Grant

CIT - Sector Adoption Program

Ontario Centre of Innovation · Ontario

OpenMiningManufacturingConstruction
Funding
Up to $1,000,000
Up to $1,000,000 per project
Deadline
Ongoing
Open, accepted on an ongoing basis (no fixed deadline).
Type
Grant
Company stage
SME, Early Stage / Startup

Overview

Financial assistance to encourage the adoption of new technologies and enable groups of companies to collaborate in order to develop innovative ideas to improve industries in the mining, advanced manufacturing, construction and agri-food sectors.

Who can apply

  • Consortium with one lead applicant and at least one primary partner with market pull.
  • Lead applicant must be an Ontario-based for-profit SME with fewer than 500 employees
  • primary partner need not be Ontario-based.
  • Solution must incorporate one of the named Critical Technologies (5G and Advanced Networks, AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Quantum, Robotics).
  • Funding must be matched 2:1 by the applicant company.
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What it can pay for

Technology adoptionR&D

Past recipients

No public list of past recipients is linked for this program yet.

Official source

Program details change. Always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines on the official page before you apply.

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Last checked by SeedPort: Aug 10, 2026. SeedPort is not affiliated with the funder. Information is summarized from public sources and may be out of date.