====== Welcome to FundingWiki.ca ======

We're trying to organize a listing of all the funding options available to companies in Canada.  Please share your experiences with any of the programs listed and add the ones we don't know about yet.

===== General Funding =====
Funding without overly specific preconditions.

==== Canada Wide ====
  * [[Scientific Research and Experimental Development]] - 20-60% tax credits for research-oriented tasks
  * [[Sustainable Development Tech Fund]]

==== Ontario ====
  * [[OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund]] - "non-refundable contribution of up to $150,000 to a maximum of 50% of the project budget to create a market-ready interactive digital media content product."
  * [[Emerging Technologies Fund]]
  * [[Ontario Venture Capital Fund]]
===== Funding for interns, students, youth, etc. =====

  * [[Small Business Internship Program]] - (Canada) 75% for a student to do eCommerce 
  * [[Youth Employment Program]] - (Canada) up to $30k for a 6-12 month internship
  * [[Canadian Business Youth Foundation]] - (Canada) loan of up to $30K for entrepreneurs 18-34 years old

===== Loans =====

  * [[Investment Accelerator Fund]] - (Ontario) [[Ontario Centers of Excellence|OCE]] convertible debenture of up to $500k; OCE requires 5% of equity to obtain financing 

===== Other =====

  * [[other:Other programs]] that don't make the cut or that's just too hard to bother with
  * [[Precarn]] "helps Canadian companies bridge the "innovation gap" with "investment from federal departments, such as Industry Canada, and provincial government agencies"