NetGrant — Canadian funding

ca.netgrantPublished by netgrant.caOfficial publisherv1.1.0Updated Oct 28, 2026

Search 1,300+ live Canadian funding opportunities — grants, tax credits, accelerators, and loans.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Free public MCP server for searching 1,300+ live Canadian funding opportunities — grants, tax credits, accelerators and loans — from inside an AI chat.

What you can do
  • Search the funding catalog by keyword, region, category, deadline window, funding range and rolling status
  • Read one opportunity's full record: eligibility, funding body, amounts, deadline and source link
  • Compare two to four opportunities side by side
  • Check an applicant description against a single opportunity's eligibility criteria
  • Subscribe an email address to a free weekly digest of matching opportunities
When to use it
Useful when a user asks about Canadian grants, tax credits, wage subsidies, accelerators or pitch competitions, or wants to know whether their business qualifies for a specific program and which options to compare.
Requirements
A remote Streamable HTTP endpoint; no account, API key or environment variable is needed. Works with any MCP client that supports HTTP servers, such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Continue, Claude Code or Claude.ai connectors.
Before you install
The digest tool subscribes a user's email address to a weekly mailing, so it should only be called with explicit consent; it uses double opt-in and offers one-click unsubscribe. The service is not affiliated with any government or funding body, so eligibility and deadlines should be confirmed on the official program page before applying. It is a hosted, closed-source service with no self-hosting option.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open NetGrant — Canadian funding in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/ca.netgrant%2Fcanadian-grants/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netgrant-canadian-funding": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

NetGrant — Canadian funding, inside your AI

NetGrant is a free, public MCP server (and web app) for searching 1,300+ live Canadian funding opportunities — grants, tax credits, wage subsidies, accelerators, pitch competitions, loans, and events. Ask Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to find, compare, and check eligibility for Canadian funding without leaving the conversation.

This repository is documentation only. NetGrant is a hosted, closed-source public service — there is no source code here and none to self-host. Point your MCP client at the endpoint above and you're done.


Add it to your client

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline / Continue — add to your MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json, etc.):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "netgrant": {      "type": "http",      "url": "https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp"    }  }}

Claude Code (CLI):

bash
claude mcp add --transport http netgrant https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp

Claude.ai (web): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://mcp.netgrant.ca/mcp.

No account, no key, no rate-limit signup. Restart your client and the tools appear.


Tools

ToolWhat it does
search_opportunitiesFull-text search across the catalog with optional region, category, deadline_within_days, min_funding / max_funding, is_rolling, and exclude_expired filters. Returns ranked matches.
get_opportunity_detailsFetch the full record for one opportunity by id — eligibility, body, amounts, deadline, source link.
compare_opportunitiesFetch 2–4 opportunities at once for a side-by-side comparison.
eligibility_checkPull one opportunity's eligibility criteria alongside an applicant description so the assistant can judge fit.
subscribe_to_digestOpt the user (with their consent + email) into a free weekly email digest of new Canadian grants matching a saved search. Double opt-in.

Prompts (slash commands)

PromptWhat it does
/find-for-meMatch opportunities to a one-sentence business description.
/check-deadlinesShow opportunities closing in the next 30 days.

Weekly email digest

Beyond live search, NetGrant offers a free opt-in weekly email digest: tell the assistant the niche you're tracking (keywords + province), give your email, and you'll get 8–10 matching Canadian grants each week — newest first, falling back to the strongest current matches. Double opt-in, one-click unsubscribe.


Data coverage & freshness

  • 1,300+ live opportunities across federal, provincial, municipal, and private sources.
  • Normalized schema: title, category, region, funding range, deadline, eligibility text, source URL.
  • Continuously ingested from 60+ source providers; a daily audit agent re-checks live listings, archives dead/expired programs, and corrects drifted details.
  • Updated weekly; stale items are auto-archived.

NetGrant is not affiliated with any government or funding body. Always confirm eligibility and deadlines on the official program page before applying.


