Alberta Export Expansion Program │ Government of Alberta:

To be eligible for funding, all applicants must:

• be an incorporated legal entity in Alberta;
• be in good standing with the province, and meet or have met all obligations to the province under other grant
agreements;
• be operating in and have a permanent physical presence in the province for at least one year;
• have a minimum of one full-time equivalent employee working in Alberta;
• have undertaken outbound international travel from Canada on or after April 1, 2024;
• have attended international formal trade or export-related event(s) in another country and can provide proof of
registration;
• have sent traveler(s) based in Alberta to the above noted formal trade-related event(s);
• disclose all sources of federal and/or provincial government assistance from AEEP grant funding that may be
awarded, whereby the government assistance may not exceed 75 per cent of the total trip costs (accommodation,
flights, event registration, booth and translation costs) specified in the application; and
• apply no later than two months after first day of participation in a formal event included in the application.

In addition to the above criteria for all organizations, for-profit applicants must:
• have annual gross sales between $250,000 CAD and $25 million CAD;
• employ fewer than 500 full-time equivalent staff in the last fiscal year;
• be seeking to enter a new market for their organization (defined as a country or US state representing $150,000 CAD
or less of gross annual sales in its last complete tax reporting year, or last 12 months for monthly and quarterly filers.
If sales generated in the target market were greater than $150,000 CAD then sales for that market must be less than
15 per cent of the company’s total annual sales); and
• be export ready.