Grants in Algoma District

City hubs

• Grants in Sault Ste. Marie

Local offices

Free counselling and local lending from the delivery network serving this district.

• Destination Northern Ontario RTO
  RTO13 coordinating and investing in tourism product development, marketing, workforce development, investment attraction and partnership programs for Northern Ontario tourism operators.
  Regional Tourism Organization 13, all of Northern Ontario, managed through sub-regions (13a/13b/13c).
• East Algoma Community Futures Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing small-business loans, counselling and community economic development across East Algoma.
  17 municipalities plus three First Nations and ~128 unorganized townships north of Hwy 17, per its site.
• Millworks Centre for Entrepreneurship SBEC
  Small Business Enterprise Centre delivering workshops, training, business planning help and grant programs including Starter Company Plus and Summer Company.
  Delivers programs to Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma region per its site.
• Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) IFI
  Indigenous Financial Institution providing business loans, micro-loans, blended grant/loan financing and business advisory support to Indigenous entrepreneurs and communities across Northern Ontario.
  First Nation communities and Indigenous entrepreneurs across all of Northern Ontario, with roots in Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Treaty 9 and Ontario Treaty 5) territory.
• PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise IFI
  Not-for-profit social enterprise providing women entrepreneurs with financing (PARO Funding, WEOC Loan Fund), peer lending circles, business counselling, training and networking.
  Home service area is Northern Ontario (HQ Thunder Bay); many programs are now delivered Canada-wide per its site.
• Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation EDO
  Economic development corporation for Sault Ste. Marie, investment attraction, business development services and funding navigation.
  City of Sault Ste. Marie.
• Community Development Corporation of Sault Ste. Marie & Area CFDC
  CFDC providing business financing, a Small Business Resource Centre for counselling, and downtown development loans in the Sault Ste. Marie area.
  Sault Ste. Marie and surrounding area; the CDC's site does not enumerate the surrounding townships (Prince, Laird etc. unconfirmed).
• Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing small-business loans and counselling for the Superior East communities.
  Site names Wawa, White River, Dubreuilville and Chapleau plus 'surrounding First Nations' (~230 km of Lake Superior's northeastern shore). Chapleau is in Sudbury District. Hornepayne coverage is NOT claimed by this or any neighbouring CFDC site checked, unconfirmed gap.
• Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing business financing, counselling and community strategic-planning support for the Mushkegowuk communities.
  Mushkegowuk region: mainly the western James Bay coast (Cochrane District), plus Fort Severn/Peawanuck (Kenora District) and Missanabie Cree / Chapleau Cree (Algoma / Sudbury Districts). Community list confirmed from its site.
• 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.
  First Nations and Indigenous entrepreneurs of Northeast Ontario; its site does not enumerate member First Nations online, exact district boundary (e.g. Timiskaming/Cochrane edges) unconfirmed.