Administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
$100K to $5M covering two-thirds of eligible Canadian cloud compute costs for AI builders. Not currently accepting applications.
ISED's AI Compute Access Fund helps Canadian AI companies access domestic compute infrastructure, subsidizing up to 66% of eligible GPU/cloud costs at qualified Canadian providers.
The total program pool, per-organization max, and what your contribution has to be.
This program does not publish an aggregate annual funding pool.
Matching contribution required from your organization (at least 33% of eligible costs).
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Find your matches →Straightforward economics if you're already running significant compute costs and can move workload to a qualified Canadian provider. Program is new, so competition is currently below what the funding will sustain — apply while the ratio is favourable.
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