To be considered for CANtrade™, applicants must:

• Be a for-profit business that is not a subsidiary of a foreign-owned company

• Be located and operating in Renfrew County, with a track record of viability

• Ideally provide operational and financial statements from the past three years

• Meet the general eligibility requirements of the Community Futures Program

• Applicants should be able to demonstrate how investment will unlock business opportunities, given the current trade environment. 

Applicants will normally be pursuing some of the following activities (as examples): 

• Responding to increased inter-provincial trade/domestic customer demand 
• Re-shoring and localizing of critical supply chains 
• Undergoing competitiveness enhancements 
• Increasing production capacity 
• Hiring talent and investing in technology 
• Looking at opportunity costs of new export market development 
• Strengthening trade security/reducing product or supply chain exposure/pivoting to new sectors 
• Carrying out Applied R&D with near-term product/service/process innovation commercialization potential 
• Incremental business development/marketing activities 
• Investing in localization costs (e.g. certification, legal, labelling, testing, adapting content/products/services to specific languages and cultures, etc.) 
• Carrying out any other activities designed to diversify revenue streams. 

• Supply chain diversification 
• New market expansion within Canada and/or abroad 
• Increasing production capacity to meet new national/global demand 
• Working capital stabilization 
• Operational efficiencies and savings to absorb tariff impacts 
• Professional services (consulting) to assist in any of the above. 

Click on apply now, then when prompted, indicate your interest in CANtrade™.

You will then be required to provide a brief strategic rationale on how your company and project are a fit for CANtrade™.

The questions you will be asked are as follows: 

• How is your company affected by the current trade environment? 
• What are your plans for business stabilization and growth moving forward? 

For further information, please do not hesitate to email us 

For technical support for your application, please contact info@rccfdc.org  

Funding decisions are made by Renfrew County Community Futures in its sole, unfettered discretion. 

No amount of funding is guaranteed. 

Program availability is based on availability of funding. 

Applications will be assessed competitively, and applicants will be subject to reasonable industry-standard due diligence. 

Information is collected in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Each party is responsible for their own legal costs and associated fees 

Renfrew County Community Futures may request substantiation of any claim, statement or information provided by CFP/CANtrade™ applicants and participants. 

Further conditions may apply and may be updated from time to time. 

Does my company have to show that we were negatively affected by tariffs in order to qualify for this loan? 

No, you don’t. CANtrade™ is not a relief or emergency program, so there’s no requirement to show financial hardship or losses due to tariffs. Instead, the program is designed to help businesses move forward—by lowering opportunity costs and supporting confident investment during times of trade uncertainty and global economic change.

What if my business isn’t a fit for CANtrade™, are there other options for support? 

Absolutely. We offer a range of financing programs for businesses and non-profits in Renfrew County. If CANtrade™ isn’t the right fit, we’ll work with you to explore other options. Learn more about our financing programs