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Loans

Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

Fonds de prêts pour les femmes entrepreneures

Status

Status not published

Availability depends on the individual delivery organisation; some partners periodically pause intake when their allocation is committed.

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Amount
50,000 CAD

Loans of up to CAD 50,000 to women-owned and women-led businesses, delivered by selected non-profit delivery organisations rather than by ISED directly.

Funder

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), delivered by non-profit lenders

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Availability depends on the individual delivery organisation; some partners periodically pause intake when their allocation is committed.

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

Business must be majority owned and led by women; delivery organisations set their own additional criteria.

How to apply

  1. Find a delivery organisation serving your province or community.
  2. Apply directly to that organisation.
  3. Credit and business plan 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/women-entrepreneurship-strategy/en/women-entrepreneurship-loan-fund · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: ised-isde.canada.ca

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