Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund: Northern Food Businesses Stream

Amount:

Type:

Grant

Description:

The Northern Food Businesses stream provides funding to Northern agriculture and food businesses and communities, to build a strong territorial food industry and help reduce food insecurity in the territories using practical approaches.

Comments on Funding:

Deadline:

Continuous Intake

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:
1. for-profit businesses or commercial entities;
2. organizations, corporations, associations, cooperatives, partnerships or institutions controlled by First Nations, Inuit, Metis and non-status Indians (except those established for charitable or religious purposes),
3. municipalities; and
4. social enterprises.

Application Steps:

For more information on how to apply, applicants must contact by email at cannor.operations.cannor@canada.ca or reach out to one of our regional offices by phone:

Nunavut Regional Office
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Tel: 867-975-3757

Northwest Territories Regional office
Yellowknife, NWT
Tel: 867-669-2608

Yukon Regional Office
Whitehorse, Yukon
Tel: 867-667-3346

Documentation Needed:

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

NICI was announced in Budget 2019 as a $15 million investment, over five years starting in the 2019-20 fiscal. Date modified:2020-12-22

Maurice

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Maurice

Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Canada to identify and maximize funding to grow their business.

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