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Ontario Together Trade Fund | Program Information Webinar
May 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
FREE
The Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation & Trade (MEDJCT) has recently launched a new competitive funding program to support businesses to make near-term investments to enhance trade security and trade diversity – the Ontario Together Trade Fund (OTTF).
The OTTF is a $50 million fund to help businesses make short-term investments. It aims to help businesses serve more customers across the provinces, develop new markets, and bring back critical supply chains affected by U.S. tariffs.
The program provides funding for companies to address impacts of U.S. trade disruptions and that align with Ontario’s key economic priorities, including:
Trade diversity:
- Diversifying sales portfolios: Expanding market reach to new markets, with a focus on interprovincial trade.
Trade security:
- Enhancing competitiveness: Increasing manufacturing capacity and capabilities and increasing profitability through investments in advanced technology and innovative processes.
- Contributing to regional and sectoral ecosystems:Strengthening Ontario’s supply chains through reshoring and efforts to procure more equipment and supplies from Ontario and Canada.
- Creating and or retaining jobs
This program forms part of Ontario’s effort to help Ontarian’s deal with the effects of unfair U.S. tariffs. Eligible applicants include for-profit businesses (legal entity or limited partnership) registered to operate in Ontario.
The ministry will be hosting a series of webinars to inform potential applicants about the program. Please register (required) at OTTF Program Information Session: May 22nd, 2025. Future session dates will be shared shortly.
Information about OTTF can be found at Ontario Together Trade Fund | ontario.ca. If you have any questions about the program, please speak to an Ontario Advisor (this is the Mandatory Self Screener for the program), or feel free to contact me directly as I am the advisor for this area (LaSalle, Windsor, Tecumseh and Lakeshore).
