Canadian Commercial
Corporation (CCC)
As
Canada's export contracting agency, the Canadian Commercial
Corporation (CCC) brings buyers and Canadian exporters together
through contracts built on the best possible terms and conditions.
Since its inception, CCC has provided assistance to thousands
of companies from across Canada, helping close more than
$30 billion in win-win deals with foreign governments and
private sector buyers.
Canadian
Economic Development for Quebec Regions (DEC-CED)
Assists
small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Quebec to increase
competitiveness, innovativeness or export.
Canarie
Canada's
advanced Internet development organization is a not-for-profit
corporation whose mission is to accelerate Canada's advanced
Internet development and use by facilitating the widespread
adoption of faster, more efficient networks and by enabling
the next generation of advanced products, applications and
services to run on them. CANARIE is dedicated to the research
and implementation of advanced networks and applications
that will stimulate economic growth and increase Canada's
international competitiveness.
Export Development
Canada (EDC)
Provides trade financing and risk management
services for Canadian exporters and investors.
ExportSource/Team
Canada Inc.
Provides
a single access point to information on exporting, including
reference to all trade-related
government departments and agencies.
Global Opportunities for Associations (GOA)
Global Opportunities for Associations (GOA), formerly the Program for Export Market Development - Associations (PEMD-A), provides contribution funding to support national associations undertaking new or expanded international business development activities, in strategic markets and sectors, for the benefit of an entire industry (member and non-member firms).
Industrial
Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Canada's
premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized
Canadian enterprises (SMEs), IRAP provides Canadian SMEs
with value-added technological and business advice, financial
assistance and a range of other innovation assistance. IRAP
helps SMEs realize their full potential, turning knowledge
and innovation into strategic opportunities, jobs and prosperity
for all Canadians.
Industry
Canada / Strategis
Directory of Financing Providers
Strategis,
produced by Industry Canada, is an extensive directory
of Canadian financial providers, a powerful search engine
of financial providers, information on different types of
financing and financial providers, and tips to help secure
financing.
International
Trade Canada (formerly known as Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT))
Supports the development of trade by providing services
to exporters, developing policy, and by attracting investment
in the Canadian economy.
PPP Canada
PPP Canada, a Crown Corporation, supports the development of public-private partnerships (P3) and facilitates the development of the Canadian P3 market. The Government of Canada has established a fund that is managed by PPP Canada to support P3 infrastructure projects.
Precarn
Precarn
Incorporated is a national, member-owned industrial consortium
supporting the development of intelligent systems technologies through its extensive network
of corporations, research institutes and government partners.
Precarn funds, coordinates and promotes collaborative research
conducted by industry, university and government researchers.
Scientific
Research and Experimental Development Program (SR&ED)
A
federal tax incentive program to encourage Canadian businesses
of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and
development (R&D) in Canada that will lead to new, improved,
or technologically advanced products or processes, the SR&ED
program is the largest single source of federal government
support for industrial research and development. Claimants
can apply for SR&ED investment tax credits for expenditures
such as wages, materials, machinery, equipment, some overhead,
and SR&ED contracts.
Transport
Canada ITS Deployment
The Government of Canada's $600 million Strategic Highway
Infrastructure Program (SHIP) provides the funding
for Innovation Through Partnership. This initiative
supports key objectives designed to promote the adoption
of ITS technologies to advance the safety, efficiency and
security of Canada's transportation system. Since 1999,
Transport Canada has provided more than $8.5 million in
support of ITS projects and research in Canada. One million
dollars of SHIP funding has been allocated for research
and development contracts, with a maximum of $100,000 awarded
per project, under Transport Canada's ITS Research and Development
Plan.
Treasury
Board of Canada Secretariat Infrastructure Canada
Infrastructure
Canada works with its partners to meet the evolving infrastructure
needs of Canadian communities, and to support the quality
of life for Canadians. The department leads national infrastructure
initiatives such as research, policies and programs, and
makes strategic investments in projects that meet local
community needs, while supporting federal objectives such
as health, environment, sustainable development, climate
change, innovation and competitiveness.
Western Economic
Diversification Canada
Works to strengthen Western Canada's economy and advance
the interests of the West in national economic policy.
