The Black Entrepreneurship Program Ecosystem Fund to help Black business owners and entrepreneurs across the country recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 and grow their businesses.
Federal spending by Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
5,093 records totalling $5,169,975,387.03 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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Where the money flows
Planned vs. actual spending
What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.
| Fiscal year | Authorised | Spent | Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | $259,569,723 | $258,595,785 | 99.6% |
| 2023-2024 | $466,929,688 | $462,032,480 | 99.0% |
| 2022-2023 | $705,022,652 | $599,186,696 | 85.0% |
| 2021-2022 | $427,209,389 | $400,115,480 | 93.7% |
| 2020-2021 | $696,529,317 | $692,746,495 | 99.5% |
| 2019-2020 | $267,829,353 | $267,504,408 | 99.9% |
| 2018-2019 | $242,602,943 | $236,705,798 | 97.6% |
| 2017-2018 | $272,864,086 | $250,251,129 | 91.7% |
| 2016-2017 | $257,387,825 | $222,135,612 | 86.3% |
| 2015-2016 | $212,614,734 | $189,797,295 | 89.3% |
Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)
Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.
11
of 23 targets met
2
targets not met
10
not yet measurable or unavailable
See missed targets
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Percentage of SMEs that are majority-owned by youth in Southern Ontario
Target: — · Actual: 12.9
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Percentage of SMEs that are majority-owned by visible minorities in Southern Ontario
Target: — · Actual: 12.1
This pilot project seeks to re-skill up to 220 workers in sectors suscepptible to automation to new fast-growing sectors. Regions targeted are Windsor-Essex, and Durham.
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To support the expansion of a facility and the implementation of advanced production equipment, which will enable an increase in productivity and commercialization of advanced equipment.
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To expand operations in Brockville by supporting facility renovations and equipment installation.
To increase capacity and production through new automation to meet regional and global demand.
To commercialize new electric vehicle products and scale production by supporting equipment installation and process upgrades.
To purchase hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) capsule manufacturing equipment and modifying the facility to accommodate the increased HPMC capsule production.
To commercialize new products through the installation of advanced production equipment.
To accelerate adoption of sustainable packaging through the installation of equipment.
To commercialize new products through the purchase and installation of automated equipment.
To commercialize new products through the purchase and installation of automated equipment.
To increase capacity and production through new automation to meet regional and global demand.
To increase capacity and production through new automation to meet regional and global demand.
To create the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE), which will provide business development programming and support to Indigenous entrepreneurs.
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To support greening of the industry by transitioning production to create battery electronic vehicle components.
To develop a network that offers technical, environmental and energy solutions for the greenhouse technology industry.
To attract international investment to the Toronto region.
To enhance access to wet lab space in that would support biotechnology businesses to accelerate their commercialization efforts.
To expand the company's aluminum extrusion capacity in the electric vehicles sector.
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