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Stackability map

A grant alone
is rarely the answer.

Most Canadian funding programs are designed to stack. A grant pays for the work; a tax credit reduces the net cost; a deduction reduces the tax owed on what is left. Done right, a single project can touch four or five programs.

313
Programs in the graph
113
Stackable edges
103
With at least one partner
210
Standalone programs
§ 01  ·  The hubs

Eight programs.
Most of the connections.

11Small BusinessDeduction (SBD)8NRC IndustrialResearch8Mitacs Accelerate7WEOC National LoanProgram6FuturpreneurCanada Startup6AcceleratedInvestment6AboriginalEntrepreneurship5Ontario InnovationTax Credit (OITC)
01
Small Business Deduction (SBD)
Deductions
11
partners
02
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Grants
8
partners
03
Mitacs Accelerate
Grants
8
partners
04
WEOC National Loan Program
Incentives
7
partners
05
Futurpreneur Canada Startup Loan
Grants
6
partners
06
Accelerated Investment Incentive (AII)
Deductions
6
partners
07
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital
Grants
6
partners
08
Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)
Tax credits
5
partners
09
Provincial R&D Tax Credits
Tax credits
5
partners
10
Quebec R&D Tax Credit (RS&DE)
Tax credits
5
partners
11
Home Office Expense Deduction
Deductions
4
partners
12
Motor Vehicle Expense Deduction
Deductions
4
partners
§ 02  ·  Cross-type flow

Grants meet
credits meet deductions.

Each cell shows how many stackable edges connect programs of one type with programs of another. Symmetric. Self-stacking is allowed.

GrantsTax creditsDeductionsIncentives
Grants
23
10
2
21
Tax credits
10
16
8
0
Deductions
2
8
10
2
Incentives
21
0
2
21
§ 03  ·  Standalone

210 programs that do not stack.

Standalone programs are usually mutually exclusive with similar streams, or large enough that combining is administratively awkward. Check each program page for specific stacking rules.

Manitoba Interactive Digital Media Tax CreditTax creditsSaskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive (STSI)Tax creditsAlberta Innovates Business & Technology DevelopmentGrantsOntario Regional Opportunities Investment Tax CreditTax creditsNova Scotia Equity Tax CreditTax creditsYouth Employment and Skills StrategyGrantsQuebec Tax Credit for the Development of E-Business (CDAE)Tax creditsQuebec Manufacturing and Processing Tax CreditTax credits

And 202 more.

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