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CanExport Associations │ Trade Commissioner Service

January 31, 2024

Value

Access up to $250,000 in annual funding.

Description

Canadian national industry associations and trade organizations may access up to $250,000 in annual funding. We will cover up to 50% of eligible costs for new or expanded international business development (IBD) activities that benefit an entire industry: organization’s members and non-members alike.

Eligible Applicants

Proposals will be accepted from:

  • Canadian national industry or trade associations
  • Canadian national bilateral Chambers of Commerce and Business Councils;
  • Canadian national horizontal / multi-sectoral organizations
  • Canadian national organizations representing companies majority owned by under-represented groups in trade (e.g. Indigenous, women, LGBTQ2+)

To be eligible, your organization must:

  • be a not-for-profit corporation
  • not sell products that are sold by your members
  • have sufficient private revenues to cover 50% of costs for proposed activities, confirmed by 2 years of financial statements

Eligible Expenses

We support the following non-travel activities:

  • Export training
  • Creating/updating strategy for international business development or market diversification
  • Gathering market intelligence (custom research, reports and studies)
  • Translating, adapting or creating marketing tools and materials
  • Attending virtual trade shows, networking functions, meetings or conferences

When travel resumes, we also support:

  • Visits to foreign markets
  • Organizing trade missions for SMEs in your industry
  • Organizing an incoming delegation of foreign buyers
  • In-person participation at trade shows, networking functions, meetings or conferences

Deadline Date

The 2024-25 CanExport Associations application period is now closed.

Contact

Contact Name: CanExport Associations Program

E-mail Address: CanExportAssociations@international.gc.ca

Website: https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/funding-financement/canexport/associations/index.aspx?lang=eng

Industry:

Export, Non-Profit

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, USA, Yukon

Tags:

Business, Indigenous, LGBTQ2+, Women

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