The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) closed in 2024 — here is what replaced it for businesses pursuing AI adoption.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
If you are searching for the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP), here is the honest answer: it has ended. This guide explains what replaced it for AI projects.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Boost Your Business Technology | Closed — new applications ended Feb 19, 2024; cancelled Mar 26, 2024 |
| Grow Your Business Online | Closed — applications ended Sep 30, 2024; program concluded Mar 31, 2025 |
| Direct replacement | None under the CDAP name |
| What BDC points to | BDC LIFT financing for AI adoption |
What happened to CDAP
Both CDAP streams have closed. The Boost Your Business Technology stream stopped accepting new applications on February 19, 2024 and was cancelled on March 26, 2024; only businesses with a signed grant agreement before that date remained eligible. The Grow Your Business Online micro-grant ended September 30, 2024, and the overall program concluded March 31, 2025. There is no direct replacement under the CDAP name.
What to use instead for AI
For AI adoption specifically, the practical successors are BDC LIFT (preferential-rate financing and advisory — the route BDC itself now points to), the Regional AI Initiative delivered through regional development agencies (status varies by region), and the standing programs: NRC IRAP, SR&ED and Scale AI. Start with the Business Benefits Finder to see which apply to you.
How to move forward
The official starting point is Innovation Canada’s free Business Benefits Finder, which returns a tailored list of the 1,500+ federal, provincial and territorial supports you may qualify for and can filter to programs currently accepting applications. 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.
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.