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Farming Grants & Loans in Southern Ontario

28 Farm Funding Opportunities in Southern Ontario

Access agricultural grants and funding for Southern Ontario. Southern Ontario is home to some of Canada’s most productive and diverse farmland, and this directory highlights opportunities specifically for this high-output region. Regional funding often focuses on innovation, urban-fringe farming challenges, and export development.

By utilizing these targeted resources, producers can find support that aligns with the specific climate and economic conditions of Southern Ontario. Whether you are scaling a greenhouse operation or managing a traditional field crop farm, regional support is available.

Browse the Southern Ontario-specific funding and resource listings below.

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Open

Spark Tourism Program

Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Amount: $3,000
Seed funds and mentorship for the development of tourism ideas, experiences, or partnerships in Ontario and British Columbia.
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Coming Soon

Rural Ontario Development Program

Deadline: August 17, 2026
Funding Amount: No Maximum
Cost-share funding for rural community and rural business projects.
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Closed

i.d.e.a Fund

Deadline: October 1, 2025
Funding Amount: $20,000
Seed funding and support program for businesses that commit to developing new green products, services, processes, and technologies and/or redesigning existing products, services, processes, and technologies to reduce their environmental impacts.
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Open

Building Restoration, Renovation, and Improvement Grant

Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Amount: $25,000
A Community Improvement Plan (CIP) in Haldimand County that offers grant funds for eligible agricultural building costs.
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Open

Summer Company Program

Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Amount: $3,000
Program that helps youth between 15-29 start and run their own summer business by providing funding, advice and services.
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Closed

Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF): Innovative BMPs

Deadline: February 17, 2026
Funding Amount: $100,000
Cost-share funding to support the adoption and monitoring of biological inoculants and biochar as a soil amendment.
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Closed

FCC Sustainability Incentive Program

Deadline: January 31, 2026
Funding Amount: $4,000
Incentive program for Farm Credit Canada customers who meet FCC partners’ sustainability program requirements.
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Open

Starter Company Plus Program

Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Amount: $5,000
Training, mentorship and grant for starting, expanding or buying a small business in Ontario.
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Open

WEOC Women’s Entrepreneurs Loan Fund

Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Amount: $49,998
Loans supporting women entrepreneurs as they start, scale, grow, and maintain their businesses.
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