Small retail businesses are essential to the vitality and success of Toronto’s main streets and neighbourhoods, and key drivers of economic prosperity for residents, families, communities and the city as a whole. The Commercial Space Rehabilitation Grant Program was developed in support of the recovery and long-term success of local small businesses.

To assist small businesses in Toronto to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario is providing funding for six programs comprising the Toronto Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative.

The first of which, the Commercial Space Rehabilitation Grant program is now open for applications! This program provides matching funding to help businesses make interior improvements to vacant properties though grants for interior renovations.

Read more here:

https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/business-operation-growth/business-incentives/commercial-space-rehabilitation-grant-program/