AgriAssurance: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Component – Step 2. Who is eligible

Step 1. What this program offers
Step 2. Who is eligible
Step 3. How to apply
Step 4. After you apply
Applicant guide
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Step 2. Who is eligible

Eligible applicants under the AgriAssurance Program: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Component are for-profit organizations operating in the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector, including fish and seafood, which may include:

businesses and corporations
co-operatives
Indigenous groups

Small and medium-sized enterprises must:

be directly involved in growing harvesting, processing or otherwise transforming or consolidating their products
have up to 250 employees
have annual revenues below $50 million
be independently incorporated^{Footnote 1}
have completed market research
be export and market ready^{Footnote 2}

All eligible applicants must be legal entities capable of entering into legally binding agreements.

Eligible applicants must also meet the principles and criteria outlined in the Applicant Guide, such as:

providing a minimum of 50% of the funding towards eligible costs
total Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada funding requested for a project must be no more than $50,000. If you have multiple funding projects within the program, the total contribution towards all projects cannot exceed $100,000

Who is not eligible

While decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis, generally, the following groups are not eligible:

third-party representatives, such as trading houses, export brokers, agents, or promoters
individuals and sole proprietors
not-for-profit organizations
marketing boards
governments and their agencies