Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.

Grants

Canada Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open

Amount

Not published

Umbrella strategy delivering the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund (microloans up to CAD 50,000), the Ecosystem Fund supporting organisations that serve women entrepreneurs, and the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.

Funder

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

public · national

Deadline: rolling — The Loan Fund is delivered continuously by third-party lenders; Ecosystem Fund calls are periodic.

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

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a
Female founders
Locally registered entity required

Women-owned or women-led businesses in Canada. Loans are delivered through partner organisations rather than directly by the department.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/women-entrepreneurship-strategy/en — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked