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Tax credits

Alberta Innovation Employment Grant (IEG)

Status

Status not published

Claimed with the Alberta AT1 corporate return; no application window.

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Amount
800,000 CAD

Refundable grant delivered through the corporate tax system: 8% on eligible R&D spending up to a base level plus 20% on spending above the company's own historical base, on a maximum annual spend of CAD 4 million (so up to about CAD 800,000).

Funder

Government of Alberta, Treasury Board and Finance

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Claimed with the Alberta AT1 corporate return; no application window.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Corporations with a permanent establishment in Alberta; the enhanced 20% rate phases out for firms with taxable capital above CAD 10 million and disappears at CAD 50 million.

How to apply

  1. Determine eligible R&D expenditures using the federal SR&ED definitions.
  2. Complete Schedule 29 with the Alberta AT1 return.
  3. File within the statutory deadline.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · R&D tax credit vs. grant: the difference that changes your claim

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.alberta.ca/innovation-employment-grant · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.alberta.ca

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Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)

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Crédit d'impôt pour la recherche, l'innovation et la commercialisation (CRIC)

Open continuously

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Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentives

Open continuously

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