Agri-business Resources & Incentives

All Sectors

WESTERN INNOVATION INITIATIVE (WINN) PROGRAM
Western Economic Diversification Canada offers repayable contributions for small to medium-sized businesses operating in Western Canada to commercialize innovative technology-based products in later stage research and development. This is a federally driven, $100 million, five-year initiative. The application deadline for WINN is identified through a departmental announcement. There may be up to two calls for applications per year.

Manufacturing

ALBERTA MANUFACTURING AND FABRICATION INNOVATION PROGRAM (AMFI)
A program that aims to help Alberta fabricator and manufacturers be globally competitive by adoption of new and advanced technologies, techniques and processes to increase productivity and quality. 

Agriculture / Agri-food

AGRI-INNOVATION PROGRAM
Designed to accelerate the pace of innovation by supporting research and development activities in agri-innovations and commercialization of technologies, this program promotes the development and knowledge transfer in the sector leading to innovative agriculture, agri-food and agribased practices, processes and products.

SUSTAINABLE CANADIAN AGRICULTURE PARTNERSHIP (SUSTAINABLE CAP)
Through Sustainable CAP, Alberta producers, farmers, ranchers, processors and organizations can apply cost-shared grant programs in these categories: Efficient Grain Handling, Emerging Opportunities, Farm Technology, On-Farm Value-Added, Resiliency and Public Trust, Resilient Agricultural Landscape, Value Added, Water, Accelerating Agricultural Innovations, and Business Risk Management.