\In Budget 2021, the Government of Canada announced the $4 billion Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) to help get your business online, give your e-commerce presence a boost or help digitalize your business's operations.
CDAP provides funding and support to businesses, as well as training and work opportunities for young Canadians. The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP)�is now accepting applications.
\The program offers�two�grant options:
The Grow Your Business Online grant
The Grow Your Business Online grant will help up to 90,000�small businesses take advantage of e-commerce opportunities.
Eligible businesses will receive a micro-grant of up to $2,400�to help with the costs related to adopting digital technologies. Grants will be available through local and regional service providers across Canada. The service providers will also support a network of�e-commerce advisors who will advise and help small businesses adopt e-commerce.
The Grow your Business Online Grant helps small businesses take advantage of e-commerce opportunities.
- You can access a network of e-commerce advisors for advice and support
- You can get up to $2400 to buy new e-commerce tool
Sponsoring department:\Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Funding mechanism:\Micro-grant
Applications can only be submitted by a small business that meets all of the following criteria:
- Is a for-profit business (including for-profit social enterprises and co-operatives)
- Is a registered or incorporated business
- Is a consumer-facing business
- Can be accessed by consumers or provides in-person services to consumers
- Has at least one�employee
- Must commit to maintaining digital adoption strategy for six�months after participation in the program
- Must consent to participating in follow-up surveys, sharing information with the Government of Canada (ISED and Statistics Canada), and having the name of the business published as a recipient of funding
The following types of small businesses are ineligible:
- Corporate chains, franchises or registered charities
- Representatives of multi-level marketing companies
- Real estate brokerages
The Boost Your Business Technology grant�
The Boost Your Business Technology grant offers support to Canadian-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to adopt new digital technologies.
Eligible businesses will have access to a marketplace of digital adoption experts to help them develop a digital adoption plan tailored to their needs.
Eligible businesses can leverage the grant to pay for the services of a digital advisor. These advisors will work with companies to recommend digital pathways and strategies that will help them achieve their business goals and increase their competitiveness in the digital economy.
The grant covers up to 90% of the eligible cost of retaining the services of a digital advisor, up to a maximum grant value of $15,000�per SME, to develop a digital adoption plan.
\Eligibility:
Before applying, your business�must�meet all of the following eligibility criteria:
- Be incorporated federally or provincially, or be a Canadian resident sole proprietor
- Be�a for-profit, privately owned business
- Have�between 1�� 499�full time equivalent employees
- Have�at least $500,000�of annual revenues in one of the previous three tax years
\Regional Service Providers for the Canadian Digital Adoption Program:
Indigenous businesses\Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business\New Brunswick Association of CBDCs (Atlantic Canada)
British Columbia\Small Business BC\Alacrity Canada
Alberta\Business Link
Saskatchewan\Saskatchewan Economic Development Alliance
Manitoba\The Momentum Centre Inc.
Ontario\Ontario Chamber of Commerce\Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas\Kingston Economic Development Corporation
Quebec\F�d�ration des chambres de commerce du Qu�bec
Atlantic Canada\New Brunswick Association of CBDCs
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut\Grow Your Business Online
For More Information: Canada Digital Adoption Program
