Provincial Subsidies and Funding
There are a range of funding opportunities available to help with setting your ranch up for success.
To find the latest funding opportunities in your province, check the list below or reach out to your local territory manager.
Alberta
Fencing
- Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program
Close Date: Currently preparing for 2025 applications. Until allocated.
Description: Supports producers to conserve and enhance the environmental resiliency of their agricultural landscapes.
Find out more: https://www.alberta.ca/resilient-agricultural-landscape-program
- OFCAF
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: The On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) is an initiative to help farmers tackle climate change.
Find out more: https://rdar.ca/funding-opportunities/applying-for-ofcaf
Land and Water Care
- Farm Technology Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: Supports innovative technology that minimizes agricultural waste and optimizes farm efficiency, and tools that secure business assets.
Find out more: https://www.alberta.ca/farm-technology-program
British Columbia
Traceability
- Traceability Adoption Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: Traceability Adoption Program provides cost-shared funding towards the purchase and installation of traceability systems, practices, technologies, or infrastructure.
Find out more: https://iafbc.ca/traceability-adoption-program/
New Brunswick
Land and Water
- Agriculture Programs
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: A number of Provincial, Federal and cost-shared programs are available to assist the New Brunswick agriculture industry in various areas of activity. Specific examples include management, production diversification, market development, environmental improvements, land development, sustainability, food safety, training, research and innovation.
Find out more: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/10/agriculture/content/agriculture_programs.html
Newfoundland
- No current funding opportunities
Novia Scotia
- No current funding opportunities
Ontario
Animal Fencing
- Cross-Fencing for Rotational Grazing
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: This BMP provides an opportunity to protect nesting grassland birds by incorporating rotational grazing with the intent of leaving some areas ungrazed until after July 15. The goal is to maximize existing forage resources through effective management and maintain ungrazed grassland bird refuge areas until mid-July.
Find out more: https://programguides.ontariosoilcrop.org/program/cross-fencing-for-rotational-grazing-2/
- Fencing to Exclude Livestock from Woodland Areas
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: Funding is to support permanent fencing to exclude livestock from forest/woodland areas and treed corridors (e.g., established windbreaks, tree buffer strips) to protect critical forage and habitat areas for Monarch, Eastern Foxsnake, Gypsy Cuckoo and Rusty-patched Bumble Bees.
Find out more: https://programguides.ontariosoilcrop.org/program/fencing-to-exclude-livestock-from-woodland-areas-2/
Quebec
- No current funding opportunities
Saskatchewan
Fencing
- Prairie Watersheds Climate Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: The Prairie Watersheds Climate Program (PWCP) provides funding incentives to producers who implement any of three eligible beneficial management practices (BMPs) into their operations.
Find out more: https://manitobawatersheds.org/prairie-watershed-climate-program
Animal Health
- Beef Cattle - Animal Health and Biosecurity Producer Program
Close Date: March 31, 2028
Description: The Animal Health and Biosecurity Producer Program provides beef cattle producers, First Nation Bands raising beef cattle and beef cattle grazing associations operating on Saskatchewan Crown land pastures, with a rebate for voluntary veterinarian assessments, Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) audits (including re-certification) and approved eligible equipment expenses that improve biosecurity and animal welfare practices.
Manitoba
Fencing
- Prairie Watersheds Climate Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: The Prairie Watersheds Climate Program (PWCP) provides funding incentives to producers who implement any of three eligible beneficial management practices (BMPs) into their operations.
Find out more: https://manitobawatersheds.org/prairie-watershed-climate-program
Prince Edward Island
Fencing
- Future Farmer Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: The Future Farmer Program will support business sector capacity growth and competitiveness by supporting new farmers to improve the probability that they establish or continue profitable and sustainable commercial farm businesses.
Find out more: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/agriculture/future-farmer-program
- Livestock Strategy Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: The Prince Edward Island (PEI) Livestock Strategy Program will support projects that are designed to increase productivity, resource capacity, environmental sustainability, revenue diversification and risk management.
Find out more: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/agriculture/pei-livestock-strategy-program
Animal Performance and Traceability
- Agriculture Research and Innovation Program
Close Date: Until allocated.
Description: The Agriculture Research and Innovation Program will support farm-level applied research, innovation and adoption projects that are designed to address challenges and opportunities and increase the competitiveness, productivity and profitability of the PEI agriculture industry.
Find out more: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/agriculture/agriculture-research-and-innovation-program