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Equal Slice Program

June 3, 2026

Value

$100,000 in grant

Description

Startup Canada and Pizza Hut are officially firing up the ovens for another year of the Equal Slice Program. Back for 2026, the program is providing $100,000 in grant funding for founders who are ready to pitch, learn, and grow.

This year, the program features two pitch competitions: one in-person event in Toronto in June, and a national virtual competition in November. Regardless of what town, province, or territory you are from, there’s a path for you to compete, and a path to funding that could change the trajectory of your business.

Eligible Applicants

  • ​Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • ​Be at least one of the following for the business the application is based on: founder, owner, co-founder, co-owner, person who owns or co-owns (51% or greater ownership) the entity, product name, or service
  • ​Be active in the business and a senior leader/key decision-maker
  • ​Have a business founded and based/headquartered in Canada
  • ​Have a business that has been operating, with a product or service in market for a minimum of two years
  • ​Have had annual revenues of a minimum $50,000 and a maximum of $400,000 CAD in at least one year of the business’s operating years
  • ​Be a member of an equity-deserving and/or racialized and underserved community(ies). Equity-deserving groups include, without limitation, the following:
    • ​Indigenous, First Nation, Inuit, Métis
    • ​2SLGBTQI+
    • ​Newcomer
    • ​Black
    • ​Other racialized community (East Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Mixed race)
    • ​Woman
    • ​A person with a disability

​PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously received a grant from another Pizza Hut Equal Slice Program, you are not eligible to participate in this pitch competition.

Eligible Expenses

This In Person Pitch Competition will happen over the course of one day. The morning will consist of all the first round “heats”. Out of these heats, the judges will select a Top 10. The Top 10 will then pitch later that day on main stage to a panel of judges and a live audience. Pitchers will have 3 minutes to pitch. The pitch is verbal (no pitch deck/visual aid). If you are product based, you are welcome to show it during the pitch but no demonstrations are allowed unless the judges specifically ask. The Top 10 companies will be announced later that day on stage, please ensure you are present. Of the Top 10, a Top 5 will be selected by the judges and will be awarded a $10,000 grant each.

Deadline Date

June 3, 2026

Contact

Contact Name: StartUp Canada

E-mail Address: hello@startupcan.ca

Website: https://luma.com/072u6dl8

Industry:

Employment, Indigenous

Location:

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

Tags:

2SLGBTQI+, Black, Disability, Newcomers, Woman

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