homeowners, energy retrofits; north bay — Varies; see program
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Strategic Core Areas CIP, Downtown & Core Area Improvement Grants
Open, continuous intake both for small business, expansion; downtown — Up to $25,000
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GSCIP Housing Accelerator Program (Per-Door Residential Grant)
Open, continuous intake both for small business, expansion and nonprofits & charities; housing — Up to $200,000
Notes on this record
Umbrella record. Industrial/Downtown/Waterfront dollar amounts live in guideline PDFs not fetched, omitted rather than guessed. See north-bay-growth-cip-housing and north-bay-growth-cip-top-up for the quantified housing streams.
Apply
Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: