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Grants to Support Your Business

Bruce County is here to support local businesses. If you need support navigating funding and resources for your business, contact the Business to Bruce team.

Grants for Business Owners

Spruce the Bruce Grants

Spruce the Bruce is a grant program run within Bruce County's community development program. It builds vibrant communities through the support of local businesses, municipalities, and community partners. The program brings partners together to create a vision for future growth and development and provides tools and grants to achieve that vision.

Starter Company Plus Initiative and Grant

Applications now closed.

Access resources and guidance to launch you into entrepreneurial success. Bruce County offers hands-on training, mentorship, and a $5,000 grant to help get you started through the Starter Company Plus Initiative. Training and mentorship components and tie commitments are tailored to your needs.

Ontario Tourism Innovation Lab: Spark Program (Mentorship and Grants)

Applications now closed.

The "Spark" Mentorship and Grants Program matches selected candidates with a tourism innovation mentor and provide a source of financial support to help take their great new tourism idea to the next level of development or implementation.

Summer Company Program and Grant

Applications now closed.

In partnership with the Province of Ontario, Business to Bruce is pleased to help students enter the world of entrepreneurship! Available for youth between the ages of 15 and 29 who are returning to school in the fall, the Summer Company grant offers free training and mentorship, with an opportunity to earn a grant for their summer business.