Incentives

• Town of Ajax Downtown Community Improvement Plan
• Town of Ajax Pickering Village Community Improvement Plan

• Downtown Community Improvement Plan

• Clarington Community Improvement Grants

The following links contain information about Community Improvement Incentives available within the City of Oshawa:

• Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Plan
• Harbour Road Area Community Improvement Plan
• Urban Growth Centre Community Improvement Plan
• Wentworth Street West Community Improvement Plan

The City of Oshawa has exemptions for City Development Charges. These include exemptions for industrial developments and Oshawa’s downtown area for residential and non-residential developments.

• Downtown Port Perry Community Improvement Plan
• Port Perry Area Employment Area Community Improvement Plan

• Downtown Uxbridge Community Improvement Plan

• Downtown Whitby and Downtown Brooklin Community Improvement Plans

The development charge (DC) credit applies to buildings ready for demolition or redevelopment. You might get the credit even if DCs were never paid on the original building.

Our development charge (DC) by-laws have some exemptions, including:

• Parking structures.
• Agricultural uses and farm buildings, including a dwelling for seasonal farm workers.
• Industrial building expansions.
• Hospitals.
• Buildings on lands owned by and used for:
  • The Region of Durham or a local board thereof.
  • A board as defined in Section 1 (1) of the Education Act.
  • A local area municipality or a local board thereof in the Region.
  • A college or university building (buildings must be for their own use).

Any residential built-up may need sanitary sewer upgrades. You may apply for funding to upgrade your sewer. This applies to housing units if:

• They are in an existing built-up area.
• They need sanitary sewage work. If that work is not reflected in the development charge study.
• All local works are funded by the developer.

Redevelopment projects with specific challenges might get financial assistance. They might also get in-kind servicing through our Regional Revitalization Program (RRP). The RRP is application based. Eligible projects will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Durham Regional Council must approve them.

For more details on the RRP, including project eligibility, please contact our Financial Planning Division at 905-668-7711 extension. 3369.

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• AgriInvest
• AgriMarketing
• AgriCompetitveness
• AgriAssurance (SME Component)
• Cost-Share Programs - Ontario Soil Crop

Learn more about Agricultural funding programs and services for agri-food businesses.

• Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)

• Ontario Computer Animation & Special Effects Tax Credit (OCASE)
• Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC)

• Grid Innovation Fund

• Export Development Canada (EDC)
• Export Guarantee Program (EGP)
• CanExport Funding Program
• Investment Accelerator Fund
• New Exporters to Border States (NEBS) program

• Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit (AJCTC)
• Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit (CETC)
• Ontario Targeted Wage Subsidy
• Employer Health Tax (EHT)
• Ontario Summer Company Program

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
• MITACS Accelerate
• National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
• Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)
• Ontario Research and Development Tax Credit (ORDTC)
• Ontario Research Fund (ORF)
• Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR & ED)

• Canada Small Business Financing Programs