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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.

314
Programs in the graph
121
Stackable edges
107
With at least one partner
207
Standalone programs
§ 01  ·  The hubs

Eight programs.
Most of the connections.

11Small BusinessDeduction (SBD)8NRC IndustrialResearch8ScientificResearch and8Mitacs Accelerate7WEOC National LoanProgram6FuturpreneurCanada Startup6AcceleratedInvestment6Ontario InnovationTax Credit (OITC)
01
Small Business Deduction (SBD)
Deductions
11
partners
02
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Grants
8
partners
03
Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Credit
Tax credits
8
partners
04
Mitacs Accelerate
Grants
8
partners
05
WEOC National Loan Program
Incentives
7
partners
06
Futurpreneur Canada Startup Loan
Grants
6
partners
07
Accelerated Investment Incentive (AII)
Deductions
6
partners
08
Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)
Tax credits
6
partners
09
Quebec R&D Tax Credit (RS&DE)
Tax credits
6
partners
10
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital
Grants
6
partners
11
Provincial R&D Tax Credits
Tax credits
5
partners
12
Home Office 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
24
8
0
Deductions
2
8
10
2
Incentives
21
0
2
21
§ 03  ·  Standalone

207 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 199 more.

Common combinations

Can you stack these?

ACOA Business Development Program + Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada GrantsCan you stack? →Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital + Indian Business Corporation Developmental Loans (Alberta)Can you stack? →Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital + Indigenous Women Entrepreneurship (IWE) ProgramCan you stack? →Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital + Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurship (IYE) ProgramCan you stack? →Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital + NACCA Aboriginal Business Financing Program (ABFP)Can you stack? →Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital + Ulnooweg Indigenous Business Loans (Atlantic Canada)Can you stack? →Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: Access to Capital + Waubetek Aboriginal Business Financing (North-Eastern Ontario)Can you stack? →AgriInvest + AgriStabilityCan you stack? →AgriInvest + Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP)Can you stack? →AgriStability + Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP)Can you stack? →Alberta Film and Television Tax Credit (FTTC) + Alberta Made Production Grant (AMPG)Can you stack? →Alberta Innovation Employment Grant (IEG) + Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax CreditCan you stack? →
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