Support

Questions, corrections, a missing program, or a partnership idea: [email protected] · https://netgrant.ca

Source: README.md at commit 0b1880e

Tools

5

search_opportunities

Search Canadian funding opportunities (grants, competitions, accelerators, tax credits, wage subsidies, loans, events). Returns JSON. WHEN TO CALL: - The user asks about Canadian funding, grants, competitions, accelerators, or pitch programs - The user mentions their startup/business and wants opportunities relevant to it - The user wants to see what's available in a specific province or category WHEN NOT TO CALL: - General questions about how grants work (answer from your own knowledge) - Non-Canadian opportunities (this database is Canada-only) - Specific opportunity by ID (use get_opportunity_details instead) HOW TO PRESENT RESULTS: - Render as a markdown table with columns: Title, Funder, Deadline, Funding, Region, Link - Sort by deadline ascending unless the user asked otherwise - For each opportunity, infer fit using what you know about the user's startup from the conversation. Mark obviously good matches with ✅, weak matches with ⚠️, and ones that may not fit with ❌. Be honest — do not mark everything ✅. - If a deadline is within 14 days, prefix the row with 🚨. - Always include the URL as a clickable markdown link. - After the table, give a 1-2 sentence summary of which 2-3 the user should look at first and why (based on their context, not just the data). - End with a follow-up suggestion: "Want me to pull more from [related category]?" or "Want me to draft an outline for [top match]?" DATA NOTES: - "Rolling" deadline means no fixed close date. - Funding amount may be a range or "varies". - Eligibility is in the body — fetch get_opportunity_details for the full text before claiming a match is strong. - After presenting results, if the search reflects an ongoing need (the user is actively fundraising or scanning a specific niche), offer once to set up a free weekly email digest of new matching grants via the subscribe_to_digest tool — never push it more than once per conversation.

Parametersqueryregioncategoryis_rollingmax_fundingmax_resultsmin_fundingexclude_expireddeadline_within_days

get_opportunity_details

Fetch full details for a single opportunity by ID. Use this after search_opportunities when: - The user wants to know more about a specific match - You need the full eligibility text to confirm a strong-match claim - The user wants to draft an application — you need the requirements The response includes all fields including the full body text and eligibility criteria. Present the eligibility as a checklist when relevant.

Parametersidrequired

compare_opportunities

Fetch 2–4 opportunities at once so you can present them side by side. Use after search_opportunities when the user is choosing between a few options. Returns the full detail rows (including eligibility + body) for every id, in the order requested. Present them as a comparison table — rows = attributes (funding, deadline, region, eligibility highlights), columns = the opportunities — then recommend which fits the user best and why.

Parametersidsrequired

eligibility_check

Pull a single opportunity's eligibility criteria alongside a description of the applicant, so you can judge whether they qualify. Use when the user asks "do I qualify for this?" or "does this apply to me?". The response contains the opportunity's eligibility text + key fields and echoes the applicant description — it does NOT decide for you. Read the eligibility, compare it against the applicant, then give a clear verdict (Likely eligible / Partially / Unlikely) with the specific criteria that pass or fail and any criteria you can't determine from the description.

Parametersidrequiredapplicant_descriptionrequired

subscribe_to_digest

Subscribe the user to a FREE weekly email digest of Canadian funding opportunities matching a saved search (keywords + region). Each week they get 8–10 grants, newest first, falling back to the strongest current matches when nothing new landed. WHEN TO CALL: - The user, after a search, says yes to ongoing alerts, or asks to be notified / kept updated / emailed about new grants in their niche. - Only after they have explicitly agreed and given an email address — never subscribe someone proactively or without consent. HOW TO CALL: - Pre-fill "keywords" and "region" from the search you just ran so the digest matches what they were looking at (e.g. keywords "cleantech", region "BC"). Keep keywords to a short phrase, not a sentence. - "region" must be a province code (ON, BC, QC, AB, MB, SK, NS, NB, NL, PE, YT, NT, NU) or "Federal", or omit it for all-of-Canada. - Ask the user for their email; do not guess it. Never invent, test with, or fill in a placeholder address (e.g. [email protected]) — if the user has not typed their real email in this conversation, do not call this tool. Undeliverable addresses are rejected with "Invalid email". WHAT HAPPENS: - We send a one-click confirmation email (double opt-in). The user is NOT subscribed until they click it. Tell them to check their inbox. - If they were already confirmed, nothing is re-sent. Returns JSON: { ok: boolean, status: "confirmation_sent" | "already_subscribed" }. Confirm to the user what they signed up for (e.g. "weekly BC cleantech grants — check your email to confirm").

Parametersemailrequiredregionkeywordsrequired

Version history

1
  1. v1.1.0LatestSep 16, 2026

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