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EDC Export Guarantee Program

Programme de garantie d'exportations EDC

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

EDC guarantees a share of a loan made by the company's own bank (commonly up to 75% of the loan, and up to 100% for some foreign-asset transactions), unlocking additional working capital rather than paying cash to the company.

Funder

Export Development Canada (EDC)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — No deadlines; applied for through the company's commercial bank.

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

Canadian exporters or companies investing abroad; the applicant works through its existing lender.

How to apply

  1. Discuss the working-capital need with your bank.
  2. Bank applies to EDC for a guarantee on the incremental facility.
  3. EDC underwrites and issues the guarantee.
  4. Bank advances the increased facility.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.edc.ca/en/solutions/working-capital/export-guarantee-program.html · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.edc.ca

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