May 15th Deadline for Tourism Relief Funding
On April 6, it was announced that the Tourism Partnership of Niagara (Niagara Tourism) received a non-repayable contribution of $8.5 million from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to deliver the Tourism Relief Fund to tourism businesses in Niagara-On-The-Lake, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Port Colborne and Grimsby.
Support is available for small businesses in the tourism sector to recover from the impacts of the pandemic and seize new market opportunities through enhanced, or new products and services.
Through Niagara Tourism, small businesses in the Niagara region can apply for non-repayable contributions of up to $100,000 for up to 50% of eligible project costs, and not-for-profit organizations can apply for non-repayable contributions of up to $100,000 for 100% of eligible costs.
Applications must be submitted by 11:59pm, May 15th, 2022