Local Food Infrastructure Fund – Small Scale Projects: Step 4. How to apply

Step 4. How to apply

Intake period: Open

Applications will be accepted from October 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024.

Complete and submit your application.

  1. Access your program information
  2. Choose a secure sign-in method
  3. Sign in (or Sign up)
  4. Start a new application: select Local Food Infrastructure Fund – Small Scale ProjectsFootnote 1
  5. Before you enter the Project title, download and save the following forms to your computer:
    • Detailed Project Budget
    • Table of Metrics
  6. After you download the forms, enter the Project title, and click the “Save and continue” button
  7. Follow Complete the application and apply to complete the application form and the downloaded forms
  8. Attach the following documents as required and applicableEndnote 2:
    • Required: Certificate of Incorporation or Articles of Incorporation or Letters Patent
      (Exception: Not required for First Nations Communities/Governments, Tribal Councils, or Municipal Administrations. Additional options for other Indigenous Communities/Governments applicants:
      1. Director’s Resolution
      2. Self-Government Agreement or Modern Treaty Agreement, or
      3. legal document stating that your organization is a legal entity)
    • Required: Detailed Project Budget
    • Required: Table of Metrics
    • Required: Quotes for cost items of more than $5,000
    • If applicable: Band Council Resolution (required only for First Nations Communities/Governments)
    • If applicable: Letter(s) of financial support (required only if requested funding is less than total project costs)
    • If applicable: Letter of Permission/Landlord (required only if applicants don’t own the property)
  9. Complete the application details
  10. Submit your complete application

For details about the application form, refer to Complete the application and apply.

If you need help to complete and submit the application form, please contact the AAFC Contact Centre.

Multiple submissions will not be considered

If more than one application is submitted during the 2024-25 intakes, only the first application submitted will be considered. Any subsequent applications will not be considered or assessed. Exceptions may be applied for Indigenous applicants.

If you’re an Indigenous applicant and would like more information about LFIF application and assessment process, please contact the Indigenous Pathfinder Service by email at aafc.indigenouspathfinder-explorateurautochtone.aac@agr.gc.ca or telephone: 1-866-367-8506.