The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) is now accepting applications.
The program offers two grant options:
The Grow Your Business Online grant
The Grow Your Business Online grant will help up to 90,000 small businesses take advantage of e-commerce opportunities.
Eligible businesses will receive a micro-grant of up to $2,400 to help with the costs related to adopting digital technologies. Grants will be available through local and regional service providers across Canada. The service providers will also support a network of e-commerce advisors who will advise and help small businesses adopt e-commerce.
The Grow your Business Online Grant helps small businesses take advantage of e-commerce opportunities.
- You can access a network of e-commerce advisors for advice and support
- You can get up to $2400 to buy a new e-commerce tool
Sponsoring department:
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Funding mechanism:
Micro-grant
Applications can only be submitted by a small business that meets all of the following criteria:
- Is a for-profit business (including for-profit social enterprises and co-operatives)
- Is a registered or incorporated business
- Is a consumer-facing business
- Can be accessed by consumers or provides in-person services to consumers
- Has at least one employee
- Must commit to maintaining digital adoption strategy for six months after participation in the program
- Must consent to participating in follow-up surveys, sharing information with the Government of Canada (ISED and Statistics Canada), and having the name of the business published as a recipient of funding
The following types of small businesses are ineligible:
- Corporate chains, franchises or registered charities
- Representatives of multi-level marketing companies
- Real estate brokerages
The Boost Your Business Technology grant
The Boost Your Business Technology grant offers support to Canadian-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to adopt new digital technologies.
Eligible businesses will have access to a marketplace of digital adoption experts to help them develop a digital adoption plan tailored to their needs.
Eligible businesses can leverage the grant to pay for the services of a digital advisor. These advisors will work with companies to recommend digital pathways and strategies that will help them achieve their business goals and increase their competitiveness in the digital economy.
The grant covers up to 90% of the eligible cost of retaining the services of a digital advisor, up to a maximum grant value of $15,000 per SME, to develop a digital adoption plan.
Eligibility:
Before applying, your business must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:
- Be incorporated federally or provincially, or be a Canadian resident sole proprietor
- Be a for-profit, privately owned business
- Have between 1 – 499 full-time equivalent employees
- Have at least $500,000 of annual revenues in one of the previous three tax years
Regional Service Providers for the Canadian Digital Adoption Program:
Indigenous businesses
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
New Brunswick Association of CBDCs (Atlantic Canada)
British Columbia
Small Business BC
Alacrity Canada
Alberta
Business Link
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Economic Development Alliance
Manitoba
The Momentum Centre Inc.
Ontario
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas
Kingston Economic Development Corporation
Quebec
Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
Atlantic Canada
New Brunswick Association of CBDCs
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Grow Your Business Online
For More Information: Canada Digital Adoption Program
