Local Ontario Business Grants

Grants for Local Main Street Businesses

Are you a Canadian Business owner looking to find ways to grow your business with the assistance of grant funding? #BecauseWeCare the team at Dufferin Media are constantly investigating ways to help your business find solutions for you to invest in your digital marketing while getting some funding if possible along the way!

Imagine being able to finally update or refresh your website? Or add e-commerce so you can sell your product anywhere in the World? Perhaps your goal is to gain more customers from Google searches, or get your business on TikTok? There are grants available to assist you with the cost of investing in these solutions.

Dufferin Media Has Experience With Grants

For the past 2 years we have worked with businesses from Ontario and New Brunswick to assist them with the Digital Main St Grant. We are familiar with navigating the requirements, providing assistance with the application (the plan for digital marketing), and providing the services as outlined in the grant guidelines.

The My Main Street Local Business Accelerator is a data-driven community economic development program focused on revitalizing main streets with a healthy retail mix, while providing residents, new entrepreneurs, and existing businesses with economic opportunities in their main street community.

The My Main Street Local Business Accelerator is currently supporting the revitalization of 65 main streets across southern Ontario.

Communities participating in the Local Business Accelerator program receive deep data insights and a dedicated My Main Street Ambassador who supports their main street by providing insight and support to their local businesses.

Businesses within each of the participating communities have access to a range of supports.

What Can The $10,000 Grant Be Used For?

The funds must be used to cover costs (net HST) related to the following categories:

Equipment
Leasehold Improvements
External Façade Renovations
Inventory
Technology
Marketing
- Includes costs related to collateral marketing materials (flyers, brochures, business cards, newspaper ads); electronic marketing materials (websites, social media ads or posts, email campaigns, content articles, blogs or paid online advertising); or other activities (networking, trade shows, sponsorships, editorials, articles, referrals, testimonials, sales promotions, discounts, contests, samples) necessary to get the attention of potential customers and keep current customers engaged with your business and products/services.
Lease (for ‘new’ businesses only)