Prairies Economic Development Canada

Community Economic Development & Diversification (CEDD)

PrairiesCan's program for projects that diversify prairie economies and create community benefit. A strong fit for community-owned enterprise infrastructure.

Who is eligible
Communities, non-profits, and Indigenous organizations on the Prairies
What it funds
Economic development and diversification projects
How it starts
A two-stage continuous intake. Submit an expression of interest anytime. PrairiesCan invites selected applicants to a full application within 30 days.
Intake
Continuous engagement with regional officers
About the Program

A relationship program as much as an application program

CEDD works best when regional officers know your project before the paperwork arrives. Invitations to submit follow relationships, alignment, and a project story that fits the program's diversification mandate.

Where CEDD fits

  • Community-owned enterprise and infrastructure projects
  • Economic diversification in rural and Indigenous communities
  • Projects that create jobs and retain wealth on the Prairies
  • Initiatives aligned with federal prairie growth priorities

What we have done. We facilitated direct engagement with PrairiesCan senior business officers, leading to an invited expression of interest for a client's enterprise project.

How We Help

Earning the invitation

Officer engagement

We build the relationship with PrairiesCan business officers that earns an invited expression of interest.

EOI development

A concise, compelling case that gets you to the full-proposal stage.

Full proposal

The diversification and benefit story PrairiesCan funds, told in full.

Common Questions

CEDD questions we hear most

Do I need an invitation to apply?

Anyone can submit an EOI at any time. The full application is by invitation. We build the officer relationships and project story that get the EOI selected.

Can CEDD stack with Indigenous Services Canada programs?

Yes, with care. CEDD often funds the enterprise layer while ISC programs fund readiness and planning. We sequence both.

What activities does PrairiesCan CEDD fund?

Community Economic Development and Diversification funds planning, capacity building, and projects that strengthen and diversify local economies across the Prairies. We map your project to the eligible activities and the right intake.

Related Programs

Could CEDD anchor your project's funding stack?

Tell us what you want to build and we will map the funding path, CEDD included or not.

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