TFO Canada: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa | Ottawa, ON · grants and contributions register · Ottawa Centre

TFO Canada: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $32.0M value; 1 departments; 2 programs.

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5agreements
$32.0Mvalue
1departments
2programs

Largest agreements

Women in Trade for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Growth$11.7Mvalue2019start2025end

The project aims to increase the number of women from developing countries involved in international trade as exporters, and aims to increase the share of exports generated by women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The project seeks to address the main constraints faced by women exporters including limited skills, resources and networks to be able to access global trade markets, and low levels of involvement as members and leaders of trade support institutions. The project aims to focus on particular sectors, including fresh fruits and vegetables, processed foods, and niche market art

Canadian Market Access and Capacity Building Services$10.0Mvalue2014start2019end

This project aims to develop the ability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and related trade-support institutions in developing countries to pursue export opportunities in Canada. Components of the project specifically targets developing countries with which Canada has negotiated, or is negotiating, free trade agreements in order to help them to benefit from these new agreements. Through SME-led job creation, this project also contributes to reducing poverty in developing countries. Project activities include: (1) providing Canadian market trade information and online Services by p

COMPETE - Trade Empowerment of Women-led SMEs in the Andean Region$4.9Mvalue2025start2030end

This project aims to reduce poverty by increasing the economic well-being of women-managed or owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) located in poorer, rural, and more remote areas outside of capital cities in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. COMPETE seeks to build the capacity of local Trade Support institutions to deliver gender-responsive services and support and women-owned or led SMEs to expand trade relationships with established Canadian buyers. Project activities include: (1) facilitating “Train the trainer” workshops on exporting to Canada, including information on consum

Agreement$3.4Mvalue2014start–end
Making Trade Work for Women in Africa$2.0Mvalue2019start2024end

The project aims to improve the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs working in the areas of apparel, textile, fashion accessories and home décor in Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar and Ethiopia. The project works to provide training and technical assistance so women-led enterprises can increase their exports to Canada and other foreign markets. The project also aims to assist local trade support institutions (TSIs) to provide gender responsive market access services, and ensure women-owned enterprises are accessing those services and implementing export plans for Canadian and other foreig

Departments

Global Affairs Canada5agreements$32.0Mvalue2programs
  • International Development Assistance Program
  • Contributions - Bilateral Programming

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Years

20251agreements$4.9Mvalue1programs
  • Contributions - Bilateral Programming
20192agreements$13.7Mvalue1programs
  • International Development Assistance Program
20142agreements$13.4Mvalue1programs
  • International Development Assistance Program

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.