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Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program
Government of Alberta
Taking applications?
No intake dates on the official page
Read from the official page on October 13, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Not stated on the page
- Cost share
- Up to 12% of eligible costs
- Who can apply
- Businesses
- Where
- Alberta
Limited to: Manufacturing.
What it is
Large-scale project grants for Alberta companies
Get a grant to cover up to 12% of the costs involved in creating a new petrochemical manufacturing facility in Alberta, or expanding on an existing one, where the capital investment is at least $50 million.
Description from the Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025), Open Government Licence – Canada.
What applicants actually got
From Alberta’s grant payments disclosure: every payment the province filed under this program.
- Awards, fiscal 2025-26
- 2
- recipients paid that year
- Typical award
- $13.5M–$127M
- the middle half, fiscal 2023-24 to 2025-26
- Median award
- $60.1M
- 6 awards, fiscal 2023-24 to 2025-26
- All years
- $444M
- 6 awards, fiscal 2023-24 to 2025-26
Alberta grant payments disclosure, fiscal years 2023-24 to 2025-26 (April to March). An award is one recipient’s total from the program in one fiscal year; amounts of $0 or less count as $0. Medians use complete fiscal years. Source: Government of Alberta, open.alberta.ca, Open Government Licence – Alberta.
Who got it
Organizations paid the most under this program, fiscal 2023-24 to 2025-26.
| Recipient | Fiscal years | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Petrochemical Complex Limited Partnership | 2023-24 to 2025-26 | 3 | $408M |
| Dow Chemical Canada Ulc | 2023-24 to 2024-25 | 2 | $32.5M |
Plus 1 payment ($3.5M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
Latest payments
The latest payments to named organizations, to December 11, 2025.
| Paid | Recipient | Filed as | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Heartland Petrochemical Complex Limited Partnership | AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGM HEARTLANEnergy and Minerals | $86,816,922 |
| Dec 2025 | Heartland Petrochemical Complex Limited Partnership | AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGM HEARTLANEnergy and Minerals | $86,816,922 |
| Jan 2025 | Dow Chemical Canada Ulc | AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGM DOWEnergy and Minerals | $10,836,950 |
| Dec 2024 | Heartland Petrochemical Complex Limited Partnership | AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGEnergy and Minerals | $68,057,378 |
| Dec 2024 | Heartland Petrochemical Complex Limited Partnership | AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGEnergy and Minerals | $68,057,378 |
| Jan 2024 | Dow Chemical Canada Ulc | ALBERTA PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMEnergy and Minerals | $10,836,950 |
| Nov 2023 | Heartland Petrochemical Complex Limited Partnership | ALBERTA PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMEnergy and Minerals | $98,595,669 |
| Jun 2023 | Dow Chemical Canada Ulc | ALBERTA PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMEnergy | $10,836,950 |
By fiscal year
Awards by the fiscal year (April to March) they were paid in; the median is over awards above $0.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Median award | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2 | — | $177M |
| 2024-25 | 2 | — | $147M |
| 2023-24 | 2 | — | $120M |
Matched to 6 program names in Alberta’s disclosure (by Claude, checked against who was paid):
- “AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGM HEARTLAN” (Energy and Minerals, 2025-26, 2 payments)
- “AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGM ROCKY MT” (Energy and Minerals, 2025-26, 1 payment)
- “AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRG” (Energy and Minerals, 2024-25, 2 payments)
- “AB PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PRGM DOW” (Energy and Minerals, 2024-25, 1 payment)
- “ALBERTA PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM” (Energy and Minerals, 2023-24, 2 payments)
- “ALBERTA PETROCHEMICAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM” (Energy, 2023-24, 1 payment)
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