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Startup Guide from Startup YMM
This guide will be your companion to starting a new business in Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo.
The guide has been developed in partnership with WBRIN, Startup YMM, Community Futures Wood Buffalo, Keyano College, Alberta Innovates and the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce. The Startup Guide was created with the goal of being a one-stop resource to support our local business community.
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Whether you’re thinking about opening a brand-new business or are an experienced owner just looking for information, this is a resource that can help you.
Market Research Services
Entrepreneurs create ideas for new products and services all the time. Let’s ensure yours is going places by exploring whether a market exists for your idea and what that market looks like.
Market research involves collecting data that you can analyze and interpret to learn about the characteristics and needs of your target market, your industry as a whole, and the competitors you face. You can use this information to validate your idea, test your product or service design, and make better business decisions. Whether you need research to determine if your new business idea is feasible or for developing your business plan, we’ve got you covered.
Youth Internship Incentive Program (YIIP)
​The Youth Internship Incentive Program is designed to increase the number of employers supporting work-integrated learning internships in trades, technologies, and in-demand occupations. By providing a financial incentive for employers, this program will expand an...
​Interactive Business Plan Builder
​Our Interactive Business Plan Builder will provide you with guidance and support when it comes to putting together a compelling business plan. This free interactive tool is for anyone—from aspiring entrepreneurs with a new business idea, to existing business owners looking to pivot their current business model or secure new funding.
Alberta is providing approximately $30 million to post-secondary institutions across the province, to support leading-edge research in areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and energy efficiency.
Alberta’s government will soon offer a one-time payment of $2,000 to Alberta small- and medium-sized businesses that are eligible for and choose to implement the Restrictions Exemption Program, This program allows participating businesses to operate...
Food Processing Development Centre
​Through a combination of expertise, specialized facilities, product development, applied research, and interim processing, the Food Processing Development Centre (FPDC) fosters growth and commercialization of food, beverage and ingredient manufacturing companies. Working with industry stakeholders and companies...
Get tools and information on what to consider before starting a business. Get information to help you identify opportunities to grow your business. Learn how to fuel your R&D and innovation projects through government grants, contributions...
ClassRebel
​While deploying capital from her first VC fund, CEO & Founder Brooke Harley noticed that, when compared to everyone else, entrepreneurs from elite U.S. colleges had a distinct educational and societal advantage in both raising money for their startups and accessing early stage investments.
In response, she put out Fundraising 101 and Angels 101 to help level the playing field, making this elite, lucrative financial education available to absolutely anyone that wants to learn.
ClassRebel has now closed pre-seed funding and is building a new breed of education company – modern skillsets – taught live – affordable to all – available to all.
The Jobs and Growth Fund provides funding to businesses and organizations to help create jobs, and position Canada’s economy for an inclusive recovery and long-term growth. The JGF will provide $700 million nationally over three...
Feasibility studies of initiatives that may reduce pollution in Canadian communities by improving transportation systems and networks or encouraging people to switch to less polluting transportation options Amount: Grant: Up to 50% of eligible costs...
The SR&ED Program uses tax incentives to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada. These tax incentives come in three forms: an income tax...
The Government of Alberta made $136 million available under this joint program with the Government of Canada. Alberta has asked the federal government to provide an additional $204 million for a total relief package of...
Food Processing Development Centre
​Through a combination of expertise, specialized facilities, product development, applied research, and interim processing, the Food Processing Development Centre (FPDC) fosters growth and commercialization of food, beverage and ingredient manufacturing companies. Working with industry stakeholders and companies...
Get tools and information on what to consider before starting a business. Get information to help you identify opportunities to grow your business. Learn how to fuel your R&D and innovation projects through government grants, contributions...
The SR&ED Program uses tax incentives to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada. These tax incentives come in three forms: an income tax...
The new $675 million ERF – Onshore Program is helping Canadian onshore oil and gas companies invest in green solutions to continue their progress toward reducing methane emissions while facing the current economic crisis and...
​Offers a tourism investment program to assist tourism businesses, municipalities, not-for-profits, and destination organizations through a series of grant programs.
To attract entrepreneurs and skilled newcomers to support the growth of rural communities, Alberta will launch these new streams under the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program.
Energy Savings for Business will help eligible Alberta businesses reduce emissions, decrease operating costs, grow their operations and become more competitive, while creating skilled jobs and boosting economic recovery.
The Canada-Alberta Job Grant is a training program where an employer applies on behalf of their present or future employees for eligible training costs. Employers decide who gets training and what type of training may...
​Funding for capital projects for retrofits that improve energy efficiency by at least 30% in municipal facilities. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million and a grant worth up...
Funding for feasibility studies of projects that use recovered or renewable thermal energy in new or existing facilities. Amount: Grant: Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $175,000 Find out more:...
