The common eligibility factors across Canadian AI funding programs and how to check your fit before applying.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
Eligibility varies by program, but a few factors decide whether you qualify for most Canadian AI funding.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Incorporation | Most need an incorporated, for-profit Canadian business |
| Size | Many target SMEs (e.g. IRAP/Scale AI under 500 employees) |
| Innovation | Genuine technical novelty or uncertainty (esp. SR&ED) |
| Cost share | Ability to fund your portion |
Common eligibility factors
Across programs the recurring factors are: an incorporated, for-profit Canadian business; size (many target SMEs — IRAP and Scale AI use a fewer-than-500-employee threshold); genuine innovation (SR&ED needs technological uncertainty, not routine work); and the ability to fund your cost share. Provincial programs add residency-in-province conditions.
How to check your fit
Use the Business Benefits Finder to filter by your profile, then read each shortlisted program’s eligibility page. Program parameters, amounts and intake windows change frequently — confirm the current details on the official program page before relying on them.
Where dgm fits
Important: these are programs a business applies for directly with the government agency, bank or cluster that runs them. dgm is an independent AI-integration agency — not a registered, approved or official deliverer of any program here. dgm can help assess fit and scope an AI project, but government money does not flow through dgm. dgm can help you describe the AI project in the terms a program looks for.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Canadian businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm can help you scope the AI project that a program would fund — but you apply to the program directly. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.