NAICS Sector 44-45
Federal grants for retail trade
Programs that fund recipients the department coded with this industry. Departments record an industry code on about one agreement in ten, mostly business programs, so this is a guide to which programs fund businesses like yours, not a full count.
- Total value
- $172M
- Agreements
- 1,752
- To named organizations
- 1,534
- $162M
- To individuals or unnamed
- 218
- $10.3M; never named here
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.
Within this industry
| Industry | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 25 | $32.7M |
| 445 Food and beverage retailers | 56 | $29.5M |
| 444 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 47 | $13.8M |
| 458 Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods retailers | 2 | $3.9M |
| 457 Gasoline stations and fuel vendors | 4 | $3.3M |
| 456 Health and personal care retailers | 3 | $1.2M |
| 459 Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers | 2 | $1M |
| 455 General merchandise retailers | 2 | $593K |
| 449 Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers | 1 | $125K |
Programs that fund this industry
The programs that put the most money here.
| Program | Department | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 13 | $20.6M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms | National Research Council Canada | 153 | $16.6M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Western Economic Diversification Canada | 45 | $16.2M |
| SIF Stream 1- R&D | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 2 | $15.7M |
| Regional Economic Growth through Innovation | Pacific Economic Development Canada | 7 | $15M |
| Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 981 | $14.3M |
| Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF) | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 4 | $12.4M |
| Enabling Technologies | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $9M |
| Industrial Technologies Office | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $6.1M |
| Western Diversification Program | Prairies Economic Development Canada | 4 | $6.1M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada | 15 | $6M |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 26 | $4.2M |
| LFP – International Trade and Labour – Grants | Employment and Social Development Canada | 2 | $3.9M |
| CanExport SMEs | National Research Council Canada | 151 | $3.8M |
| CanExport SME | National Research Council Canada | 145 | $3.3M |
| Economic Recovery Program | Pacific Economic Development Canada | 8 | $2.6M |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program | National Research Council Canada | 63 | $1.8M |
| Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – For Profit | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 14 | $1.7M |
| Opportunities Fund - Project | Employment and Social Development Canada | 1 | $1.7M |
| Western Diversification Program | Pacific Economic Development Canada | 7 | $1.4M |
| CanExport | National Research Council Canada | 40 | $1.2M |
| ICF - Strategic Community Capacity | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 3 | $1.2M |
| Northern Ontario Development Program | Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | 2 | $1.2M |
| REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 3 | $762K |
| Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) | Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 1 | $710K |
Top recipients
Organizations with the most funding.
Plus 218 agreements ($10.3M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | $15.1M |
| 2008 | 1 | $63K |
| 2010 | 2 | $72K |
| 2017 | 4 | $15.7M |
| 2018 | 46 | $3.3M |
| 2019 | 72 | $8.5M |
| 2020 | 133 | $15.6M |
| 2021 | 122 | $19.6M |
| 2022 | 137 | $42M |
| 2023 | 97 | $14.1M |
| 2024 | 1,033 | $19.1M |
| 2025 | 80 | $13.8M |
| 2026 | 22 | $5.1M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 1,716 | $158M |
| Government | 4 | $4.4M |
| Not stated by the department | 15 | $2.6M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 10 | $2.3M |
| Indigenous recipients | 1 | $2M |
| Academia | 1 | $1.7M |
| Other organizations | 4 | $693K |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 1 | $90K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | Program | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Bells of Steel Inc | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $29,000 |
| May 2026 | FuelSrv Inc | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of an universal telematics interoperability layer for programmatic accessContribution | $60,000 |
| Apr 2026 | LessThan3 Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $20,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Alco Prévention Canada Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Spa Dent Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | YEP - ScientistContribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Swift Innovations Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $25,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Resilia Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $25,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Produits Capillaires Blended Beauty Inc. Blended Beauty Hair Care Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $20,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Paintillio Enterprises, Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Notice Inc. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $18,000 |
| Apr 2026 | KRITIK Education Corp. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Grant | $27,000 |
| Apr 2026 | EG MARQUES DE BEAUTE/EG Beauty Brands | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $28,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Algiamed Technologies Ltd. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $27,000 |
| Apr 2026 | 1180056 B.C. Ltd. | CanExportNational Research Council Canada | Contribution | $11,500 |
| Mar 2026 | Bells of Steel Inc | Regional Economic Growth through InnovationPrairies Economic Development Canada | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Bitcoin Well Canada Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Bitcoin-Integrated Financial PlatformContribution | $250,000 |
| Jan 2026 | Evercloak Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | EverDROP™: Membrane Dehumidification Scale-Up, Optimization, and Product LaunchContribution | $1,969,262 |
| Jan 2026 | Alter Biota Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Advancing and Scaling Up Biochar-Based Carbon-Negative Concrete Admixture from Pilot Validation to Commercial Demonstration ReadinessContribution | $1,130,913 |
| Dec 2025 | Le Labo - Solutions Brassicoles inc. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | ARP - Development of microbial technologies for the production of non-alcoholic fermented beverages.Contribution | $70,000 |
| Dec 2025 | Cascadia 4x4 Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Youth - Social Media MarketingContribution | $30,000 |
| Nov 2025 | Ecologyst Outfitters Inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | MDAP 2025 – Japan - Market Diversification Action PlanContribution | $50,000 |
| Nov 2025 | 1990328 Alberta Ltd | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Development of an ingestible product for pain reliefContribution | $75,000 |
| Nov 2025 | 7 Fathoms Skin Care, Ltd. | Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada | Scale UpContribution | $74,960 |
| Oct 2025 | Greenstone Building Products Ltd. | Regional Economic Growth through InnovationPrairies Economic Development Canada | Contribution | $1,088,700 |
| Oct 2025 | Solutions chauffantes Hot Poc inc. | Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsNational Research Council Canada | Heating matContribution | $25,000 |