Fund feasibility studies for projects that reduce or avoid fossil fuel use in any vehicle that delivers municipal services. Amount: Grant: Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $175,000 Find out...
Pilot projects that reduce pollution in Canadian communities by improving transportation systems and networks or encouraging people to switch to less polluting transportation options. Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible...
Funding for capital project initiatives that address specific waste stream challenges (e.g., biosolids, specific types of construction, renovation & demolition (CRD) waste, household hazardous waste, textiles, furniture, diapers, polystyrene, plastics, other substances). Amount: Regular loans...
Feasibility studies of retrofit initiatives that have the potential to reduce a municipal building’s potable water use by at least 40%. Amount: Grant: Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $175,000 ...
​Capital projects for innovative wastewater treatment systems. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million and a grant worth up to 15% of the loan; cover up to 80% of...
Capital projects that capture and treat all wastewater in a target area to at least secondary standards using septic system technologies. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million and...
​This funding supports measures to install physical infrastructure, to create new housing units that are designed to achieve net-zero-ready building energy performance. Amount: Financing (a combination of a grant and a loan) for up to...
Achieve a minimum 30 percent GHG emissions reduction through a retrofit of a community building when compared to baseline emissions. Eligible projects may be a single comprehensive community building retrofit, or a portfolio of buildings provided
Amount: Combined loan and grant for up to 80% of eligible project costs. Max $5M up to 25% grant remainder as a loan
Funding for exceptional pilot project proposals that demonstrate clear market transformation potential and are otherwise ineligible for capital funding. This funding supports implementation of a small-scale version of a local financing program for home energy upgrades Amount:...
This funding supports measures to install or update physical infrastructure to improve existing buildings’ energy performance and maintain housing for the long-term. Amount: Financing (a combination of a grant and loan) for up to 80% of...
​Capital projects for innovative wastewater treatment systems. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million and a grant worth up to 15% of the loan; cover up to 80% of...
​Feasibility studies for initiatives that can help a municipality remove 80% of total suspended solids (TSS) or a significant amount of other contaminants (e.g., E.coli, salt, grease) from a private or public site’s stormwater runoff...
​Funding for pilot projects of initiatives that have the potential to capture and treat all wastewater in a target area to at least secondary standards using septic system technologies. Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to...
Funding for pilot projects for initiatives that address specific waste stream challenges (e.g., biosolids, specific types of construction, renovation & demolition (CRD) waste, household hazardous waste, textiles, furniture, diapers, polystyrene, certain plastics, other substances). Amount:...
​Combined loan and grant funding for capital projects that reduce or avoid fossil fuel use in any vehicle that delivers municipal services. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million...
– Program A (Alberta Youth (under 30 years old)): FIRST Jobs Pilot Program – Round 1 (ending March 2021): Participant Companies, should have now all completed their close-out information (sent to info@technologyalberta.ca) – Program Series B (WIL – Work...
Alberta’s high potential, high growth, technology and knowledge-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may be eligible for funding to enable them to employ a highly trained resource with the goal of advancing business readiness levels...
The Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) aims to help communities across Canada build and improve community infrastructure projects so they can rebound from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a national investment of $500...
Funding for pilot projects that use recovered or renewable thermal energy in new or existing facilities. Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs. Municipalities and municipal partners with a population...
​Interactive Business Plan Builder
​Our Interactive Business Plan Builder will provide you with guidance and support when it comes to putting together a compelling business plan. This free interactive tool is for anyone—from aspiring entrepreneurs with a new business idea, to existing business owners looking to pivot their current business model or secure new funding.
NRC IRAP provides advice, connections, and funding to help Canadian small and medium-sized businesses increase their innovation capacity and take ideas to market.
Find out more: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/support-technology-innovation
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The Job Creation Tax Cut moved the general business tax rate from 10 per cent to 8 per cent, making Alberta the lowest corporate tax jurisdiction in Canada.
​We are looking for Edmonton’s & Calgary’s most innovative tech companies for our upcoming Access to Global Capital Accelerator program. Our curriculum-based virtual program helps companies from Pre-Seed to Series A navigate the best of...
​Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI) is a national program delivered by Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) across Canada to fuel economic growth through innovation and create more well-paying jobs for Canadians. It comprises several program...
The AgriInnovate program provides repayable contributions for projects that aim to accelerate the commercialization, adoption and/or demonstration of innovative products, technologies, processes or services that increase agri-sector competitiveness and sustainability.
The Government of Alberta is putting forward $25 million towards technology accelerators in Alberta through Alberta Innovates to support start-ups and small and medium-sized technology companies.
​Working with our Trusted Partners across the Canadian innovation ecosystem creates a unified approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and securing Alberta’s lower carbon success. The Partnership Intake Program allows Emissions Reduction Alberta to evaluate...
