Northwest TerritoriesBusiness Grants & Funding

Micro Business

Up to $6,000 drawn over three years

This grant provides funding up to $6,000 (drawn over three years) to licensed artists, crafters, filmmakers, commercial renewable resource...

Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program - Expansion to Health Care and Social Service Professionals

Up to $60,000 over 5 years for family physicians/dentists/pharmacists/psychologists; up to $30,000 for nurses/midwives/teachers/social workers/physiotherapists; up to $15,000 for early childhood educators/dental hygienists/personal support workers

A loan forgiveness program that cancels federal student loan debt for health care and social service professionals working in under-served rural or...

Schools North Apprenticeship Program (SNAP)

Employers can receive a wage subsidy for up to 3,200 hours of work experience (maximum 1,600 hours per fiscal year) at up to $9.00 per hour, or $16.00 per hour for female apprentices in non-traditional trades

SNAP is a work experience program that enables high school students in the Northwest Territories to gain valuable supervised experience in skilled...

Wage Subsidy Program

Up to $30,000 in wage subsidies and $500 in special equipment costs (maximum $30,500 per client); persons with disabilities may access additional support funding

This wage subsidy program provides funding to employers in the Northwest Territories to hire NWT residents with minimal work experience and education...

Self-Employment Program

Up to $26,000 over 52 weeks (includes all eligible benefits)

This program provides financial support and business counselling to individuals starting a new small business or taking over an existing business in...

Early Learning and Child Care Inclusion Funding

Funding available to licensed centre-based Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) programs to access resources, materials, and human resources to...

Employee Training Program

Up to $13,000 per individual client per 52 weeks

This program provides funding to employers to offset the cost of training employees in skills needed due to economic, technological, or...

Apartment Construction Loan Program

Low-cost loans ranging from $1,000,000 minimum up to 100% of the cost of the residential component

This loan program provides low-cost financing to build or convert rental apartment projects across Canada during the construction phase through to...

Strategic Workforce Initiative

No maximum allowable funding; dependent on regional budgets, available funding, and regional approvals

This program provides non-repayable funding to organizations for labour market development activities including research, strategic planning,...

Trades and Occupation Wage Subsidy Program

This program provides financial support to employers to hire and train skilled apprentices and occupation trainees who are registered with the...

New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) - Community-based Projects

Up to $25,000 per community-based project

A federal grant program that provides capital assistance to support community-based projects led by and for seniors. The program strengthens social...

Take a Kid Trapping Program

Up to $8,000

This funding program introduces school-age youth in the Northwest Territories to traditional harvesting practices including hunting, trapping,...

Skills Development Program

Up to $26,000 for up to 52 weeks of training

This program provides non-repayable funding for eligible individuals to participate in short-term training opportunities (up to 52 weeks) that...

Funding for Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families – Financial Empowerment

Funding amount not specified in document

This grant funds projects that deliver financial empowerment services and supports to low-income adults. Grants support organizations in developing...

Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (Sustainable-CAP)

Up to 100% of project costs for industry organizations, municipal, territorial and Indigenous governments; case-by-case funding allocations for other eligible applicants

A federal/territorial grant program that funds agriculture-based initiatives to strengthen competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency in the...

Northern Indigenous Economic Opportunities Program (NIEOP) - Community Readiness and Opportunities Planning (CROP)

Varies by project; 2025-26 total program funding is $13.2 million across all NIEOP streams

The CROP stream provides project-based support to Indigenous communities and organizations for capacity and readiness activities to help them plan...

Interim Resource Management Assistance (IRMA)

Base funding: minimum of $30,000 per organization with additional amounts granted based on population; Resource pressures funding covers reasonable costs based on accepted applications

This program provides non-repayable funding to Indigenous communities in unsettled land claim areas to participate in land and resource management...

Fonds de prêts pour les femmes en entrepreneuriat

Up to $50,000

A national microcredit fund offering loans up to $50,000 to support women entrepreneurs in launching or growing their businesses. The program...

Canada-NWT Housing Benefit (CNHB)

Up to $800 per month

A federally funded rental assistance program that provides non-taxable monthly payments to help Northwest Territories residents afford housing. The...

Mental Wellness and Addictions Recovery Fund

Up to $303,164 maximum annually to Regional Indigenous Governments; $208,164 maximum to Community Indigenous governments or Community governing authorities/non-governmental Indigenous organizations (depending on application period)

This grant provides funding for Indigenous governments and non-government Indigenous organizations to deliver culturally relevant, community-based...