Grants you can apply for · Federal program · Loan
Community Futures
Government of Canada, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Taking applications?
Applications accepted any time
Read from the official page on October 14, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Not stated on the page
- Cost share
- Not stated on the page
- Who can apply
- Businesses; Non-profits and charities
- Where
- New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
What it is
Provide loans, training and advisory services through Community Futures organizations that support rural small businesses.
Open. For non-profits
Description from ACOA funding programs, the funder’s own list of programs. The Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025) doesn’t include it.
What applicants actually got
From the federal records of every agreement signed under this program.
- Agreements, last 12 months
- 0
- starting Oct 2025 or later
- Typical award
- $254K–$499K
- the middle half, since Oct 2023
- Median award
- $400K
- 98 agreements since Oct 2023
- All agreements
- 1,086
- $929M
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026. Filed as “Community Futures” (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 1,081), “Community Futures - RRRF” (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 5).
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program, all years.
Plus 44 agreements ($30.3M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
Who got it in your province
Open a province to see the organizations there with the most funding under this program, all years.
Nova Scotia403 agreements · $583M
New Brunswick264 agreements · $155M
Newfoundland and Labrador339 agreements · $154M
Prince Edward Island80 agreements · $37.3M
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| East Prince Development Inc. | 22 | $12.2M |
| Active Communities Lending Inc. | 16 | $10.4M |
| West Prince Ventures Limited | 10 | $6.3M |
| West Prince Ventures Ltd. | 12 | $4.5M |
| Active Communities Inc. | 9 | $2.3M |
| PEI Associations of CBDC's | 9 | $1.2M |
| Prince Edward Island Association of Community Business Development Corporations | 1 | $211K |
| P.E.I. Association of Community Business Development Corporation Inc. | 1 | $190K |
Latest agreements
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 110 | $35.3M |
| 2007 | 13 | $2.1M |
| 2008 | 145 | $65.6M |
| 2009 | 15 | $3.5M |
| 2010 | 14 | $2.4M |
| 2011 | 142 | $65.4M |
| 2012 | 8 | $3.8M |
| 2013 | 11 | $2.3M |
| 2014 | 140 | $67.3M |
| 2015 | 10 | $2.5M |
| 2016 | 5 | $1.6M |
| 2017 | 125 | $66.6M |
| 2018 | 5 | $1.5M |
| 2019 | 6 | $4.4M |
| 2020 | 223 | $554M |
| 2021 | 5 | $5.8M |
| 2022 | 3 | $1.1M |
| 2023 | 8 | $4.8M |
| 2024 | 2 | $1.2M |
| 2025 | 96 | $38.1M |
The full record: Community Futures, Community Futures - RRRF.
More programs: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island.