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Loans

Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

Fonds de prêts pour l'entrepreneuriat des Noirs

Status

Status not published

Rolling applications through FACE.

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Amount
250,000 CAD

Loans from CAD 25,000 to CAD 250,000 to Black-owned businesses, delivered mainly through FACE and partner lenders; a micro-loan tier below CAD 25,000 has also been offered.

Funder

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) with the Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE)

ppp · national

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications through FACE.

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
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Majority Black-owned or Black-led Canadian businesses.

How to apply

  1. Apply on the FACE online platform.
  2. Provide business plan and financials.
  3. Credit assessment.
  4. Loan agreement and disbursement.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/black-entrepreneurship-program/en/black-entrepreneurship-loan-fund · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: ised-isde.canada.ca

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