Some $166 million has been committed to this program over three years. It provides a grant of up to 20 per cent for qualifying research and development (R&D) spending. The program uses an incremental approach...
​A five-year, $3 billion federal-provincial-territorial investment in the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector that began in April 2018. In Alberta, the Canadian Agricultural Partnership represents a federal-provincial investment of $406 million in strategic programs...
​An investment of up to $370 million to encourage employers to hire and train employees into jobs in the private and non-profit
Fund pilot projects of retrofits that improve energy efficiency by at least 30% in municipal facilities. Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs. Municipalities and municipal partners with a population...
​Funding for capital projects that use recovered or renewable thermal energy in new or existing facilities. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million and a grant worth up to...
Pilot projects that reduce or avoid fossil fuel use in any vehicle that delivers municipal services Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs. Municipalities and municipal partners with a population...
Combined loan and grant funding for capital projects that reduce pollution in Canadian communities by improving transportation systems and networks or encouraging people to switch to less polluting transportation options Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive...
Feasibility studies for initiatives that have the potential to help you divert at least 60% of municipal solid waste from your landfill, no matter how much you’re already diverting (i.e., 0-59%). If your municipality has...
Funding for pilot projects for innovative wastewater treatment initiatives. Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs. Municipalities and municipal partners with a population of 20,000 or under may qualify for...
Feasibility studies to develop innovative wastewater treatment initiatives.
Amount: Grant up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $175,000
​Funding for pilot projects for initiatives that have the potential to remove 80% of total suspended solids (TSS) or a significant amount of other contaminants (e.g., E.coli, salt, grease) from a private or public site’s...
A credit enhancement option is available to incentivize private investment into local financing programs for home-energy upgrades. This involves a municipality working in partnership with a third-party lender (e.g., financial institution, impact investor, or utility company) who provides or arranges capital to finance home-energy upgrades. Amount:...
​Access a competitive-rate loan in combination with a grant to implement a local financing program for home-energy upgrades. Funding is intended to support start-up, operating and capital costs over a four-year implementation period. Amount: Funding for up to 80 percent of eligible costs •...
Integrate energy and GHG reductions into longer-term management plans for local recreational and cultural facilities. Studies will include feasibility work to support near-term and long-term capital projects while mapping out a course to extend asset life and reduce cost of ownership Amount:...
Make significant reductions in energy-use and GHG emissions by retrofitting community buildings over time. This funding enables the implementation of longer-term, multi-measure retrofit capital projects that contribute to a GHG reduction pathway Amount: Combined loan and grant...
​The FCM Green Municipal Fund’s (GMF) Community Efficiency Financing (CEF) initiative supports municipalities and partner organizations throughout the life cycle of planning, implementing and expanding local programs for home energy upgrades. Amount: Details on Programs...
Explore and assess options for a financing program for home energy upgrades that can achieve triple-bottom-line benefits within your community. Amount: • Feasibility, program design and program evaluation studies • Grant for up to 80 percent of...
​Funding for initiatives that divert at least 60% of municipal solid waste from your landfill, no matter how much you’re already diverting (i.e., 0-59%). If your municipality has already achieved the 60% target, your project...
​Capital projects for retrofit initiatives that reduce a municipal building’s potable water use by at least 40%. Amount: Regular loans and grants: Receive a low-interest loan of up to $5 million and a grant worth up...
​Pilot projects for retrofit initiatives that have the potential to reduce a municipal building’s potable water use by at least 40%. Amount: Grant: Up to $500,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible costs. Municipalities and...
Funding for pilot project initiatives that have the potential to help you divert at least 60% of municipal solid waste from your landfill, no matter how much you’re already diverting (i.e., 0-59%). If your municipality...
Funding for feasibility studies of initiatives that address specific waste stream challenges (e.g., biosolids, specific types of construction, renovation & demolition (CRD) waste, household hazardous waste, textiles, furniture, diapers, polystyrene, certain plastics, other substances). Amount:...
​Alberta Biz Connect provided tailored up-to-date information to help small businesses comply with public health requirements,
access supports, and find answers to questions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Feasibility studies of retrofits that improve energy efficiency by at least 30% in municipal facilities.
Amount: Grant: Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $175,000
​A total budget of $50 million has been committed to this program in 2021-22, and the $10 million per project cap on the existing FTTC program has been removed, to make the province a more...
An additional $1 million will be available for training to support the safety of workers when implementing the Restrictions Exemption Program. Eligible industry associations across Alberta can use the REP Training Grant to develop or...
If you are an Alberta start up, small or medium sized company working on innovative geospatial technology products, you may qualify for a non-dilutive, 0% interest loan, repayable only after your product generates revenue. The...
