Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency · Contribution program
REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)
To invest in and support businesses at various stages of development, including high-growth firms to accelerate their growth and assist them in scaling up, enhance their productivity and competitiveness in both domestic and global markets.
- Total value
- $88.6M
- Agreements
- 132
- Apr 2022 to Mar 2026
- Median agreement
- $465K
- Typical range
- $174K–$725K
- 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.
Applying? ACOA — Business Development Program — Commercial Component. Taking applications? Apply through the funder’s page; no deadline stated. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 11 agreements ($4.1M) 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.
* 2026 so far: agreements starting by Oct 2026. Departments publish each quarter after it ends, so the latest months fill in later.
Show the numbers
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | $86K |
| 2023 | 6 | $4.1M |
| 2024 | 10 | $10.5M |
| 2025 | 67 | $45.7M |
| 2026* | 48 | $28.3M |
By province
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 territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | 54 | $34.4M |
| Nova Scotia | 48 | $26.3M |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 1 | $13.2M |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 11 | $7.3M |
| Prince Edward Island | 16 | $6.5M |
| Quebec | 1 | $500K |
| British Columbia | 1 | $368K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 122 | $67.8M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 7 | $20.1M |
| Academia | 2 | $520K |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 1 | $230K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Shining Waters Family Fun Park Ltd. | Contribution | $600,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Truss Peninsule Inc. | Contribution | $864,800 |
| Mar 2026 | Trusko Inc. | Contribution | $155,450 |
| Mar 2026 | Clean Valley Bio-Filtration Technologies CIC | Contribution | $600,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Holy Whale Brewing Corp. | Contribution | $75,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Mariner Partners Inc. | Contribution | $901,181 |
| Mar 2026 | Elmwood Hardware Ltd. | Contribution | $2,000,000 |
| Mar 2026 | West-Wood Industries Ltd. | Contribution | $1,400,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Advanced Air Systems Incorporated | Contribution | $50,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Victory Advanced Technologies Inc. | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Populus Global Solutions Inc. | Contribution | $262,500 |
| Mar 2026 | Cherubini Metal Works Limited | Contribution | $3,000,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Crosby Foods Limited | Contribution | $760,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Cornu NB Immobilier Inc. | Contribution | $1,500,000 |
| Feb 2026 | ChitoLytic AC Manufacturing Ltd. | Contribution | $635,973 |
| Feb 2026 | IPL Plastics Inc. / Plastiques IPL Inc. | Contribution | $750,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Versos AI Inc. | Contribution | $500,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Terra Beata Farms Ltd. | Contribution | $250,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Shifting Shap3s Inc. | Contribution | $250,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Great Northern Timber Holdings Inc. | Contribution | $850,000 |
| Feb 2026 | EcoAxis Inc | Contribution | $296,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Ignite Economic Development Agency Inc. | Contribution | $529,375 |
| Feb 2026 | 742626 NB Inc. | Contribution | $490,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Ring Rescue Incorporated | Contribution | $500,000 |
| Feb 2026 | AccessSync Technologies Inc. | Contribution | $270,000 |