Music Nova Scotia – Business Travel

The Business Travel component provides up to a 50% level of Investment to a $5,000 maximum per applicant per Music Nova Scotia fiscal year for domestic and international music industry conferences and events, as well as business trips for the company’s general market development.

Music Nova Scotia – Showcase Support Stream

The Showcase Support stream provides up to a 75% level of Investment to a $5,000 maximum per applicant per deadline for domestic and international showcase performances.

Music Nova Scotia – Tour Support Stream

The tour support stream provides up to 50% level of investment which is for domestic and international tours: $10,000 maximum per Export Ready Applicant per Deadline $5,000 maximum per Developing Artist Level II Applicant per Deadline

National Angel Capital Organization

NACO is the National Community for Angels, Incubators, and Accelerators. We foster investment in early-stage companies to facilitate growth and success across Canada. The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) helps turn good ideas into great businesses. As the only national industry association comprised of 45 regional Angel investment groups, and 40 Accelerators and Incubators, NACO enables collaboration, partnership opportunities and faster access to Canada’s investment ecosystem. By connecting individuals, groups, and other partners that support early-stage investing, NACO accelerates a thriving, early-stage investment ecosystem. NACO provides intelligence, tools, and resources for its members; facilitates key connections across networks, borders and industries; and helps to inform policy affecting the Angel asset-class.

National Research Council Canada – Youth Employment Programs

You could receive a financial contribution towards the salary of a post-secondary graduate to help you research, develop and commercialize new technologies, or to hire a youth to work on a green project. To be eligible, your business needs to:   Be incorporated and for-profit Share a portion of the salary costs Have 500 or fewer full-time employees Be ready to enhance its innovation capacity   The duration of the internship must be between 6 and 12 months for graduates and between 3 to 6 months for Youth-Green candidates. Candidates must be between the ages of 15 and 30.

Natural Resources Canada – Green Jobs — Science and Technology Internship Program

If you operate a business in the geomatics, geology, mining, forestry or energy industry, you could get between $12,000 and $15,000 to hire a recent university or college graduate in a natural science field for an internship of up to 12 weeks. In order to be eligible, you need to:   Have a project with clearly defined objectives and outcomes Hire and train an intern who is no older than 30 Provide a work plan and budget (including the salary paid to the intern) Supply at least the same amount of money as you receive for the intern’s salary

Nova Scotia Apprenticeship – Apprenticeship START Program

The objective of the Apprenticeship START program is to encourage employers to register, retain and support their apprentices to completion during their apprenticeship journey. The START program has a focus of small to medium-sized businesses/organizations including not-for-profits, social enterprises and JRA holders (JRA employers only – an employer is someone who hires an apprentice permanently) that have business locations and jobs in Nova Scotia. Companies with headquarters outside of Nova Scotia are eligible to apply only if they also have a physical location in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Community College – GradWorks: Employer Incentive Program

You could receive up to 66% of salary costs to a maximum amount of $25,000 to hire a qualified graduate from one of the following programs for up to one year:   Human Resource Management Industrial Engineering Technology Occupational Health and Safety   Employers in most business sectors may apply, but preference will be given to business-to-business organizations focused on export and innovation.

Nova Scotia Department of Business

The Department of Business works with Crown corporations and special operating entities (Develop Nova Scotia, Invest Nova Scotia, and Tourism Nova Scotia) to develop plans, programs and policies that encourage entrepreneurship, help attract venture capital investment and grow sectors of the economy. We also work with other government departments and levels of government, universities, NSCC and the private and social enterprise sectors to create a shared strategy for business growth. working to help make Nova Scotia competitive and business-friendly administering the Invest Nova Scotia fund leading projects including rural internet, Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) and the Halifax Convention Centre accountability reporting on the Nova Scotia Jobs Fund, Nova Scotia Fund, Strategic Investment Funds and Nova Scotia Film & Television Production Incentive Fund

Nova Scotia Farm Loans

If you are starting or growing an agricultural business in rural Nova Scotia, you can apply for a variety of lending products to help improve your farm operations. They include: Fixed and term farm mortgages Quota loans Working capital Equipment financing Debt consolidation Eligible projects include: Land purchases Farm acquisitions Farm building construction and improvement Rural agri-business development