This page is a directory of sources of business funding that support businesses by Student and Youth Entrepreneurs across Canada. The page will be regularly updated to ensure that funding sources are current. 

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🇨🇦 Federal Organizations Supporting Student & Youth Entrepreneurs

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Non-Profit Sector	Financing Non-Profit	Business in the Streets
Non-Profit Sector	Foundation	Laidlaw Foundation
Non-Profit Sector	Foundation	Venture for Canada
Non-Profit Sector	Foundation	Indigenous Youth Roots
Non-Profit Sector	Network	Junior Achievement Canada
Non-Profit Sector	Network	Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada)
Non-Profit Sector	Research Organization	Mitacs (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems)
Private Sector	Impact Investment Company	Youth Social Innovation Capital Fund
Private Sector	Venture Capital Firm	ProMontreal Entrepreneurs (PME)

🇨🇦 Provincial Organizations Supporting Student & Youth Entrepreneurs

Alberta Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Applied Research and Innovation Services Hub
Private Sector	Accelerator	Innovate Calgary
Private Sector	Accelerator	eHUB Entrepreneurship Centre
Private Sector	Accelerator	Thompson Rivers University – TRU Generator

British Columbia Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	SFU 4D Labs
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship
Non-Profit Sector	Incubator	University of Victoria – Coast Capital Innovation Centre
Private Sector	Accelerator	SFU Coast Capital Venture Connection – Incubator

Manitoba Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	RRC Research Partnerships & Innovation (RPI)
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship

Nova Scotia Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Programs	Dalhousie University Office of Commercialization and Industry Engagement

Ontario Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	McMaster University Research & Innovation
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	University of Waterloo Commercialization Office (WatCo)
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	Innovation York
Public Sector	Applied Research and Commercialization Hub	Georgian College Research and Innovation
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	McMaster University Industry, Investors, & Entrepreneurship
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	University of Toronto Entrepreneurship
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (University of Guelph)
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	University of Ottawa Entrepreneurship Hub
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Brock University Entrepreneurship
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Western Morissette Institute for Entrepreneurship
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Toronto Met Entrepreneur Institute
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	UWindsor Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre)
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	OCAD Creative Entrepreneurship
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Lakehead Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	OntarioTech University Centre for Advanced Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CARIE)
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Innovation York For Entepreneurs
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Georgian College Entpreneurship Centre
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Program	David Johnston Research + Technology Park University of Waterloo
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Program	Queens Partnerships and Innovation
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Program	Toronto Metropolitan University Research Partnerships
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Program	Research Partnerships with the University of Windsor
Non-Profit Sector	Association	LearnSphere
Private Sector	Accelerator	The Knowledge Society (TKS)
Private Sector	Accelerator	Shad Valley

Quebec Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Concordia University Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Program	UQAR Partnerships

Saskatchewan Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	University of Saskatchewan Entrepreneurship by Edwards
Public Sector	Industry Partnership Program	University of Regina Office of Research Partnerships & Innovation

Yukon Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Entrepreneurship Centre	Yukon University Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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