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Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario · Contribution program

Ontario Community Futures Program-Southern Ontario

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
$92.9M
Agreements
100
Apr 2015 to Apr 2023
Median agreement
$930K
Typical range
$814K–$1M
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
Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation4$4.7M
Cornwall and The Counties CFDC3$3.6M
Haliburton County Development Corporation3$3.6M
Greater Peterborough Business Development Centre Inc.3$3.2M
Trenval Business Development Corporation3$3.1M
Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation3$3.1M
Elgin Community Futures Development Corporation3$2.9M
Oxford Small Business Support Centre Inc.3$2.6M
Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation3$2.6M
Tecumseh Community Development Corporation3$2.6M
Two Rivers Community Development Centre3$2.5M
Venture Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation2$2.3M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Chatham-Kent3$2.3M
Community Futures Development Corporation of N&C Hastings2$2M
Société de développement communautaire de Prescott-Russell2$2M
1000 Islands Community Development Corporation2$2M
Orillia Area Community Development Corporation2$2M
Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation2$2M
Community Futures Development Corp. of Wellington-Waterloo2$2M
Essex Community Futures Development Corp.2$1.9M
Kawartha Lakes Community Future Development2$1.8M
Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation2$1.8M
Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corporation2$1.8M
Saugeen Economic Development Corp.2$1.7M
Centre for Business and Economic Development2$1.7M
Norfolk District BDC2$1.7M
North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corp.2$1.7M
CFDC of Middlesex County2$1.7M
Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation2$1.6M
Nottawasaga Community Futures Development Corp.2$1.6M
Brant Community Futures Development Corporation2$1.6M
Huron Business Development Corporation2$1.5M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Perth County2$1.5M
South Lake Community Futures Development Corporation2$1.5M
Grand Erie Business Centre Inc. CFDC2$1.4M
Venture Niagara/Enterprise Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.3M
Ontario Association Of Community Futures Dev. Corporations2$1.2M
Essex Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.1M
Community Futures Development Corporation of Wellington-Waterloo1$1.1M
Cornwall and the Counties Community Futures Development Corporation1$1.1M
Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation1$1M
Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corp.1$1M
Nottawasaga Community Futures Development Corporation1$990K
Community Futures Development Corporation of Middlesex County1$990K
South Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation1$700K
Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations1$638K
Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corp. Assoc.1$330K
Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Network1$225K

Plus 3 agreements ($3.3M) 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.

$0$40M$80M201520162017201820192020202120222023
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YearAgreementsTotal
20151$1.8M
20161$700K
20170$0
20180$0
20190$0
202077$68M
20210$0
20220$0
202321$22.3M

By province

AB: none hereBC: none hereMB: none hereNB: none hereNL: none hereNS: none hereNT: none hereNU: none hereOntario: $92.9M in 100 agreements, $6 per residentPE: none hereQC: none hereSK: none hereYT: none hereABBCMBNBNLNSNTNUONPEQCSKYT
$6

Per resident: the total over the whole window divided by the population on 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01). Agreements are placed by the recipient’s address, so a national organization’s funding counts where its office is.

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario100$92.9M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not-for-profit organizations and charities100$92.9M

Industries funded

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

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2023Venture Niagara/Enterprise Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation$1,260,000
Apr 2023Two Rivers Community Development Centre$990,000
Apr 2023Trenval Business Development Corporation$1,141,959
Apr 2023Tecumseh Community Development Corporation$990,000
Apr 2023Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation$1,260,000
Apr 2023Oxford Small Business Support Centre Inc.$990,000
Apr 2023Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations$638,250
Apr 2023Nottawasaga Community Futures Development Corporation$990,000
Apr 2023Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corp.$1,007,655
Apr 2023Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation$1,036,635
Apr 2023Haliburton County Development Corporation$1,200,000
Apr 2023Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation$1,121,259
Apr 2023Greater Peterborough Business Development Centre Inc.$1,177,686
Apr 2023Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation$990,000
Apr 2023Essex Community Futures Development Corporation$1,126,068
Apr 2023Elgin Community Futures Development Corporation$1,064,412
Apr 2023Cornwall and the Counties Community Futures Development Corporation$1,093,191
Apr 2023Community Futures Development Corporation of Wellington-Waterloo$1,119,015
Apr 2023Community Futures Development Corporation of Middlesex County$990,000
Apr 2023Community Futures Development Corporation of Chatham-Kent$990,000
Apr 2020Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corp. Assoc.$330,000
Apr 2020Venture Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation$1,151,187
Apr 2020Venture Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation$1,144,152
Apr 2020Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation$994,491
Apr 2020Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation$987,456