REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity

Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Not published

Effort

1–2 hours, before an

Can you get this?

✓Must be incorporated SME or Indigenous business

✕Retail and service-based businesses are not eligible

✓Project benefits must accrue to Northern Ontario

✓Requires 2+ years of operations normally

✓Up to $500,000 repayable per project

Your real odds

Budget is constrained right now, and FedNor explicitly asks you to contact an officer before you apply.

Applications are assessed on a rolling basis rather than in fixed competition rounds, so your odds depend on project strength and where the remaining budget sits when your file lands.

What it takes

Call FedNor to discuss your project with a regional officer before submitting1–2 hours, before anything else

Prepare your business case, two years of financials, and verifiable project cost estimates1–3 weeks

Submit your application and confirm you have secured at least 50% of eligible project costs from other sources1–2 weeks

Worth knowing

FedNor funds only the minimum amount needed for the project to proceed, so your application needs to show clearly why the project cannot advance without their contribution, and you need the other 50% already committed before you submit.

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