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Canada Digital Adoption Program - Boost Your Business Technology

Programme canadien d'adoption du numérique - Développez vos activités commerciales grâce à la technologie

Status

Closed for now

No successor grant announced. BDC now directs digital-transformation applicants to its LIFT programme of preferential-rate advisory services and financing. As of August 2026 the federal government has not published plans to relaunch CDAP.

Closed
Amount
15,000 CAD

Grant of up to CAD 15,000 covering 90% of the cost of a digital adoption plan, plus an interest-free BDC loan of up to CAD 100,000 to implement it.

You must co-fund 10%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

public · national

Deadline: Closed — Closed to new applications on 19 February 2024. Only businesses that had a signed grant agreement with ISED before that date can complete their plan and access the associated 0% loan.

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.

You fund 10% yourself.

Who can apply

Was open to for-profit Canadian incorporated businesses with 1-499 FTEs and at least CAD 500,000 annual revenue in one of the previous three tax years.

How to apply

  1. Not applicable - closed to new applicants.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bdc.ca/en/canada-digital-adoption-program

"The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) is no longer accepting new applications for the Boost Your Business Technology stream"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.bdc.ca

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