Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Winnipeg, MB · grants and contributions register · Winnipeg Centre

Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada: federal grants and contributions: 4 agreements; $41.3M value; 4 departments; 4 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-03WRCDD1VQ · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/women-s-enterprise-organizations-of-canada/

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4agreements
$41.3Mvalue
4departments
4programs

Largest agreements

514381$38.0Mvalue2022start2026end

Provide affordable financing in smaller amounts for women entrepreneurs, particularly for start-ups, underrepresented groups or sole proprietorships.

000015456$2.8Mvalue2019start2023end

Establish a centralized national office to serve women entrepreneurs across Canada

Accessing Financing for Women Entrepreneurs: Changing Policy for Equitable Access$528Kvalue2021start2023end

This 17-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada will achieve this by researching and analyzing the systemic barriers that prevent women entrepreneurs from accessing business growth capital and to use that knowledge to advocate for systemic change in lending policies. Lenders across Canada will be encouraged to use the educational tools and resources developed as part of the project to enhance understanding of the diverse needs of women entrepreneurs and implement change

CEA - Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC) 23/24$20.4Kvalue2023start2024end

The purpose of this CanExport Associations contribution agreement is to support organizations and ultimately aims to increase the competitiveness of Canadian companies, in the international marketplace, on a sectoral basis, thereby contributing to Canadian prosperity and the growth of the Canadian economy. This financial support enables the recipient to undertake new or expanded international business development promotion activities, in a given sector, for the benefit of its entire industry (member and non-member firms).

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$38.0Mvalue1programs
Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$2.8Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Women and Gender Equality Canada1agreements$528Kvalue1programs
Global Affairs Canada1agreements$20.4Kvalue1programs

Years

20231agreements$20.4Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport - Associations
20221agreements$38.0Mvalue1programs
  • Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
20211agreements$528Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program
20191agreements$2.8Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

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.