Grow Your Business Online Grant
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CDAP STREAM 1: GROW YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE
SMALL & MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRIESES GAIN ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF E-COMMERCE ADVISORS FOR HANDS-ON ADVICE AND UP TO $2400 TO LEVERAGE NEW E-COMMERCE TOOLS
In Budget 2021, the Government of Canada announced the $4 billion Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) to help grow 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.
CDAP STREAM 1: GROW YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE
Grow Your Business Online is a grant available to small businesses to enhance their digital e-commerce capabilities.
As a consumer-facing small businesses, you can receive help and funding to adopt new e-commerce tools.
What businesses are eligible for the Grow Your Business Online 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 consumer-facing business
(Businesses that are not considered consumer-facing are those that focus primarily on wholesale trade or sell only to other businesses.)Businesses that engage in drop shipping or online reselling are also not considered Consumer Facing
Can be accessed by consumers or provides in-person services to consumers
Has at least one employee or the Business had a gross annual revenue of at least $30,000 in the previous fiscal year
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
Is a registered or incorporated business
Businesses NOT eligible for the Grow Your Business Online grant
- The following types of small businesses are ineligible:
Corporate chains, franchises or registered charities
Businesses that focus primarily on wholesale trade or sell only to other businesses.
Representatives of multi-level marketing companies
Real estate brokerages
Businesses that engage in online reselling or drop shipping businesses reliant on third party suppliers
Wholesale or distribution businesses and manufactureers
(Unless their business model includes direct sales to the end consumer)
Grow Your Business Online Investment Options
The goal of the grant is to enable businesses to serve existing customers more effectively and to attract new customers in the digital marketplace.
What types of investments can the grant be used for?
- Eligible costs include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Costs related to the implementation of a digital e-commerce plan
(e.g. online reservation/booking tools, online ordering systems, electronic payments) - Costs related to website search optimization
- Costs related to the installation of an e-commerce platform (including subscription fees/costs)
- Costs of back-office solutions to support an e-commerce strategy
- Costs of social media advertising
- Costs related to the creation of customer databases.
If you are unsure whether your investment is eligible for the Grow Your Business Online grant, please contact us to Get Started or contact CDAP directly at [email protected] or call 1-888-401-7717
What types of investments are not eligible for this grant?
- Ineligible costs include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Costs of connectivity;
- Cost of existing e-commerce solutions or subscription lists; and,
- Costs related to the shipping of goods purchased through the e-commerce platform.
- The grant cannot be used for human resources to support a project.
If you are unsure whether your investment is eligible for the Grow Your Business Online grant, please contact us to Get Started or contact CDAP directly at [email protected] or call 1-888-401-7717
