The federal programs delivered in Ontario plus stackable tax credits that Ontario businesses use for AI projects.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
Ontario businesses pursuing AI usually combine federal programs delivered in Ontario with stackable tax credits, rather than a single provincial AI grant.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Federal-in-Ontario | FedDev Ontario / FedNor under the Regional AI Initiative |
| Tax credits | SR&ED plus Ontario credits (OITC, OIDMTC) |
| Vouchers | Ontario Centres of Innovation (OCI) programs |
| Note | Confirm each program’s current status before relying on it |
What Ontario businesses actually use
Much of the AI-adoption money in Ontario flows through federal regional development agencies delivered in Ontario — chiefly FedDev Ontario (south) and FedNor (north) under the Regional AI Initiative — plus stackable tax credits such as SR&ED, the Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC) and OIDMTC, and Ontario Centres of Innovation vouchers. There is no single ‘Ontario CDAP-style’ AI grant confirmed open.
A note on status
Some FedDev Ontario Regional AI Initiative intakes have closed, while other regions vary — status is region-specific, so check the agency covering your area. Program parameters, amounts and intake windows change frequently — confirm the current details on the official program page before relying on them.
How to start
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.