Alberta grant guide · Federal / Canada
Supply Management Processing Investment Fund (SMPIF)
Program budget $397.5 million (Apr. 1, 2022–Mar. 31, 2028). Current guide provides project-specific cost-sharing; SME projects can receive substantial contribution support, with exact rate/cap depending on applicant/project category. Dairy facilities have additional eligible construction costs for expansion/modernization.
Who is eligible
For-profit Canadian processors buying domestic raw commodities, predominantly processing supply-managed commodities at project site, active federal/provincial processing licence, at least 24 months of processing financial statements, registered legal entity.
What it funds
Program budget $397.5 million (Apr. 1, 2022–Mar. 31, 2028). Current guide provides project-specific cost-sharing; SME projects can receive substantial contribution support, with exact rate/cap depending on applicant/project category. Dairy facilities have additional eligible construction costs for expansion/modernization.
How to use it
Eligible projects can include equipment reducing water/energy consumption and equipment required to treat wastewater resulting from increased production. Land/building purchase and R&D are ineligible. Costs before complete application are at applicant risk.
Before you apply
- Most Alberta producer cost-share programs ask for a current Environmental Farm Plan. Start it first.
- Applications ask for site facts: water source, soil, wetlands, acreage, and the practice you plan. A free land report gives most of them for the boundary you draw.
- Run the grant eligibility quiz to see which other programs may stack with this one.
Not tax, legal, or grant-writing advice. A listing here means a program may be relevant, not that any applicant is eligible.