GrantTrail

Global Affairs Canada · Contribution program

CanExport - Community Investments

Promote foreign direct investment (FDI) into Canada, thus increasing Canada’s productivity and employment levels by supporting Canadian municipalities’ and communities efforts to attract, retain and expand FDI.

Total value
$21.1M
Agreements
314
Mar 2019 to Nov 2024
Median agreement
$34K
Typical range
$17K–$67K
the middle half of agreements

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.

See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Global Affairs Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
GTA Region Investment Attraction5$1.8M
Québec International5$1.3M
Montréal International4$1.2M
Invest Ottawa (2013)3$1.2M
Calgary Economic Development Ltd.6$1.2M
Waterloo Region EconomicDevelopment Corporation3$875K
Edmonton Metropolitan RegionEconomic Development Company3$690K
Vancouver Economic Commission3$633K
Metro Vancouver Regional District2$506K
Invest Ottawa2$488K
Economic Development Winnipeg Inc.4$421K
Alberta's Industrial Heartland4$369K
Montréal InVivo5$355K
Edmonton Metropolitan Region2$324K
Finance Montréalla grappe financière du Québec2$305K
Economic Development Regina Inc.4$302K
Waterloo Region Economic1$280K
Thunder Bay Community EconomicDevelopment Commission Inc.2$213K
Regional Municipality of Niagara4$204K
The Corporation of the City of Hamilton2$187K
Southwestern Ontario MarketingAlliance - Woodstock2$187K
The Corporation of the5$184K
Halifax Regional Business andCommunity EconomicDevelopment Association3$165K
City of Mount Pearl4$160K
London Economic Development2$159K
City of Surrey3$158K
TechnoMontréal2$155K
London Economic DevelopmentCorporation2$150K
Finance Montréal la grappe financière du Québec1$136K
Town of Conception Bay South4$129K
Développement Économique Sept-Îles1$128K
Corp. of the County of Middlesex3$121K
Sturgeon County2$116K
Burlington Economic DevelopmentCorporation2$112K
Winnipeg Metropolitan Region Inc.2$105K
Thunder Bay Community Economic2$105K
Kingston Economic Development2$104K
Portage Regional Economic2$101K
Saskatoon Regional EconomicDevelopment Authority (SREDA) Inc.2$99K
City of Prince George3$95K
Burlington Economic Development2$93K
Investissement et développement Gatineau2$92K
County of Grande Prairie No. 12$91K
Regional District of Central2$90K
St Thomas Economic DevelopmentCorporation3$86K
Finance Montréal1$83K
The Corporation of the Town of2$82K
Regional District of CentralOkanagan2$80K
The Corporation of the Town ofHalton Hills2$78K
Sherbrooke Innopole2$76K

Plus 8 agreements ($801K) 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.

YearAgreementsTotal
201979$5M
202059$5.1M
20219$2.2M
20229$312K
202368$3.4M
202490$5.1M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario104$7.9M
Quebec45$5M
Alberta47$3.5M
British Columbia38$2.1M
Manitoba22$853K
Saskatchewan20$617K
Nova Scotia17$463K
Newfoundland and Labrador10$324K
New Brunswick7$197K
Prince Edward Island4$96K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not-for-profit organizations and charities207$14.8M
Government75$3.5M
For-profit organizations29$2.7M
Other organizations3$94K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Nov 2024Montréal International$354,104
Nov 2024Promotion Saguenay Inc.$31,500
Nov 2024Investissement et développement Gatineau$37,000
Nov 2024Québec International$176,670
Nov 2024Innovation et Développement économique Trois-Rivières économique Trois-Rivières$31,500
Nov 2024Corporation d'innovation et de développement des Îles-de-la-Madeleine$28,100
Oct 2024Finance Montréal la grappe financière du Québec$135,892
Oct 2024Développement Économique Pierre-De Saurel$17,500
Oct 2024Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges$31,184
Apr 2024Thunder Bay Community Economic$34,750
Apr 2024Sarnia-Lambton Economic$32,750
Mar 2024Montréal InVivo$66,675
Mar 2024Greater Peterborough Area Economic$18,475
Mar 2024The Corporation of the$34,500
Feb 2024The Corporation of City of$40,000
Feb 2024Kingston Economic Development$73,600
Feb 2024Invest Ottawa$310,377
Feb 2024Waterloo Region Economic$279,934
Feb 2024Town of Shaunavon$3,000
Feb 2024Rural Municipality of Tache$21,490
Feb 2024Rural Manitoba Economic Development$20,625
Feb 2024The Corporation of the City$34,861
Feb 2024The Corp. of the Town of Cobourg$3,000
Feb 2024City of Charlottetown$23,750
Feb 2024Town of Conception Bay South$17,250