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Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario · Contribution program

Community Futures Program (CFP)

Support to Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) who provide community economic development support to small businesses and communities to enhance local development and diversification.

Total value
$69.4M
Agreements
58
Apr 2023 to Apr 2023
Median agreement
$1.3M
Typical range
$1M–$1.4M
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 Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
1000 Islands Community Development Corporation2$2.7M
North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation2$2.4M
Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation2$2.3M
Nventure Business Development Corporation2$2.3M
Saugeen Economic Development Corporation2$2.3M
Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation2$2.3M
Norfolk District Business Development Corporation2$2.3M
Grand Erie Business Centre Inc.2$2.3M
Centre for Business and Economic Development2$2.3M
Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation2$2.3M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Perth County2$2.3M
Brant Community Futures Development Corporation2$2.3M
Huron Business Development Corporation2$2.3M
South Lake Community Futures Development Corporation2$2.3M
Venture Niagara/Enterprise Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.6M
Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.6M
Prescott-Russell Community Development Corporation1$1.6M
Haliburton County Development Corporation1$1.5M
Greater Peterborough Business Development Centre Inc.1$1.5M
Orillia Area Community Development Corporation1$1.5M
Trenval Business Development Corporation1$1.5M
Essex Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.4M
Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.4M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Wellington-Waterloo1$1.4M
Cornwall and the Counties Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.4M
Elgin Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.4M
Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.3M
Nottawasaga Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.3M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Middlesex County1$1.3M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Chatham-Kent1$1.3M
Oxford Small Business Support Centre Inc.1$1.3M
Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.3M
Tecumseh Community Development Corporation1$1.3M
Two Rivers Community Development Centre1$1.3M
Société de développement communautaire de Prescott-Russell1$1.2M
Orillia Area Community Development Corp.1$1.2M
Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association2$866K
Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations1$819K
Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Network Inc.2$591K

Plus 3 agreements ($4.2M) 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
202358$69.4M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario58$69.4M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not-for-profit organizations and charities58$69.4M

Industries funded

Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2023Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association$486,932
Apr 2023Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association$379,500
Apr 2023Venture Niagara/Enterprise Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation$1,616,692
Apr 2023Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation$1,135,575
Apr 2023Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation$1,135,575
Apr 2023Two Rivers Community Development Centre$1,270,258
Apr 2023Trenval Business Development Corporation$1,465,235
Apr 2023Tecumseh Community Development Corporation$1,270,258
Apr 2023South Lake Community Futures Development Corporation$1,270,258
Apr 2023South Lake Community Futures Development Corporation$990,000
Apr 2023Société de développement communautaire de Prescott-Russell$1,231,803
Apr 2023Saugeen Economic Development Corporation$1,276,829
Apr 2023Saugeen Economic Development Corporation$995,121
Apr 2023Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation$1,315,375
Apr 2023Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation$1,025,163
Apr 2023Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation$1,616,692
Apr 2023Prescott-Russell Community Development Corporation$1,580,513
Apr 2023Oxford Small Business Support Centre Inc.$1,270,258
Apr 2023Orillia Area Community Development Corporation$1,489,724
Apr 2023Orillia Area Community Development Corp.$1,161,045
Apr 2023Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations$818,931
Apr 2023Nventure Business Development Corporation$1,292,911
Apr 2023Nventure Business Development Corporation$1,007,655
Apr 2023Nottawasaga Community Futures Development Corporation$1,270,258
Apr 2023North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation$1,347,243