Canada Digital Adoption Program What is the CDAP?  How to Apply?  What do we offer? 

Receive up to a maximum of $15,000 in Grant Funding

 

The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) through the Boost Your Business Technology grant offers support to Canadian-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that want to adopt new digital technologies. 

Eligible businesses will have access to a marketplace of digital adoption experts to help them develop a digital adoption plan tailored to their needs. Innovoco is an approved Digital Advisor for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. 

The grant covers up to 90% of the eligible cost of retaining the services of a digital advisor, up to a maximum grant value of $15,000 per SME, to develop a digital adoption plan.

 

The CDAP offers funding to develop a digital adoption plan with the help of an approved Digital Advisor.  SME’s can apply for CDAP’s Boost Your Business Technology Grant which will cover up to 90% of the costs up to a maximum of $15,000.

Funding Amount

 

Successful applicants may access the following allotments:

 

Boost Your Business Technology stream: 90% of eligible costs to a maximum of $15,000 per SME. Non-repayable grant contribution. 

Eligible Applicants

 

Your business must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

  • Be incorporated federally or provincially, or be a Canadian resident sole proprietor

  • Be a for-profit, privately owned business

  • Have between 1 – 499 full-time equivalent employees

  • Have at least $500,000 of annual revenues in one of the previous three tax years

Eligible Activities 

  • Hiring the services of Innovoco as a digital advisor

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Cloud Data Warehouse implementation/modernization

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Data Analytics 

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Business Intelligence Tools implementation/ modernization/ migration 

Deadline to Apply 

Boost Your Business Technology stream is currently open. 

 
 

Apply now.

Receive a detailed implementation roadmap that outlines technology options, timelines, costs, resources, and recommendations to meet your business data needs.

Apply for Funding

We will work with you to create and submit your application.

Step-by-Step Process

 

The CDAP offers funding to develop a digital adoption plan with the help of an approved Digital Advisor.  SME’s can apply for CDAP’s Boost Your Business Technology Grant which will cover up to 90% of the costs up to a maximum of $15,000.

Are you Eligible?

Businesses can complete the CDAP Grant Assessment Tool to review eligibility.

Start your Application

This step must be completed by businesses owners or directors. Innovoco will assist you throughout the process. 

Fill out the online application with some basic company information.

Start Application: Boost Your Business Technology

Complete a Digital Needs Assessment (DNA)

You will be asked to assess your business’ digital readiness by completing a digital needs assessment aka “DNA”.

It may take around 1 hour to complete. Innovoco will assist you throughout the process.

Save the DNA report

The Digital Needs Assessment Tool will generate a report outlining your company’s digital maturity and compare it to an industry-specific benchmark.

Please save the report as it will be Innovoco’s starting point to create your Digital Adoption Plan.

Access the Digital Advisor Marketplace

Access the CDAP’s Digital Advisor Marketplace and select Innovoco as your digital advisor to develop your specific digital adoption plan.

Let’s get Started

Innovovo will start working with you to understand your business data needs and put together an SOW that meets your expectations. We will agree on the terms of work, timeline, and cost for creating your digital adoption plan. 

All right – let’s get to work. 

Innovoco will work on your Digital Adoption Plan based on a holistic data and system integration review to meet your data needs and business goals. 

This Digital Adoption Plan will be a standalone deliverable with at least 3 potential solutions/technology stacks and their implementation plan for your consideration.

Your Digital Adoption Plan is ready

Some examples: 

-Digital Adoption Plan for Cloud Data Warehouse Implementation 

-Digital Adoption Plan for Data Analytics 

-Digital Adoption Plan for Business Intelligence Tools implementation/ modernization/ migration 

Process the Grant Payment

Submit your Digital Adoption Plan along with our invoice to the CDAP team to process the grant payment. You will receive the grant directly to pay for our services.

This step must be completed within 6 months.

You’re ready to go!

If you decide to implement any of the proposed solutions/ recommendations in your Digital Adoption Plan, there are options to access a 0% interest loan of up to $100,000 with BDC to help fund the project. 

Businesses can also access funded work placements with students and recent graduates with a wage subsidy of up to $7,300.

Let's talk

Want to know more?  Have specific questions?  Need help with your application?

FAQs

Yes, we will work with you from day 1 to review eligibility criteria and assist in preparing and submitting your application. Once approved, we will work with you to create the digital adoption plan you got approved for.

No. There is no fee to apply for CDAP. Innovoco will assist you in this process. 

No. Innovoco will not charge any fees for assisting in your CDAP application preparation and submission. 

Yes, Innovoco is unbiased towards the use of any specific technologies to meet your business data needs. 

Your Digital Adoption Plan will present at least 3 potential solutions/technology stacks and their implementation plan for your consideration.

The Digital Adoption Plan is a standalone deliverable that you can walk away with without being directed to a specific vendor/software solution. 

Innovoco will be able to deliver your preferred solution according to the Digital Adoption Plan; however, you can execute it with your internal resources or  your partner of choice. 

Your business must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

  • Be incorporated federally or provincially, or be a Canadian resident sole proprietor

  • Be a for-profit, privately owned business

  • Have between 1 – 499 full-time equivalent employees

  • Have at least $500,000 of annual revenues in one of the previous three tax years

There is a variety of eligible activities you can use the Grant for.  Some examples: 

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Cloud Data Warehouse implementation

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Cloud Data Warehouse modernization

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Data Analytics 

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Business Intelligence Tools implementation

  • Digital Adoption Plan for Business Intelligence Tools modernization
  • Digital Adoption Plan for Business Intelligence Tools  migration 

-The amount of the Boost Your Business Technology grant will be up to 90% of the eligible costs, up to a maximum grant value of $15,000 (including applicable taxes).

-CDAP will determine the size of the grant payment on the basis of an invoice containing the final cost of the Digital Adoption Plan developed by Innovoco.

-Total Canadian government assistance for the Digital Adoption Plan, including federal, provincial/territorial and municipal financial assistance, will not exceed 100% of eligible costs funded. In no instance will the total Canadian government assistance be allowed to exceed the total of eligible costs.

Example 1: Katarina is the owner of a small auto parts manufacturing business. She applies for a grant under the Boost Your Business Technology stream. Katarina retains a Digital Advisor, and the advisor produces a Digital Adoption Plan at a total cost (inclusive of taxes) of $10,000. CDAP will pay Katarina’s business a grant of $9,000. Katarina’s business must cover the remaining $1,000. She may self finance the $1,000 or find other federal, provincial or municipal funding programs or tax credits to cover that portion. However, Katarina must be careful to ensure that the other government programs do not provide more than $1,000 to cover the cost of the Digital Adoption Plan, otherwise, CDAP will recover the difference from the $9,000 grant.

Example 2: Mohammed owns a food processing business. He applies and is determined to be eligible for a grant under the Boost Your Business Technology stream. Mohammed retains a Digital Advisor, and the advisor produces a Digital Adoption Plan at a total cost (inclusive of taxes) of $20,000. CDAP will pay a grant of $15,000. Mohammed’s business must cover the remaining $5,000. He may find funding through other, non-CDAP federal, provincial or municipal programs or tax credits to cover that portion. However, Mohammed must be careful to ensure that the other, non-CDAP government programs do not provide more than $5,000 to cover the cost of the Digital Adoption Plan, otherwise, CDAP will recover the difference from the $15,000 grant.

No. The grant must be used for the creation of a Digital Adoption Plan and not for the implementation of the plan.

 

Apply for Funding

We will work with you to create and submit your application.