Grow Ontario Market Initiative
$125,000.00
Grant
Description:
The Grow Ontario Market Initiative provides funding to primary producers, processors and industry organizations to find and develop domestic or export market opportunities.
You may use the funding to grow your business through:
1. Marketing analysis and planning
2. New product development
3. Marketing activities
Comments on Funding:
Processor and Primary Producer Recipients are eligible to receive 50% of Eligible Costs up to a maximum of $60,000.00 (sixty thousand dollars) in funding per Project under the Initiative.
An Industry Organization Recipient is eligible to receive 50% of Eligible Costs up to a maximum of $125,000 (one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars) in funding per Project under the Initiative.
Applications are closed. Stay tuned for future intake announcements.
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
a. Be a Person that is:
i. a Primary Producer
ii. a Processor
iii. doing Aquaculture, but only to the extent they are undertaking international marketing activities
iv. a Fish or Seafood Processor, but only to the extent they are undertaking international marketing activities, or
v. an Industry Organization
b. Provide its:
i. Canadian Revenue Agency Business Number (CRA BN), or
ii. Social Insurance Number (SIN), but only if the Applicant has been found eligible to participate in the Initiative and is also eligible to receive an Initiative Payment
c. Submit a completed Ministry-approved Application Form to the Ministry in accordance with what is set out under section 4.4 of the Guidelines
d. Have a valid and up to date Premises Identification Number (PID) for the business location(s) where the Project is to take place (to register for or update a PID, visit the Provincial Premises Registry)
e. If applying as a Primary Producer, have a:
i. valid Farm Business Registration Number (FBRN)
ii. an Order from the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal exempting the Person from having to have a FBRN, or
iii. a letter from the Indian Agriculture Program of Ontario
f. If applying as a beekeeper under Primary Producer, have a valid certificate of registration issued under the Bees Act
g. Is undertaking an activity set out in section 4.1.1 of the Guidelines
h. Be in compliance with the following for its business operations at the time of applying to the Initiative:
i. environmental-related Requirements of Law
ii. labour-related Requirements of Law
iii. tax-related Requirements of Law
iv. material compliance with all other Requirements of Law
Application Steps:
Applicants must apply to the Initiative using a Ministry-approved Application Form (PDF). The Application Form should be filled out using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Applicants that use another format other than Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill out their Application Form may be required to re-submit their Application Form filled out using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Applicants must ensure that their Application Form is fully completed.
Completed Application Forms will be accepted as of May 19, 2023 on an ongoing basis, subject to the availability of funding allocated to the Initiative. Completed Application Forms must be submitted by email to SustainableCAP3@ontario.ca.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. A completed Application Form.
2. Written quotes from the third party providing a good, service or both to the Applicant detailing the proposed Eligible Costs for the Project. Supporting documentation provided but not required under the Initiative, will not be reviewed.
3. If applying as a beekeeper under Primary Producer, Applicants must provide a valid certificate of registration issued under the Bees Act along with their Application Form.
4. Applicants can have a maximum of two submitted applications/Projects in progress under the Initiative at any given time. It is recommended that Projects be less than 2 years in duration.
5. A separate Application Form must be submitted for each proposed Project.
Other Things to Note:
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